The ‘My London Diary‘ calendar has a rather variable lag behind the rest of the world, but at last it is now officially June, and May is out, though today it feels rather chilly and I wonder if casting a clout was premature.
May was rather a busy month for me, probably because I had sworn I would take things a little easier, but things just kept on happening. There are of course seasonal events in May – May Day marches and rallies, May Queen Events and the Bengali New Year – as well as continuing protests against the vicious mix of incompetence, profiteering and malice towards the poor in the government’s policies and renewed attempts to persuade them to truly put pressure on the USA over Guantanamo and more.
But it was also a month where I got away from London a bit on a couple of family walks (a change is almost as good as a rest, but they tend to be rather exhausting) and found a couple of the exhibition openings worth taking a few pictures at. One of them, Estuary, included some of my own work, and was a reminder to me of how much I’ve neglected some areas of interest recently.
Perhaps I’ll take things easier in June, but somehow I doubt it unless my doctor makes me. But despite being June I think I’m going to get a jumper to put on.
March Against Monsanto
Don’t hang Prof Bhullar!
UEFA gets a Red Card for Israel
ArtEco Opening – Daniele Tamagni
Battersea etc
Daddy’s Pig heads for the Trough
Lawyers Funeral for Legal Aid
Bring Shaker Home
‘Christian Concern’ Against Gay Marriage
Tamils protest Sri Lankan Genocide
More US Embassy Protests
Guantánamo Murder Scene
London Marches to Defend NHS
End Israeli Ethnic Cleansing
Staines Walk
Canary Wharf & Estuary Opening
Hands off Assata!
Leveller Thomas Rainsborough
Bikers
Boishakhi Mela Procession
Kidnapped by Pirates
London’s 101st May Queen
Cleaners Return to Capgemini
Bank Holiday Walk
Beckenham May Queens
Cleaners at Clifford Chance
TUC May Day Rally
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