london

  1. Danny Hammons

    London squats or punk houses?

    Anyone know of any decent squats or punk houses in London? I am traveling solo and this will be my first time in London... any ideas would be very helpful!
  2. Brother X

    News & Blogs Stowaway found dead after falling from British Airways plane in London

    Apparently this is a thing. I googled around and found it's more common than you may imagine. =========== LINK: http://goo.gl/GOKQ4G A stowaway on a British Airways jet was found dead after falling on a roof as the plane approached London Heathrow Airport, authorities said Friday. It's...
  3. landpirate

    An Insider’s Look At The Communal Squatting Lifestyle In London

    http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/06/an-insiders-look-at-the-communal-squatting-lifestyle-in-london/ AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT THE COMMUNAL SQUATTING LIFESTYLE IN LONDON June 12, 2015 by Kayla Chobotiuk | 0 Comments Group cuddling in a squat on May 11, 2013 in London, United Kingdom. The communal...
  4. landpirate

    News & Blogs Fining People £1,000 for Being Homeless Is a New Low for London

    http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/criminalising-the-homeless-is-a-new-low-for-london-733?utm_source=vicefbuk Fining People £1,000 for Being Homeless Is a New Low for London June 4, 2015 by Mark Wilding A homeless man in Hackney (Photo by Tom Johnson) Imagine you have almost nothing in the...
  5. Anagor

    First time really sleeping rough, London

    Perhaps in the context of this forum rather mildly interesting, but I'll share anyway. ;) Last Saturday night was the first time I really slept rough in a public place. Buckingham Palace Road, a minute away from Victoria Station. View from my sleeping spot: Was another new experience...
  6. Tude

    Making a squat a home - photographer in london squats

    Interesting read and pics. "Photographer Corinna Kern joined squatters in London to document their uncommon lifestyle" ;) Sound familiar with some of the requests here? Anyway the article is interesting. Also went and found the article and pics she took on another website as well. The pics...
  7. landpirate

    News & Blogs Anti-homeless studs at London residential block prompts uproar

    I've seen benches designed so you can't sleep on them and sprinkler systems timed to go off to put people off sleeping in places, but I've not seen these before. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/07/anti-homeless-studs-london-block-uproar?CMP=fb_gu Anti-homeless studs at London...
  8. Coin1993

    Life in London

    This is a universal post for European cities, London happens to appeal to me. Is it possible to move to one of these cities and start a new life? I'll do whatever it takes to survive somewhere else, besides killing. How difficult is it to relocate somewhere with nothing and stay there without...
  9. Genjix

    Squats of Europe- Kasa de la Muntanya, London, and Calafou

    Hi guys, I'm programming opensource and living in squats around Europe. My work gets a lot of attention from the media (working with Bitcoin) so I give a lot of exposure for the squat movement and what we're trying to achieve. Here's a sample of photos/videos from things I'm involved with. BBC...
  10. Stinkyyy

    Space in South London squat

    Got a fuckin huge building lined up need more people - get in touch!
  11. Stinkyyy

    Anyone around London?

    Hoping to get out of the South pretty soon and am looking for some nice, respectful people to meet with and possibly find somewhere to crash short term or prefferably live slightly more long term. I don't know anyone around the London scene so it's feeling pretty difficult for me to just rock up...
  12. landpirate

    Bailiffs evict 32 year old london squats

    http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/burning-bins-at-a-brixton-squat-eviction?utm_source=vicefb ANGRY SQUATTERS AND BURNING BARRICADES AREN'T HALTING THE YUPPIFICATION OF BRIXTON By Simon Childs, Photos: Jake Lewis 15 submit A street in south London was left a mess of scorched debris and broken...
  13. Stinkyyy

    Need somewhere to crash in Bristol or London next week!!

    Need somewhere to crash between 30th and 5th in either Bristol or Ldn. I'm pretty chilled out and quiet so I won't be getting under anyones feet and i'm down to help out with shit and look after dogs. I'm totally awesome to drink with too, so yah, hit me up.
  14. Komjaunimas

    One of the biggest London squats evicted

    A little background info... http://en.squat.net/2013/05/27/callout-for-south-london-eviction-resistance-tuesday-28513/ My 2cents... from couple of years of constant visiting friends living in the place id say the number of people living would be close to 150+ if not 200, cause in the last...
  15. Komjaunimas

    Squatted industrial unit London

    Here is our new squat https://picasaweb.google.com/105296608060004400832/Foto?authkey=Gv1sRgCMWjvvHjnZjd6wE# 2 floors office space ... ~3000sq ft... and massive warehouse space... just settling in a place. Will update later.
  16. Z

    squat in london

    plenty of experience of squatting. currently homeless in north london. anybody help me find a squat? you'll be well rewarded...
  17. Lee

    Squats in major English cities - London, Cardiff, Birmingham etc

    Hey guys and girls. I'm very interested in finding a squat in, like I've said, a major/semi-major English city. I mean somewhere more permanent, well, more-so than a month, if you dig. I probably sound like a rather big nonce asking this on the internet, but I'd imagine you guys are the...
  18. landpirate

    interactive online walkthrough of a london squat

    I found this piece of work by a photographer called Adrian Nettleship. he has made an interactive photographic walkthrough of a london squat. Its pretty cool. I thought people might like to play around with it. http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/01/interactive-squat/?pid=4595
  19. Sam and Laura

    London

    Hey everyone, wondered if any fancied a meet up in London. Squatting on this farm in the east of england at the moment in the slickest of yurts, planning on going down to the big smoke to turn some coin though. Gonna head there next Thursday. Anyone around? Peace, Sam
  20. S

    Empty council flats available London!!

    Hey guys, Noticed some sitexed flats in a big estate in Woolwich. Looks like there are removal vans there regularly as well so people are moving out all the time. There is a collection of like four large blocks or so. There are some parts where 3 or so flats in a row are sitexd. I hear it is...