Tag Archives: Mile End Road

Bale on Bail

Celebrity method actor and Batman star Christian Bale has been bailed by police following his arrest over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister. The Welsh born actor denies the allegations, which supposedly took place in a suite at London’s Dorchester Hotel on Sunday.
Bale was in London to promote the latest instalment of the Batman […]

Torch Wooden

I managed to witness the scenes of disruption and chaos which followed the Olympic torch through the streets of London. The procession made its way down the Mile End Road, directly outside my flat. The torch was not there – it travelled via the river after it had got to Tower Bridge, but the cortege […]

Knievel’s Evil

Oh boy, was I delighted that my Easter weekend was sound tracked by a very loud shop alarm. This has now been firing off for a week, during the day, and more importantly, during the night. I am not getting much sleep. I have reached the point where I have difficulty discerning what is real […]

Wide Awake

I have new neighbours in the flat above me. I have not met them yet, and I do not believe I ever shall. It is very much the London way to never meet one’s neighbours. I do not even know who lives next door to me – but I do hear their constant playing of […]

Stepney George

Celebrities Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse have stepped up to support one of their favourite London pubs. The George Tavern, on Commercial Road in Stepney, is a traditional East End boozer and is an establishment where I have imbibed on a number of occasions; it is only ten minutes away from where I live. There […]

Moooooooo – nage Daydream

3am. I am woken by the sound of mooing. It must be a dream. I fall back to sleep. Again, woken by the sound of mooing. Boy, am I confused. If I lived in the countryside maybe this would be a regular sound. Living on the Mile End Road I am used to people shouting […]