Today, 08 March 2024, is International Women’s Day, celebrating the contributions of women to society.
The theme this year is “Inspire Inclusion”.
Camden Association of Street Properties
Today, 08 March 2024, is International Women’s Day, celebrating the contributions of women to society.
The theme this year is “Inspire Inclusion”.
See this post on Instagram from the closing night of #LightUpKilburn on Saturday 24 February – it looked great.
Kentish Town Underground Station is to stay closed until at least September 2024, according to Transport for London (TfL).
Unfortunately, this means that there will be more than a year of serious disruption in Kentish Town. Northern Line passengers are having to use the already-crowded buses.
The Underground station is currently undergoing major works to replace its escalators (which were breaking down a lot), as well as creating more space in the Ticket Hall. The station is also getting new floor and wall tiles, and a general freshen up and clean (which is also needed).
The National Rail/Thameslink part of the station is staying open.
Caliendo’s Gelato in Kentish Town has won a gold award at the National Ice Cream Competition 2024 for its blackberry and lemon sorbet.
Last year, Caliendo’s won Ice Cream Parlour of the Year in a competition run by trade body the Ice Cream Association.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, together with Transport for London, has announced that the various parts of the London Overground train network will get their own names and colours.
Light Up Kilburn started last weekend.
If the pictures get your interest, there are more events in Light Up Kilburn coming up this month.
Today, 06 February, is Waitangi Day. Waitangi Day celebrates the signing, in 1840, of the Treaty of Waitangi between the British Crown and the Māori chiefs of New Zealand.
Celebrations include memorial services at Waitangi, and local services around New Zealand. It is also an opportunity for non-Māori (or Pākehā) to experience Māori culture.
In the Treaty of Waitangi, the chiefs agreed to being ruled by the British, the chiefs would keep possession of their lands and other properties, the British government would have the right to buy land from the Māori, and that the Māori people would have the same rights as other British subjects.
As colonisation by Europeans progressed, disputes arose and the Britishand colonial governments abused or ignored the treaty as it suited them.
Real efforts to revive the treaty only started from the 1930s, the first Waitangi Day was celebrated in 1934, and became a national public holiday in 1974. More recently, the New Zealand government has begun to negotiate settlement of claims for historic breaches of the Treaty, going back to 1840.
So kia ora to all New Zealanders today!
Sunday 11 February is International Women in Science Day, a United Nations initiative to recognise and promote the participation of women in science.
Women have often had to fight to be allowed to even participate in science, and then had to fight even more to have their work properly recognised.
But women have always contributed to science, from nameless doctors and midwives throughout time, to individuals such as Hypatia of Alexandria (astronomy, mathematics), Hildegard of Bingen (botany), Ada Lovelace (mathematics, computer science), Marie Curie (physics and chemistry), Rosalind Franklin (chemistry, genetics), through to recent Nobel Prize winner Anne L’Hullier (physics).
So this UN International Day seeks to reduce the inequality, and expand the role of women in developing the sustainable future that we need.
February is LGBTQ+ History Month.
See what is going on in Camden and Islington this month.