For those who didn’t manage to get tickets for Hackney Ascension Day, Iain Sinclair’s one-off, site-specific tour of St Augustine’s Tower, take a look at this film, which was produced by Jack Wake-Walker.
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Relive our sold-out night of bardolatrous fiction, Shakespeare in Shoreditch. Film by Jo Barker.
Who would win in a fight: The bishop of Bristol or Answer-Me-This?

A fine question for the Answer Me This chaps, that one.
Incidently, one that is also being considered by the Sony Radio Academy and will be settled once and for all at their annual awards bash.
Because we are very pleased that stars of Webstock and old mates of the festival Helen, Olly and Martin are up for the Best Internet Programme award. Alongisde the media big-bully boys and the Clifton Diocese in Bristol. Tough crowd, but we are extremely pleased on their behalf and have all our fingers crossed for them. Except one, as, co-incidently, one of our web-guys programmed the site for the Clifton Diocese, so we’re backing two horses in this race. But mostly AMT.
It’s not a public vote, so you can’t rock the vote. Unless you can nobble a Radio Academy judge or two. But that’s up to you.
As an alternative, make sure you check out their latest episode and lots of the other fun stuff they have over at their site here.
Man With Beard Joins Gifted Children

As we enter the final week of this year’s London Word Festival, we are very happy, nay, ecstatic (!) to announce that none other than Dave Gorman will be performing at the School for Gifted Children this Wednesday. Tickets are very nearly sold out already, so get thee to We Got Tickets with haste to claim the last few.
We can also announce that the wonderful Joanna Neary will also be performing, alongside Robin Ince, Ben Goldacre, Ben Moor, Gavin Osborn, Rich Sandling and Helen Zaltzman.
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Hackney Ascension Day
Shakespeare in Shoreditch
Who would win in a fight: The bishop of Bristol or Answer-Me-This?
Man With Beard Joins Gifted Children
The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth
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