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The power station is an iconic landmark but the redevelopment is soulless, that’s what Smithfield has to look forward to.
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And exactly the same at Billingsgate with some unaffordable housing on top.
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The report in the Times said the authority “wants to turn the Smithfield site into a mixed-use cultural development alongside the London Museum and redevelop the Billingsgate site as housing”.
Because London doesn’t have enough of those.
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Outraged from Tunbridge Wells will be choking on their cornflakes tomorrow morning.
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First episode of Dune Prophecy was very good, not sure I followed everything but it has me hooked, looks and sounds great too.
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How it’s looking so far, 4 hours ago it was an 86% No vote
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Is Gladiator II worth watching
I’ve not seen it yet but two different views here, first from NYT and attached from Popbitch
Sorry should mention spoilers in the review.
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There is also the notoriety of the artist to consider. A random person in the street tapes a banana to a wall, no one cares
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The point of the piece was that the noise is being created by the super rich, and the IHT policy was introduced to catch the likes of Dyson and Clarkson who hide their money in farms
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I think the OG took the higher arable farm average so worst case scenario
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The conversations about farming and IHT on here have been interesting. I saw a post on bluesky tonight by someone claiming to be a farmer so I checked the writers assertions and they seem to stack up..
The average farm size in the UK is circa 88 hectares, but nearly half of all farms are smaller than 20 hectares.
The average cost of farmland in the UK per acre seems to be circa £11,000.
So an 88H farm (217 acres) would be worth £2,387,000.00, therefore under the £3m family cut off.
If a farm costs £3.5M the family gets taxed on £500K and small farms who hit this threshold get 10 years to pay it off at no interest.
But remember half of farmers in this country only own 20 Hectares or less.
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Great story here, where not to eat
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I read this lovely piece and wanted to share it. Of all the artists and bands I’ve seen live I’ve seen Eddie Palmieri the most times of anyone.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/eddie-palmieri-says-dont-call-it-a-comeback
And this, linked to in the above piece
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/25/archives/memory-of-a-wintry-trip-to-sing-sing.html
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From the days you could go to a rave and hear every style of music on the same night, he made some great stuff.
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Great write up, good work.
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Unbelievable honour.
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Apparently November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month
https://nationalpeanutboard.org/news/5-must-haves-for-national-peanut-butter-lovers-month/
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Maybe I’m imagining things but the Penguin has Tony Soprano’s voice and mannerisms down to a tee.
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Soul is an open ended concept so there’s no point looking for definitions.
Spitalfields is a good example, it’s not perfect but the project took a derelict part of London and turned it into something new without loosing the original essence of the space.