Bloggers unite - 8 comments
Again, a very late post, but I spent Saturday night in the company of fellow-bloggers from across the political spectrum: Andrew, Dúnadan, Paul, and Tim, in the Coal Hole on The Strand.
All sorts of topics were discussed, but politics played a big part, and it was friendly, civil, constructive, and interesting.
The pub does seem to have attracted some hostile reviews, but the subterranean part was excellent, even I did have to witness American tourists attempting to buy their first and only pint of English beer, and talking loudly about Sherlock Holmes.
These blogging get-togethers are such a good idea, I don't know why more people aren't creating social networks in the blogosphere based upon the many and varied things they have in common - be they large and varied, or small and specific - and developing them in the real world. Seems to me that the life of a blogger's idea is very limited if it merely bounces around the sites before gathering dust in the archives.
I like to think that this awareness is one of the reasons for Bloggers4Labour's success...
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Hear, hear.
And with so many Labour bloggers based in Brighton and London I am wondering if we can find somewhere sort of halfway between the two for a future even some time...
Perhaps even somewhere with fast, regular coach links to Oxford (another Labour blogging hotspot), and a handy airport...
I'm sure I'll think of somewhere if I concentrate :-)
OK, so that's one vote for Southampton :-)
Actually Oxford would be a good idea: not just for the locals, but also because the West Midlands is also a hotspot, and they haven't had much of a look-in yet. I think we have to start moving northwards.
Andrew, in all seriousness, have I missed something here? Is "Mars Hill" a spoof blog of some kind?
Anyway, I'm in Oxford in late June, and anyone wanting to meet up there and then for a drink etc...
Presumably you penned something called the Strand Manifesto there, and you will be flogging this to bemused bloggers and Guardian readers soon.
Strand Manifesto! Thats an interesting thought;), although it would have to be a very broad document.
As for socials, the more the merrier, and if one is being organised in Oxford, I'd love to pop along!
I'll flag this up on the forum so we can determine the most practical date/location, but Oxford sounds OK to me. I only went there once, and had a horrible time, so this could only be an improvement :-)
Andrew, it is a late blog...have you only just got home from the events of Saturday? :-)
Yes - I was kidnapped by public sector workers, and TB wouldn't pay the ransom :-)
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