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Speakers’ Corner

Random rants from bloggers with a bee in their bonnet, or just a personal opinion you’d like to express

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What to Do With Hipsters?
What to Do With Hipsters?

This cultish group have honed self-deprecation to a near Zen-like art. Larry David, though, they are not

In Defence of London Markets
In Defence of London Markets

After a lengthy search, I found promise of a land where not every stall sold T-shirts saying ‘I hate slogan T-shirts LOL!!!’

Why Do We Binge On Alcohol?
Why Do We Binge On Alcohol?

I love binge drinking. But I’m worried about my long-term health, and I can’t afford to spend £400-plus a month in the pub

Internships: Unpaid and Unfair
Internships: Unpaid and Unfair

How are companies looking for employees but not budgeting for them? Where does all the money that they help generate go?

Why London Markets Aren’t All That
Why London Markets Aren’t All That

Camden Market may have been alternative back in the 1980s, but now it’s all so coordinated and contrived

Cordon Chelsea Off
Cordon Chelsea Off

I wondered, at such a time of recession, how anyone could be so insensitive as to commission and show ‘Made In Chelsea’

The Best Things in London Are Free
The Best Things in London Are Free

There’s nothing like getting things for free, allied with the knowledge that you’re limiting the amount sent to landfills

Save Gaby’s. Fight Clone London!
Save Gaby’s. Fight Clone London!

Gaby’s Deli on Charing Cross Road, home of the salt beef buttie, is facing closure. Do your bit to keep some London history alive!

Living With Unobtainaboys
Living With Unobtainaboys

Unobtainaboys are not the misogynistic assholes found in Neil LaBute scripts. They’re good people, just a little gamesy

Down With Drugs
Down With Drugs

The best drug experience I’ve ever had took place on a Saturday in August at the end of a secluded road in Tottenham

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