2020年9月27日 星期日

Uber judged 'fit and proper' to operate in London 2020.9. Uber’s London Ban Raises Questions About Race





  • Uber's new chief executive will meet London's transport commissioner later to discuss the firm losing its licence.
    Dara Khosrowshahi is meeting Mike Brown, who runs Transport for London, which has criticised the firm's record over reporting criminal offences and carrying out driver background checks.
    Uber has apologised for "mistakes" and said it could make concessions.
    Uber's licence expired on Saturday but its drivers can continue to operate in the capital while it pursues an appeal.

2020年9月24日 星期四

Sir Harold Evans: 1928–2020.





Reuters

Sir Harold Evans: 1928–2020. He exposed deadly corporate secrets and the spy scandal of the century - setting the world's gold standard for journalism in the public interest https://reut.rs/3iY9lWr




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Obituary: Sir Harold Evans

-https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13439676

...Evans's reputation was confirmed when he was voted the all-time greatest newspaper editor by his peers in 2002 and was knighted in 2004 for his services to journalism.

He was passionate about newspaper journalism to the end, saying in his 2009 memoirs My Paper Chase: "It's endlessly fascinating to me how the tumult of the world can be made comprehensible by the orderly calibration of values within the discipline of the printed page."

In 2011, at the age of 82, he was appointed editor at large at the Reuters news agency, the organisation's editor-in-chief describing him as "one of the greatest minds in journalism".

The former Sunday Times Insight editor, Bruce Page, once described Evans as "the most considerable editor of post-war history: courageous, determined, with extraordinary presentational flair, and a great technician who understood the craft of newspapers".

2020年9月23日 星期三

英國首相約翰遜再對疫情發出警告,稱情況已到“危險轉折點”

 •英國首相約翰遜再對疫情發出警告,稱情況已到“危險轉折點” 面對持續激增的感染病例,約翰遜宣布將在未來六個月持續執行新限制措施,包括對違抗命令者實施更嚴苛的懲罰。

2020年9月7日 星期一

Opinion: Boris Johnson’s one-legged economic strategy trips up Tories

Robert Shrimsley: For decades, Britain’s Tories knew where they stood on economic policy. Now, many are wondering if they missed a memo.

2020年9月2日 星期三

倫敦文青不文青LondonHipsterLiv;英式下午談;columbiaroad 歌倫比亞路 flower market




9月1日下午9:30
 
【英式下午談】今天的花墟,昨天的兇案現場
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英國人對園藝相當重視,房子前後院都必須認真打理。不過,對於在市區過著公寓生活,沒有綠地自由規劃的倫敦人,從「哥倫比亞花市(Columbia Road Flower Market)」買植栽裝飾,每週添束花換換家中氣氛,就已是件幸福的事。
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倫敦有各式各樣的市集,比起美食、古董、二手衣,以花與植栽為主的花市,可能不是旅人的第一選擇;人們不知道的是,雖稱作花市,但「哥倫比亞花市」賣的不全然是花花草草,倫敦媒體甚至評價,這是最道地的市集,也是視覺上最吸引人的市集。
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市集所在的「哥倫比亞路」並不長,窄小的路兩旁林立了滿滿的花販;彎進花市旁的小路,隨即會聞到咖啡店傳來的咖啡香氣,沿路逛逛古董店,生蠔攤位,還有夏天賣水果酒、冬天賣熱紅酒的小酒吧,街頭藝人彈著吉他唱經典搖滾樂,人們自在地坐在路邊跟著哼唱,形成一幅美好的風景。
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每個週日,在這個熱鬧卻舒適的區域喝咖啡、吃早午餐、逛街、買植物,正是倫敦人的悠閒假日。
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不過位於東倫敦的花市所在地,幾百年前並不像現在活潑熱鬧,而是犯罪案件層出不窮的貧民窟。當時英國解剖學興起,兇手相中這裡的貧民,將之殺害後出售給研究人員。
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駭人的謀殺案件使此區更加黑暗,乏人問津,直到一位女慈善家建立起市集與社區,這街道才增添了人氣。
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原是一般的地方週六市集,隨著法國移民帶來賞鳥與賞花風潮,路的盡頭建了鳥舍,攤販賣起籠中鳥,花商聚集而來;後來猶太移民加入,為了避開週六的安息日,這裡逐漸成為週日限定、以花與植物為主的市集。
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最近,我再來「哥倫比亞路」,看到長長的人龍,發現竟是進入花市的隊伍,原來疫情趨緩重新開放後,這裡也有管制,排了一會,才終於能進市集。
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經歷長久的休市,花販都用盡全力,叫賣聲此起彼落,排在我前方的老先生對太太說:「我們今天或許能買一盆龜貝芋,只要10鎊呢!」,接著他們走進轉角,那間曾見證過兇案的鳥籠酒吧。
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我也跟著他們走了進去,先喝杯啤酒,再慢慢逛吧。
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台北人,學過語言、設計與創意經濟,現為跨領域工作的多棲動物。生活於倫敦,用感性與理性觀察體會這個城市。
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一場英式下午談,分享英國事,英國人,英國的千百樣生活。
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