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Mohamed-Zain Dada »
An unofficial guide to Twitter
Posted on 2:16am Sunday 30th January 2011
You’ll get the spammers who send tweets consisting of everything from weight watchers to advice on how to walk a dog. These tweeters will urge you to follow them (follow @Zainthepoet) or spam you their links (check out www.wordsapart7.blogspot.com for poetry) and they will stop at nothing to do so.
Mohamed-Zain Dada »
'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.'
Posted on 1:13am Friday 28th January 2011
Some people are selective in terms of the truth or history. Like my selective memory which remembers the Asian and or Muslim members of the BBC London news team: *breathe* Ayeesha Baksh, Asad Ahmed and Riz Latif. More importantly, governments and liberal democracies of the western world struggle to remember what they set up: post-world war kingdoms in the middle-east and across the world.
Denise Phillips »
Latest in Bahamian cooking!
Posted on 3:32pm Tuesday 18th January 2011
The joys of Bahamian cooking is brought to London with this tasty recipe of Rum cake!
Mohamed-Zain Dada »
Making Welfare un-fair
Posted on 10:45pm Tuesday 11th January 2011
2011 looks bleak for young people. Today it was announced that banker’s bonuses will not be restricted whilst student’s fee will be rising, EMA will be scrapped and youth centre’s will close. Banks should be treated like dogs and be put on economic leashes but instead there given free reign to proverbially pee on the free market.
Mohamed-Zain Dada »
Snow Way!
Posted on 5:25pm Monday 20th December 2010
Going Ice-skating is quite an easy option, just head down to your local side road and off you go. Driving a Vauxhall Corsa (no offence to those who drive corsa’s) in the snow is like driving a bumper car. This is all because the government decide to blow tax payers money on tanks in Kabul rather then snow plough’s in London.
Mohamed-Zain Dada »
'Words Apart' at Finchley Youth Theatre
Posted on 4:29pm Saturday 18th December 2010
Something truly remarkable happened at Finchley Youth Theatre on Thursday the 16th of December. FYT hosted the youth poet collective ‘Words Apart’ for their first official gig. Every Monday night, a group of young poets would meet at the Canada Villa Youth Centre for poetry jam’s to share their own poetry and structure group pieces. Thus, Thursday’s gig was a culmination of weeks of hard work.
Mohamed-Zain Dada »
Assange's arrest will equal public unrest
Posted on 6:57pm Tuesday 7th December 2010
The reason people are sick of politics is that through the quagmire of rhetoric and corruption it has become the equivalent of a giant turd maze (which would be impressive.) WikiLeaks is breaking down these barriers and humans are seeing international relations for what it is: a giant turd.
Denise Phillips »
Are Cook Books Becoming Passe
Posted on 9:26pm Thursday 2nd December 2010
With the use of iphones, ipads and numerous websites with recipe downloads are cook books now old fashioned?
Mohamed-Zain Dada »
I have a (bad) dream... of having to pay of my Student Loan
Posted on 5:25pm Wednesday 1st December 2010
Nick Clegg or the proverbial Brutus in this theatrical joke of a government has turned his back on the voters who put him in to the ConDem coalition. Clegg has set up a dangerous precedent of politicians promising a policy in their manifesto then implementing the exact opposite once they get power.
Jack Cohen »
Here on Merit
Posted on 4:40pm Wednesday 3rd November 2010
I noted down three comments the Council Leader made at last nights Council meeting.
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