Tag Archives: Leicester

Leicester’s history revealed by Google Street View

According to the Daily Mail today Google is extending its Street View service to peer at 95 per cent of homes in the UK.

In honour of this I’ve uploaded (above) a pic taken from a screen-grab of Street View of the spot in Leicester where a memorial plaque to Richard III, who some say [...]

Holy Bones, Leicester

The news that Amplified Leicester is now looking for participants came through today. Sign up below if you want to get involved..

Holy Bones, Leicester
Originally uploaded by Stuart Glendinning Hall

Brighten up the winter in an exciting Leicester experiment and learn some 21st century skills. We’re looking for people who are open-minded, enthusiastic and curious.
Amplified Leicester is [...]

Amplified Individuals and Business Resilience 18th June 2009

Amplified Individuals and Business Resilience 18th June 2009
Originally uploaded by suethomas

We’re all looking thoughtful at the recent #nlab event on 18 June!
RT @suethomas Thanks to @Solobasssteve for recording AudioBoos at the 18 June #nlab day. Here come the Boos: http://is.gd/1lOxx

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Leicester’s sikh festival procession

A little video as it past by the Cotton Mill…

Sikh festival procession from stuart Hall on Vimeo.

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Startups and amplified individuals

Looking forward to We20 in Leicester on Saturday, meeting people who want to make the city a better place to live and work!
I’m taking this great BusinessWeek piece about creating jobs by supporting start-ups in the US to the meeting in the town hall, and hope to get the chance to discuss  its relevance to [...]

Leicester amplified

NLab Social Networks Conference 2008 – Andrea Saveri from IOCT on Vimeo.
At e-mint last night WordFrame’s David Terrar reminded me that next week NESTA is interviewing people who’ve entered proposals to be the learning partner for ‘Amplified City Leicester’. What’s Amplified City Leicester I hear you say? Watch the video above to get a conceptual [...]

Leicester Beer Festival 2009; here we come..

Like the look of this..Leicester Beer Festival started today. And I’m not there, yet!

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Save the Bowstring Bridge

I thought I should report this from the Leicester Civic Society as I understand there’s a petition to save the Western Bridge:
“The ‘Bowstring Bridge’ viaduct at the junction of Western Boulevard and Braunstone Gate has been a Leicester landmark since the 1890s and is now under imminent threat of demolition.
“De Montfort University now own the [...]