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Whose London Is It Anyway?
This excellent question is the title of a new festival at the Camden People’s Theatre addressing the urgent issues of housing in London. Where will the pressure of rising housing prices and rapid changes in vast areas of London lead us?
We spoke to Brian Logan, artistic director of the Camden People’s Theatre, about the festival.
Package by: Freddy Chick
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Social Housing Online Protesters angry with Argent
Argent agreed to provide only 40% of its housing as social housing when it signed the planning agreement in 2006, rather than the London target of 50%. That came to 750 of 2,000. With properties selling for an average of upwards of £1 million each, Argent now wants to back out after it has delivered only 650 of the agreed homes. People have taken to leaving messages on Argent’s Facebook in protest and over 11 thousand have signed on online petition. Here some of the things that protesters are saying.
Voices: Danielle Manning, Freddy Chick, Joseph Hughes, Marian Larragy & N. N. Dee
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What's on in Camden from 12th April 2015
15th April: Camden History Group hosts Danny Nissim on changes to the South Bank: 16th April: Ruth Leibman ‘The Spring Collection’ opens at WAC: 17h April: ‘Score’ opens at Camden People’s Theatre: April 22nd, ‘Workers before during and after the 1916 Rising’: Ongoing: ‘Four Visions for the Future of Housing’ is at the Royal Academy. Into your calendar for May 1st: ‘Speakeasy Jazzmen’ at Camden Square Gardens; Book ahead for London Irish Writers Summer School.
Read by: Angela Routley, Daniela Manning, Freddy Chick, Joe Hughes & Marian Larragy.
Edited by: Marian Larragy
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Camden Newscast June 2014
In this months Newscast, Sarah O’Brien gets views from Islington Council and The Mount Pleasant Association about the Royal Mail Group’s development proposal for the Mount Pleasant sorting office site. So far councils and local community groups object to this proposal but Mayor Johnson has taken it out of their hands and is due to make a decision at the end of July, public consultation ends on the 27th June.
Freddy Chick talks to residents of the Regents Park Estate about the loss of 168 council homes and businesses in Drummond Street, who are all set to lose their properties to make way for HS2.
Ann Carroll talks to Colin Blunstone from the 60’s band the Zombies, about his solo work, touring fifty years after you started and further albums with the Zombies.
Presented: Sarah O’Brien
Reporting: Freddy Chick, Sarah O’Brien & Ann Carroll
Edited: Sarah O’Brien
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What's on in Camden - May 18-26
Theatre, music, job advice, housing protest, exhibitions,
Read by: Anna Marshall, Betiel Baraki, Cina Aissa, Darryl McKay, Luna Rodrieguz, Marian Larragy, Martin Lim, Sarah O’Brien & Sid Phoenix
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