The 2nd Annual Conference of Boring (2011)
22 Nov 2011 4 Comments
in Artists, Comedy, Society & Culture Tags: 2011, Adam Curtis, boring, boring 2011, Chris T-T, Conference, Felicity Ford, Galit Ferguson, Greg Stekelman, Helen Keen, James Ward, Jon Ronson, Josie Long, Leila Johnston, london, Mark Stevenson, Matt Crosby, Matt Parker, Peter Burnett, Rhodri Marsden, Richard DeDomenici, show, Tim Steiner, Toby Dignum
It was time for the festival of the obscure, the mundane, the common, the twisted, the funny, the celebration of Boring! This year, the Boring conference was taking place at York Hall on Old Ford Road in East London. A sold-out event; it had twice the capacity of the venue used last year and this notice greeted the worryingly excited people upon arrival –
Looks like last year’s inaugural conference had caught the attention of quite a few people!
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A Tale Of Tent City
23 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Extreme Sports, Political Events, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: #occupy, death, economy, graveyard, london, occupation, occupyLSX, protest, st pauls, st pauls cathedral, stock exchange
The streets of London are paved with gold and sometimes tents.
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Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds
29 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Political Events Tags: ai weiwei, billion, china, corruption, installation, kidnap, london, million, seeds, sunflower, tate modern, weiwei
100 million tiny handmade, hand painted, porcelain sunflower seeds are currently scattered across the barren, concrete floor of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, London, UK.
March For The Alternative – The Battle For Hearts & Minds
28 Mar 2011 6 Comments
in Political Events, Society & Culture Tags: 26th march, anarchist, fortnum and mason, london, march, march for the alternative, police, protest, uk uncut
Following on from the winter 2010 student protests against increases in tuition fees, a protest against more general government cuts took place in the spring of 2011 –
More photos & footage from the direct action activities are contained within the article.
A Conference Named Boring
13 Dec 2010 7 Comments
in Artists, Comedy, theatre Tags: boring, boring 2010, dominion theatre, James Ward, london, Rhodri Marsden, Robin Ince
Inside a mirrored room within the depths of the Dominion Theatre in London, over 200 people gathered to attend the Boring 2010 conference. Paper bags containing the following items were awaiting all the attendees -
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London Marathon 2010
26 Apr 2010 1 Comment
in Society & Culture, Sport Tags: 26.2 miles, charity, endurance, health, healthy, london, london marathon, participation, running, sport
There were 36,000 people taking part in the London Marathon in 2010. Some people were serious runners hoping to set themselves good running times, others were in costumes raising money for charity. Indeed last year, £47.2 million was raised for charitable causes.
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
24 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Artists, theatre Tags: acting, adrian schiller, asylum, campaign, crazy, drink, drive, every good boy deserves favour, imaginary, london, music, national theatre, orchestra, performance, public service annoucement, review, theatre
Collings and Herrin’s 100th (ish) Podcast
02 Feb 2010 2 Comments
in Comedy Tags: bumming, collings, collins, Comedy, herrin, herring, leicester square, london, podcast, stand-up, theatre
Last night I went to see the 100th (ish) podcast recording by Richard Herring and Andrew Collins at the Leicester Square Theatre in London. This had been their 2 year anniversary of podcasting together. The gig had sold out and people had even brought tickets to stand in the aisles. As I looked around the crowd I realised that we all looked like 18 year old college students. We might have actually ranged from 15 year old looking kids to distinguished looking 65 year old gentlemen, but somehow we still all looked and dressed like 18 year old college students.
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