{"id":6208,"date":"2016-06-03T08:49:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T08:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=6208"},"modified":"2016-06-03T08:49:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T08:49:58","slug":"may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=6208","title":{"rendered":"May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a couple of reasons why I&#8217;ve managed to complete my My London Diary postings for May so promptly. Firstly there always seems to be a little less going on around Bank Holidays, though I did cover the &#8216;celebrations&#8217; at Harmondsworth over Heathrow&#8217;s &#8216;<em>70 years of unrelenting aircraft noise for local communities<\/em>&#8216; on the Bank Holiday itself. But I&#8217;ve also had some minor health issues with hay fever and a chest infection at the start and end of the month which meant I was too short of breath to go out and take pictures for a few days, but still well enough to sit at a computer and catch up with things. Fortunately I seem to be getting back to normal now, and am writing this before rushing out to catch a train and cover an event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/30\/20160530-d124.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"stories\">\n<h3><span class=\"mygrey\"><strong>May 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#she\" target=\"_blank\">No 3rd Runway Heathrow 70th Birthday<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#crane\" target=\"_blank\">Walk the Crane<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#city\" target=\"_blank\">Walk the City<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/21\/20160521-d917.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#mentalhealth\" target=\"_blank\">Housing is a Mental Health Issue<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#monsanto\" target=\"_blank\">March Against Monsanto Rally<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/21\/20160521-d606.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#dosta\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Dosta, Grinta, Enough!&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#tampontax\" target=\"_blank\">Tampon tax now Osbourne!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/21\/20160521-d463.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#vedanta\" target=\"_blank\">Foil Vedanta at Jaipur Literary Festival<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#capita\" target=\"_blank\">Cleaners protest at Capita<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#deaths\" target=\"_blank\">No More Deaths from Benefit Cuts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#sinking\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Sinking Cities&#8217; banners at BM\/BP show<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#canada\" target=\"_blank\">Canada House vigil condemns CETA<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#cetabanner\" target=\"_blank\">Banner Drop against CETA &amp; TTIP<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#ceta\" target=\"_blank\">BIS protest against CETA &amp; TTIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/14\/20160514-d877.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#topshop\" target=\"_blank\">Topshop protest after cleaners sacked<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#refugees\" target=\"_blank\">Refugees Welcome say protesters<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#earthlings\" target=\"_blank\">Vegan Earthlings masked video protest<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#nabka\" target=\"_blank\">68th Anniversary Nabka Day <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/14\/20160514-d040.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#holloway\" target=\"_blank\">Reclaim Holloway<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#climate\" target=\"_blank\">Going Backwards on Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/07\/20160507-d177-2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#barbican\" target=\"_blank\">Cleaners invade Barbican Centre<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#detention\" target=\"_blank\">Detention Centres Shut Them Down<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/01\/20160501-d1640.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#towerbridge\" target=\"_blank\">F**k Parade 4: Ripper &amp; Tower Bridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/01\/20160501-d1319-Edit.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#fp4\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-Capitalist May Day Street Party<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#gonosangeet\" target=\"_blank\">May Day Rally &amp; Gonosangeet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#maydayrally\" target=\"_blank\">May Day Rally<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/01\/20160501-d1042.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#ahwazi\" target=\"_blank\">Ahwazi Protest at May Day Rally<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#maydaymarch\" target=\"_blank\">May Day March<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#clerkenwell\" target=\"_blank\">Day at Clerkenwell Green<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/05\/may.htm#london\" target=\"_blank\">London Images<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; 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Firstly there always seems to be a little less going on around Bank Holidays, though I did cover the &#8216;celebrations&#8217; at Harmondsworth over Heathrow&#8217;s &#8216;70 years of unrelenting aircraft noise for local communities&#8216; on the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=6208\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6208"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6213,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions\/6213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}