London's Employment Zones

CDRC Maps has added a new data layer to their interactive map of UK census, consumer and health metrics. The new London Workplace Zones uses data from the 2011 census (and various other sources) to classify the capital's workplace populations. The map provides an interesting guide to the main employment sectors in the different parts of London.

The map doesn't show in which sectors the people

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Mapping London's Vicious Poor

Charles Booth was an English philanthropist who is most famous for his research into working class life in London at the end of the 19th Century. In the 1800's a large proportion of London's population lived in poverty. Charles Booth wanted to know who they were and where they lived. He therefore carried out a huge study into the lives and working conditions of Londoners.

He published the

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1000 Years of London History

Layers of London wants to map the history of London from the time of the Romans right through to the modern day. That is a lot of history. So it needs your help.

Layers of London is already working with a number of partners, including the British Library, Historic England, The National Archives, London Metropolitan Archives and the Museum of London Archaeology. However it will also be

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London Bans Fried Chicken

Many councils in the UK have introduced 400 meter fast food exclusion zones around schools. These zones don't apply to existing fast food outlets but do apply to anyone planning to open a fast food restaurant in the future. The purpose of these exclusion zones are to help fight the rise of child obesity.

Later this week the London mayor Sadiq Khan plans to announce a fast food exclusion zone

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The Density of Housing in London

The UK government has set a target of building a million new homes by 2020. This raises the question of where do you put a million new homes. In the past the government has wanted to relax laws which restrict new buildings on green field sites. However building on green field sites is usually very unpopular with voters. An alternative approach would be to build more densely in already built-up

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Visiting the BIG City - London!

This summer we ventured to the bright lights of London.  Lutaaya hasn't been to London since being home and it was somewhere I wanted her to see.  This year, London has been in the media a lot, with the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympics, it seemed this was the right time to visit.

So, we ventured on the 3 hour drive to London.  My parents came along too.  We packed the car and booked in a hotel for a long weekend stay.

Here are some of our photos that really sum up our time in London - -

Lutaaya got to ride the underground for the first time

We had tickets to see The Lion King Musical, which was a blast

Do-nuts in the hotel room as a night time feast

We found lots of WEnlocks scattered about after the Olympics so snapped as many as we could

Open top bus tour of London - Granddad and his girl

Look closely and you'll see a little piece of Uganda

Lutaaya was pleased to see the Ugandan flag flying proudly at Uganda House, Trafalgar Square

We even caught up with Royalty - what an amazing Lego creation at Hamley's

We saw all the sights

And watched the changing of Guard at Buckingham Palace

Harrods Bear

Notice my little shopaholic's bag?  Yes she bought a treat at Harrods

Beefeater Wenlock

And we took the scenic route home to drive by the Olympic Village

An amazing, but very tiring adventure to London.

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My Next Gig: Emergent Environments, London

...featuring Kate Soper, Tim Clark and me. September 9 and 10. They have a YouTube channel.

The view for the conference is new directions for the humanities in thinking about ecology. 

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