Protest at the Mini Shard 23rd March

Yep, so a bit worried what the office would be like this morning (as there is an "Occupy" protest due to happen this week, starting today)...

...the answer?  A bit of scaffolding around the escalators covered in anti-climb paint, a bit of glue on the windows (I guess to make it easy to remove any spray paint/permanent marker pens), a *lot* more security guards and a lot more police...and basically nothing else!

I guess it's tough to get up early in the morning and commute to a protest eh?

Update - According to Facebook it's at 11:30am that they plan to "Take  the space"...let's see what happens! ;)

Update update - You can watch the protest live here - http://bambuser.com/v/5372441 (their cameras)

Cthulhu - The London Times

...as observed today, sat at my desk in the News Building...

Now where is my Elder sign, please tell me I didn't leave it on the tube?!!

Bank of Mum and Dad Ad in the Times...

...today, a brilliant full page advert (click it to zoom in)...it's actually for Shelter, a jolly clever bit of advertising... ;)

The Sun and The Times covers today

Times Archive Blog

This is quite nice, Rose Wild from the Times Archive is blogging interesting little tidbits from the last 200 years of published articles, like for example, their review of "Tess of the D'Urbavilles" from 1892...or the amusing tale of the Bishop and the Sea Monster...definitely one worth subscribing to I think... ;)