Bouncing around: How Londoners can save Vauxhall’s Bounceway
THE CHARITY behind plans to install the world’s longest open-air trampoline says the project can bounce back – but only with the support of Londoners.
Architecture for Humanity told City A.M. the project – which it hopes to install on Laud Street, in Vauxhall – could still become a reality, but only if there’s enough support for it.
The “Bounceway” was originally to be funded under Transport for London’s (TfL) £1.8m Future Streets Incubator scheme. But the project was scuppered when politicians complained it was a waste of TfL’s money.
Architecture for Humanity volunteer Beth Worth said: “We’d still like to see if there’s an appetite among Londoners. If there are still enough people who say, ‘I’ll pledge a fiver, it’ll keep going’.” Dig deep London, Architecture for Humanity it raising money on SpaceHive.
■ ECONOMISTS are not normally shy to comment on politicians’ failings, but it’s often on volatility, not video editing. Yesterday though Paul Johnson, boss of the determinedly independent IFS, said he “was a bit surprised” when he noticed an official Tory video where he is seen seemingly supporting Conservative economic policy. Although Johnson “thought it was quite funny”, half of what he said had been removed, and the full version gives much more balance. More Tory cuts in action…
■ IN CASE you weren’t aware, 27 January is the 105th anniversary of the death of Thomas Crapper, the Victorian plumber responsible for the creation for the modernday toilet. And, of course, he’s the man who gave his name to – and there’s no nice way to put this – crap. And so it is that The Capitalist is informed by Mc&T PR company, that there’s no “better way to raise a glass to the old man than by visiting one of the London culinary scene’s most interesting toilets” at the Bonneville, a French restaurant in Hackney. The handout continues: “If the restaurant conveys Parisian opulence, the toilets are straight from Jack the Ripper’s London.” French Culinary delights and promoting toilets? That makes us feel quite flush… Now wash your hands.