Author Archives: William Perrin

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About William Perrin

Active in Kings Cross London and South Oxfordshire, founder of Talk About Local, helping people find a voice online and a trustee of The Indigo Trust , Good Things Foundation and ThreeSixtyGiving as well as Connect8.

Something Moore for the weekend….

Posted on October 4, 2007 by William Perrin

It’s a bit out of the Kings Cross area but I can’t recommend highly enough the Henry Moore exhibition at Kew Gardens.  About 30 of his sculptures are wonderfully scattered throughout the landscape around the marvellous glass houses.  (see reviews … Continue reading →

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Uphill Acoustic Sessions – The Harrison Bar, Kings Cross

Posted on September 27, 2007 by William Perrin

If you like a bit of acoustic strumming rather than electric blaring (and who doesn’t ?) then check out The Harrison on Sunday evening (30th Sept) from about 7:30.  Hopefully five acts playing Blues, Folk Rock and Country. The big … Continue reading →

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Preparing to feed the birds and not the squirrels this winter…..

Posted on September 16, 2007 by William Perrin

The last days of summer are here and I have been renewing my bird feeders in Bingfield Park.  Readers will know of my battle with the squirrel menace – the tree rats eat all the food and/or destroy the feeders … Continue reading →

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Bendy bus debate

Posted on September 12, 2007 by William Perrin

There is a bit of a debate going on about the future of bendy buses, with the media mainly doing them down.  The urban designers over at the ADG have written a thoughtful article in defence of bendy buses (thanks … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross ‘a gourmet hot spot’…….

Posted on September 11, 2007 by William Perrin

Locals have been following the welcome increase in decent places to eat in Kings Cross and now it seems that the restaurant critics have got there too.  Jay Rayner in the Observer put the boot into Camino, which has had … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross big tent….

Posted on September 5, 2007 by William Perrin

An enormous temporary building has appeared over the last week at the North end of the railway lands behind Kings Cross.  Yesterday a huge pavilion roof was hoisted up by six cranes, the walls will probably go in today.  Enquiries … Continue reading →

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Nido Pentonville Road – 1,000 residents coming soon…..

Posted on September 2, 2007 by William Perrin

Nido are about to bring over 1,000 people to live in Kings Cross in a refit of the old tower blocks at 200 Pentonville Road and Calshot Street.  This will probably be the biggest ever single influx of people to … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross TV goes on air

Posted on August 30, 2007 by William Perrin

Everyone seems to be making video clips on their mobile phones and cameras these days – so I have pulled about 30 Kings Cross internet videos together at a new site KingsCrossTV.  There is a huge range of stuff from … Continue reading →

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