Shakespeare in Hackney; 'tis a mad world at Hoxton

Shakespeare in Hackney; 'tis a mad world at Hoxton Thursday 23rd May 2013, Doors 7:30pm Tickets: £6/ £4 Concession This evening will feature a one-man performance by Jack Klaff of a long poem from 1609, entitled Pimlyco; ‘tis a mad world at Hoxton, and a talk and discussion of its importance led by Dr. Peter Howell. Hahn and Howell’s dramatic interpretation of the poem brings out the cultural importance of Hoxton to Shakespearean London. Recent research suggests, in fact, that the poem Pimlyco is a source for The Tempest, and Dr. Howell’s talk will develop the ways in which Hoxton can be considered as having inspired Caliban’s famous island in that play. Find Out More | Book Now

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Literary Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland

Literary Landscape http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/565-brit-lit-map 
This marvellous map shows Britain and Northern Ireland as represented by their literary associations. Geoff Sawyer made it for the Literary Gift Company, but you can wander round the Britain of world English imagination for free, here

Of course, the fun with such maps is in the things you dispute, as well as the things you learn.
What would the literary map of London look like?

30 years of the London Wildlife Trust

This is a bit of a plug - but the London Wildlife Trust does vital work in extending corridors of life through the concrete jungle. 

London Wildlife Trust 30 years from adamrowley on Vimeo.

Just with birds of prey, Red Kites are seen regularly in London now http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4600334.stm (they were common in Shakespeare's day), Peregrines breed on the Barbican http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5016968.stm and I saw a Sparrowhawk  on the border of Hackney and Islington (he got mobbed by Hackney crows and flew off back to leafy Islington, perhaps he was this blokes http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/photopost/animal/p19214-sparrowhawk-in-london.html )