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Oh dear! And we start the press release with "the inventor of the incandescant light bulb". Except that every fule kno that Edison did that independantly at the same time. And Edison grasped the fact that there is no point in inventing the light bulb if you don't invent an electricity grid at the same time so it can be useful - unlike Swann. So not impressive.
Pedantic of Purley | 18.08.10 - 9:41 a.m. | #
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Londonist hip? Must be all those articles about wheel clamping in Westminster.
I met the web site organisers last week. Very nice people working on a limited budget. They've got a few fun-sounding ideas lined up for their web site, which should be ready over a month before the festival - which seems enough lead time to me.
Not sure why they didn't mention it, but our 'special pub quiz' will consist of questions entirely about London.
M@ | Homepage | 18.08.10 - 10:10 a.m. | #
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"a look at what London would be like had Joseph Bazalgette not developed the first sewage"
Is it me, or does that sound like a load of sh
logistical | Homepage | 18.08.10 - 11:01 a.m. | #
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"a new project that 'remixes' archive film to create new visions of London; and the chance to create your own version of London's future 'in a box'" (could be good, could be)
That would be London Recut being judged by, amongst others, Cassetteboy and which was over in June.
http://londonist.com/2010/06/music_interview_cassetteboy.php
eyetie | 18.08.10 - 12:00 p.m. | #
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Aren't Londonist's pub quizzes generally all about London anyway? (I've yet to get to one, shame on me...)
I often wonder whether press releases which quote Boris are actual Boris-isms, or whether the press office just have fun making up their most Boris-like phrases and briefly run it past him for approval.
martin | Homepage | 18.08.10 - 12:10 p.m. | #
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Yes, our quizzes are always about London. They're definitely 'special' pub quizzes, though, in that they're not usually held in pubs.
M@ | Homepage | 18.08.10 - 3:26 p.m. | #
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"Sir Crispin Tickell" sounds perfectly made-up.
cm | 19.08.10 - 10:50 a.m. | #
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I wonder if he's related to this even-more-Dickensianly-named fellow, commemorated on a wall near Guildhall:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/385386624/
M@ | Homepage | 19.08.10 - 2:01 p.m. | #
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Again, it promises events in every borough and again it fails to deliver.
Helen | Homepage | 27.09.10 - 4:26 p.m. | #
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