Results tagged “Blackheath”

World cuisine
Giraffe
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
It's menu might be a crazy mixture of styles and tastes, but somehow - along with some powerful cocktails - it all just works.

By Louisa Emery

"Our flat is beginning to look a bit eccentric," says Katie Rose Whiting.

A lifetime of hoarding has grown into a business and this month House of Lalka opened up its first pop-up shop.

Behind a rather foreboding grill and set in an unprepossessing recess on Cannon Street (Grade II-listed) sits the London Stone, reputed to the place from which Romans measured all distances in Britain.

It became recognised as the symbolic authority of the City Of London, appearing in ceremonial functions, such as deals and oaths.

Protestors against the use of Greenwich Park for events at the 2012 Olympics have dug up a 19th Century law they believe will "scupper" Games' planners.

Pressure group No To Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events (Nogoe) claim the use of Circus Field in Blackheath, next to Greenwich Park, is illegal under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866.

COCKTAILS AND ITALIAN CUISINE
Locale, Blackheath
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
It's a bit of a hop from Canary Wharf, but Locale's decent Italian menu is bolstered by a cocktail menu that's among the best in the area.

Climate camp has been set up in Blackheath for a week, in which time activists have launched actions against London targets such as Barclays, Shell, RBS and even the Daily Mail.

As the tents and haystacks come down, The Wharf talks to camp spokesman Peter McDonnell about the event and its long-term impact.

View the Wharf's climate camp gallery here

Demonstrators are camping in the shadow of Canary Wharf to raise awareness about climate change.

Hundreds descended on Blackheath yesterday afternoon to set up a "climate camp", a tent-peppered community which will serve as a base, an open house and a home for workshops over the next week.

The Wharf goes on a foraging trip from Greenwich to Blackheath

When I first packed my bindle for the city years ago, I made a promise to my mother.

"Even if I turn into a crack-addled murderer who drives an SUV," I said, "at least I will never eat stuff off the road."

She would be so disappointed in me right now.

It might not seem the best time to put yourself in the firing line but that has not stopped the Territorial Army recruiting in Canary Wharf this week.

Soldiers from Nine platoon of the C (City of London) Fusiliers Company of the London Regiment were stationed in Jubilee Place mall today hoping to entice Wharfers to join up.

LEWIS HAMILTON might have failed in his latest big race but another young driver had no such problem as he roared to victory in a British Karting championship contest.

Richard Bradley, from Blackheath, won the first KF1 race of the season in Wigan on March 30, picking up the KF1 Plate – the equivalent of the British Cup – in the process.

The 16-year-old, whose father is a partner at Clifford Chance in Bank Street, was delighted with the win, especially as he was racing against professional drivers, most of whom are years older than him.