Comments on: There is no new thing, and no sun

By: Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:34:30 +0000

Good heads-up, Dagmar. Can someone get pictures or a video of the tree felling?

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:10:46 +0000

White people have risked their lives listening to left-wing music at Rock Against Racism concerts… oh, never mind. The conkers have started to fall. The mushrooms in the parks are as big as parasols. In Bel Air Park, from the long, deep, dark lake, thousands of mosquitoes rise in the evening, still drowsy with the blood of Dulwich Village investment bankers, yet still hankering after fresh human claret, aye, imbued with the great vintages of the fragrant Bordeaux, no doubt.

Tomorrow, great doings in Camberwell. A huge tree is to be felled in Lucas Gardens. Counselling is being offered.

By: Margret Thatcher

Margret Thatcher — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:56:09 +0000

Newroad said “And I stand by my disbelief that folks from that community would be hell bent on causing trouble at a celebration of their very own heritage, struggle and success. Nott Hill C is an amazing event. How those it is meant to honour would want to destroy it for the vast majority of attendees is beyond me.”

It’s beyond you because you are white.

Dagmar said “There is more to life than knives, guns and other bling. Spelling for instance!”

Try telling that to the young black tribes and you will be stabbed to death as was Mr. Lawrence. BTW Chindamo was released today with Police protection and was given a car all at tax payers expence. Hey Ho!

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:02:01 +0000

The gangs are a pain, you are right newroad. Thank God the bill were on the case. There is more to life than knives, guns and other bling. Spelling for instance!

By: newroad

newroad — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:38:47 +0000

I think it is okay to refer to Afro Caribbean (attacking spelling on chat sites is a cheap argument in absence of anything else, I find) community even if many are first, second or more generation ‘British’. Just as we do with the South Americans at the Carnaval del Pueblo or Irish at St Paddy events. I don’t think it racist, but actually the beauty of London and the UK’s diversity where people who’ve been here forever still cling to their roots.

And I stand by my disbelief that folks from that community would be hell bent on causing trouble at a celebration of their very own heritage, struggle and success. Nott Hill C is an amazing event. How those it is meant to honour would want to destroy it for the vast majority of attendees is beyond me.

By: Mim

Mim — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:53:14 +0000

@19 Hi, I am a long time reader, first time poster and agree very much with the comment re S&D barman. In fact, I think that the bar staff are standout now whereas in the past I did tend to avoid S&D due to service not being up to much.

Whilst I feel chatty, I tried a chinese takeaway (after giving up on them as they are usually so bad) called Bing in SE17, they deliver to SE5. They were great and dare I say it…were better than Tasty House (which can be a bit stale and oily in comparison). I am now off to lurk again — I thank you.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:15:07 +0000

Did you win, Drew?

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:24:16 +0000

I went to Caravaggio: The Final Years at the Nat Gall. The paintings were so big and dark and depicted such larger-than-life lowlifes that it was like being in the Hermits Cave in winter outside term time.

By: Norman Maine

Norman Maine — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:19:23 +0000

Funny, from one ne’erdowell to another — I’ve almost finished a great biography of Caravaggio (real name Michelangelo Merisi, for all you pub quizzers out there). After having fled Rome on a murder charge, he was inducted into the Knights of Malta, whereupon he committed a further undocumented crime (I have a feeling it was something beastly), was imprisoned and made a daring escape from a heavily-guarded fortress, and is currently on the lam in Sicily. I fear this is not going to end well, Dagmar.

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:03 +0000

I concur, Norman, that should have said, above. I am feeling under the weather and error-prone. I have therefore been reading the poems of Francois Villon who was marginalised and became a thief (from grand mansions) in France in the 15th Century. His ballad of “les Pendus”, the hanged ones, is great.