Tonight’s Economic and Environmental scrutiny committee meeting dealt a bitter blow to democratic engagement in Southend, as the decision to ‘webcast’ the Council meetings was referred back to another full council meeting for further debate. Southend Council has a legal… Read More ›
Archive for November 2012
“A Small Light” – Councillor Mark Flewitt on New Affordable Home Development.
Councillors at the Community Services and Culture Scrutiny meeting on Wednesday 28th November have unanimously agreed proposals to build a new Council property on Council-owned land. The Possible New Affordable Housing Development Site report, available to view on the… Read More ›
Art On The Hoardings: Southends Inspiring New Arts Project
Artwork on hoardings at Greenwich DLR station, November 2012. Photograph: Jack Monroe. Last nights Community Services and Culture Scrutiny Committee unanimously supported a groundbreaking and exciting recommendation for ‘art on the hoardings’ in the Borough of Southend. The suggestion was… Read More ›
UKIP Culture Spokesman: ‘Gay Adoption Violates Child Human Rights.’
Photo: Metro, Graham Hassey. WINSTON MCKENZIE, CULTURE SPOKESMAN FOR UKIP and candidate in the upcoming Croydon North by-election has hit out at gay couples who want to adopt, likening it to child abuse in a revolting tirade. He said… Read More ›
In Memory of John Hadjicostas: Echo & Gazette Column
It’s a funny expression, saying you’ve ‘lost’ somebody. I lose things all the time, as anyone close to me will testify. Keys, hair pins, socks – I’m organised enough when it comes to the big things, but when it comes… Read More ›
Scummy Single Mummy And Small Boy Go To A Council Meeting
Once upon a time there was a young woman who definitely wasn’t a fairy princess. She had short messy hair and a keen interest in local politics, and a Small Boy who accompanied her almost everywhere she went. So this… Read More ›
Self Employed Single Mummy: Week Three
So, I’m officially in Week Three of self-employed single mummy status. Week three? Where has that time gone? Well so far it’s gone on two exhausting but successful preview days at the Work Of Art Gallery on Hamlet Court Road,… Read More ›
Foster Carers Deserve A Medal, Not A Millstone In A Goldfish Bowl.
As the daughter of two long-term foster carers, who started fostering early on in my childhood and between them have taken approximately 70 children into their homes to date, I left this issue to the rest of the press this… Read More ›
I Lost My Fear Of Hugging: Photography by Jack Monroe
“I Lost My Fear Of Hugging” by Jack Monroe. All rights reserved. 4″x6″ framed: £18 8″x6″ framed: £32 12″x16″ framed: £48 To order: email jackmonroe@live.co.uk Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/jokersandrogues Twitter: @MsJackMonroe
New Work At The WOA Gallery
Top to bottom: “Wedding Night” “Childhood Hiding Place” “Everybody Knows It’s Lonely Here” “A Fine Romance.” by Jack Monroe. All rights reserved. Installed at the Work Of Art Gallery on Hamlet Court Road, Southend on Sea, yesterday afternoon, with… Read More ›
