Snail Mail: 28 November 2009
What happens when we stop texting, emailing and instant messaging and pick up a pen and paper? Poet Miriam Nash invites you to join her for a creative letter-writing workshop on 28 November 2009 at Foyles.
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Slow Food London: Halloween Market 2009
Trick or treat… It’s time for apple bobbing, pumpkins, tasty slow-cooked casseroles and sweet indulgences. Slow Food London is celebrating Halloween 2009 at the Southbank Centre with specially selected traders offering their best produce, and free demos. More »
The London Loaf: Slow Spending
Annalie shares her Top Tips for Beating the Recession: Who else is sick of hearing the phrase “Credit Crunch?” Still, most of us have been affected one way or another, so here are some ideas about how to get frugal whilst remaining creative… More »
Monster Sunset at the Poetry Café: January 2010
Singer songwriter and resident Slow Down London blogger Annalie Wilson hosts an evening of acoustic music accompanied by bassist Ben Hillyard at the cosy Poetry Café in Covent Garden, this Friday 15th January 2010 at 8pm. More »
Autumn mellowness at Foyles: 2009
Foyles Bookshop will be the home of Slow Down London this Autumn 2009, serving up several wonderful reminders that fast isn’t always best. Shift down a gear with events including slow yoga, letter-writing workshops and a fully fledged Slow Down Day.
The London Loaf: Delay
Annalie continues her column The London Loaf:
Delay is an interesting concept. We spend our lives rushing from one place to another, and when we arrive, panting, at the point of departure, we find ourselves with a great big wadge of time to kill. More »
2009 Festival on video
Art student Zelda Moehring brought her video camera and ’slow’ vision to the first Slow Down London festival in April-May 09, documenting numerous events and discussions. You can watch her 10-minute feature, along with footage of individual events. More »
Slow Work: a day at the museum
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I’m writing this as I stand on the balcony overlooking the central hall in the Natural History Museum. Down below, scores of families and school kids are milling about, staring up in wonder at the giant dinosaur skeleton that inhabits the space. More »
Go Slow on the Tube
The Ben Hur-style crowds, the furnace-like heat, the unnecessarily loud tannoy announcements, the unsavoury body odours… Travelling on the Underground can try the patience of even the most zenlike Londoner. However, it is possible to slow down, both mentally and physically, on the Tube with a little guidance and inner strength:
Slow News!
With our first festival, Slow Down London captured wide national and international attention. Media coverage ranging from BBC Breakfast (BBC One) to Radio 4’s Today Programme to NBC News in America. Here’s a selection of the press: More »
