After more than 50 years, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre closed it doors today for demolition. A sad day for the area and a loss for the local c...
Citizen W @CitizenW
Brixton
Swinging the hammer at Scooploop, but am I worthy?
On my personal wall I am posting about random stuff I stumble upon, South London and sometimes tech.
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See 4 CommentsSeverndroog Castle, build as a folly ( a "fake" castle) at the end of the 18th century, south-east of Greenwich. The castle is a masterpeice in per...
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See 1 CommentOlivia de Havilland, known for her roles in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (yes, that was in 1938) and "Gone with the Wind" has died yesterday aged...
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South London Friends Of Europe #FBPE Brexit trade deal is 'unlikely' by end of the year, says BarnierMichel Barnier has said a trade and security deal with Boris Johnson’s government by the end of the year appeared “unlikely” https://www.theguardi...
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See 2 CommentsThe "Old Stable Block" is an old set of buildings hidden away in a corner of Ruskin Park (Camberwell/Brixton). It is really a pity it is not used f...
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See 2 CommentsI followed the Pool River (and later the Ravensbourne River) from Penge to Ladywell the other week. Here are some photos taken along the way.
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I have been following this story for a while as it is one of my favourite shops in brixton, might be interesting to some: https://london.eater.com/...
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Hello. - There have been some issues with Scooploop in the last few hours. It is being worked on. - There have also been some feedback reports that...
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See 8 CommentsA random selection of flowers from Ruskin Park, photographed today.
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See 8 CommentsMade this photo in Ruskin Park yesterday. Does anyone know what those are?
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Brixton Bookmongers in Coldharbour Lane to re-open next week https://brixtonblog.com/2020/06/bookmongers-to-re-open-next-week/
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Käsespätzle is a tradiional southern German dish made of a special kind of noodles called "Spätzle" (hand made egg noodles, made by "dropping" very...
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I do not know where it comes from (it won't say) but it hangs out in our garden almost every day. It also abides to social distancing..
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See 11 CommentsA classic German recipe (yes, really) from the 50ies. Toast Hawaii, here a vegetarian version: * Slice of toast, a bit of butter, pineapple, veget...
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Sharing this here from another scooploop post https://www.scooploop.com/thread/lockdown-diary-day-xyzn-more-lockdown-cooking-lentil-soup-with-veget...
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See 5 CommentsThis is based on a very traditional German recipe, though normally rather cooked in the winter. 1) soak lentils for a few hours, then boil until so...
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See 5 CommentsJapanese-style omelette, cauliflower and peppers topped with parmigiano & breadcrumbs, salad with re-hydrated figs.
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See 5 CommentsThis is an interesting direction for the future of Star Wars.. https://deadline.com/2020/05/taika-waititi-new-star-wars-movie-directing-1202925208/
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See 1 CommentHas anyone watched the TV Series yet? I really liked the old movie from 1986, while it leaves out big parts of the (awesome) book it is IMHO one of...
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Very interesting that according to the article, Gove thinks that the northern Ireland protocol is still being worked out, despite that the Withdraw...
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See 4 CommentsOK, I have to admit that the lockdown starts to take a toll on me, now I even started to re-watch all Harry Potter movies. Wow, acting was really ...
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See 3 Comments.. some random people were asked if they believe there is life on other planets: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/g4nlgw/journalist_in_1962_...
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See 4 CommentsSo today I got a letter from the prime minister himself, well, it is signed by him. Ironically, while it says "a vital update" on the envelope, I c...
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The owner of Nour Cash & Carry in Brixton Market has been served with a section 25 notice to leave the premises on 22 July 2020. https://www.chang...
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Honor Blackman, known by many for her role in Goldfinger ("Pussy Galore" will probably remain the most blatantly sexist name of a movie character i...
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See 2 CommentsBrockwell Park will be closed today due to #covid-19 . I assume they will do the same next weekend. https://brixtonblog.com/2020/04/council-closes-...
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See 4 CommentsHello everyone. Just to let everyone know, we have started to (very slowly) roll out Scooploop down under. This will probably mean that there mig...
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See 21 CommentsOk, I knew i wouldn't be able to write daily and I might not have counted the days correctly. On the upside: my cough is almost gone and my lunges ...
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See 12 CommentsOK, I am running out of ideas of what to photograph in the park, therefore today a recipe. Dough: 250g flour, 125ml water, 1 spoon olice oil, yea...
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Not a very eventful day, jogging again, but this time in the morning. I should probably go earlier in the future, because the park is already packe...
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See 9 CommentsDidn't feel that different from the last ten days or so I stayed at home. On the upside, it was the first time the government send me a text mess...
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See 1 CommentSad, here their statement: "That’s a wrap! We haven’t reopened after the gov announcement on Friday evening. It’s been a long and stressful week tr...
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See 1 CommentSCNR. The coronavirus has now pushed back the new James Bond by six months. Somehow I feel their marketing department thought people could misund...
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South London Friends Of Europe #FBPE US Trade Deal would only grow economy by 0.16% by the middle of the next decade (Edited)See 1 CommentDon't take my word for it, the government says so. If that's not worth all the downside.. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/02/uk-says-...
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See 7 CommentsHello. We have updated our event section and hope it now provides a better overview and makes it easier to find events. Please check it out.
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South London Friends Of Europe #FBPE UK government does not want continued access to the EU Early Warning and Response SystemSee 4 CommentsNote: The EWRS is the EU's pandemic warning system. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/early-warning-and-response-system-after-brexit-1-...
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See 1 CommentThe UK government is now outlining what they are trying to achieve in negotiations with the EU, and frankly I do not see any chance they can get wh...
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See 10 CommentsThere is a German idiom "den Löffel abgeben", literally meaning "to give away the spoon", meaning "to die". The idiom comes from the fact that unti...
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R.I.P Kathrine Johnson (Edited)Kathrine Johnson (1918-2020), probably not so widely known, but an absolute legend in her field. Expert in orbital mechanics who calculated flight ...
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See 5 CommentsA short video from my visit to #Camberwell Old Cemetery Wood a couple of weeks ago. Note I would normally not film on a cemetery, but considering...
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See 5 CommentsGiant bubbles at Southbank. ( and someone played dance music in the background so I left it in).
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For those of the vegetarians you would prefer to avoid gelatine: I recently stumbled across a (I think) new brand of vegan gummy candy. Tried some ...
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See 8 CommentsArnie is certainly not one of worlds top character actors, but mostly he does a good job in the roles he plays. But of all his movies, "Total Recal...
