London Shite

Arkell vs. Pressdram (1971)

2008-11-13T08:00:00.000-08:00

Dear London Shite team,

In replying to London Lite's threats I would refer them to the case of Arkell vs. Pressdram (1971), which funnily enough comes up in a very similar context to your case on the letters page (p13) of Private Eye, #1221.

If UKMetro think commuters can’t tell the difference between their publication and a "load of shite", then they/ we really are in trouble!

Best wishes,

D. Minnow, leading national paper

Feck funny

2008-11-06T03:32:00.000-08:00

Was the person who stole your name posing in a white t-shirt looking a bit like Jonny Burrell standing outside a tube with a placard? I got sent the pic a while back and have always wondered what it is was in aid of?

Funny that the legal dept of LL has been in touch with you. I guess you're not too surprised. I love the way they get so feckin precious about their product - not sure how many of their readers will be looking out for satire on the web, so their precious trademark might well be safe

btw, no council has enforced any 'charges' on the freesheets yet. There are numerous voluntary schemes, but they don't add up to much

P.S. love the nutrition chart... feck funny

J.Tanning, London

Slipped up!

2008-10-15T09:11:00.000-07:00

Hello there,

I was walking out of Barbican station and slipped up on the paper stewn across the floor outside the station. It's quite dangerous, especially for people like me. I'm 73 years old now and sometimes find it hard to see things up close.

I think these free papers should be stopped once and for all. If I want a paper, I can go buy one. There's never any peace and quite any more and the trains are getting messier and dirtier.
If the cleaners are left with just cleaning papers, they're obviously not doing a thorough enough cleaning job.

Good luck with your site, it made me chuckle.

Paulette, East Ham

Infringement or 'freedom of expression'?

2008-10-14T03:53:00.000-07:00

Infringement? Legal Team?

2008-10-14T03:52:00.001-07:00

To whom it may concern,

Your website and newsletter have been brought to our attention as they are
both using a version of the London Lite logo.

We don't want to involve our legal team at the moment so we are just
requesting you change your logo. The current logo is an infringement of the
registered trade mark for London Lite.

If the logo is not amended by the 31st October 2008 we will pass this to
our legal department to progress further.

If you would like to discuss this further please give me a call. My direct
line is 020 7651 5285.

Thanks
Karen

Karen Wall
Assistant MD, London Lite

Love what you're doing...

2008-07-25T04:20:00.001-07:00

Hi Guys,

Love what you're doing with the London Shite,

Let me know if i can help in anyway. I work in marketing in the music industry and also do some desgn work. Based in Shoreditch/ Bethnal Green.

I could see the paper working pretty well in Shoreditch with all the 'I wanna be trendy' types. You could probably use it as a bit of an underground promotion tool, letting the kids pay to advertise there warehouse parties and promotional nights etc.

Good work.

Joe

Newspapers in Newham...

2008-06-25T06:15:00.000-07:00

At the close of 2006 the Stratford Guardian ceased publication leaving only two newspapers in Newham, the Newham Recorder and Stratford & Newham Express (a free sheet) - both papers owned by the Archant Group.

- Sham Miah, Forest Gate

Newham needs more scrutiny

2008-06-25T05:46:00.000-07:00

Well done on your newspaper. The Gun Crime game is very current and clever.
I worked in Newham for 5 years and the main local paper, Newham Recorder was full on nonsense, mainly of local Councillors shaking oldies hands, hardly any scrutiny of the Council (who are one of the worst in the country). Journalism at its worst.
Did you know the Editor of Newham Recorder is the same as Newhams only other paper Stratford & Newham Express? It stinks.

It's little wonder Newham is such a dull place to live.

Keep up the good work, humour is powerful tool.

- Mandy Jonas, Kent

London Shite's the bomb!

2008-06-25T05:41:00.000-07:00

Just read about you guys in Time Out- this is too funny! You guys should work in advertising or something. This is exactly what Newham needs.

- Laurel, East Ham

2008-03-04T04:19:00.000-08:00

P. Kingsnorth, international writer, environmentalist, journalist and poet:

"Love the London Shite! Especially the bit about the token ethnic. Genius. I will add it to my bookmarks!"

From Amardeep, an London Shite distributor:

"Your newspaper is such a success. I'm sitting in a bar after giving them out and a group have just walked in with one- they're laughing! I've already run out of copies"

2007-12-28T06:19:00.000-08:00

K. Lotov of Bow, East London:

'A satirical bit of amusement... finally! Excellent. Hope you can keep it going.'

2007-12-10T01:42:00.001-08:00

Sharon May:

"I would like to be on your email distribution list, how do I sign up?? Excellent and highly amusing read. Thanks"

2007-12-07T02:37:00.001-08:00

From "teh_snitch", white.mischief@gmail.com:

My dear wee bairns,

Here in the London Borough of Newham we are always looking for exciting community initiatives to support. I do hope you will consider applying for a Go For It grant to fund your project. You can apply for up to £2012 (geddit?!).

http://www.newham.gov.uk/Services/CouncilFunding/AboutUs/GoForItGrants2007.htm

lots of love,

Sir Rob

PS. Any chance of giving me my own page? I get several in The Newham Mag so am clearly newsworthy and so photogenic!

2007-11-30T02:48:00.000-08:00

Newham resident Halima Farhan says:

I've just been on your London Shite blog and am very impressed. Keep up the good work; we all could do with a laugh after being bombarded with all the crap newspapers.

I think the London Shite should feature the scandal on Queen's Market.

2007-11-28T08:49:00.000-08:00

London-based artist Linda says:
This London Shite is very funny.

Community representative in Newham writes:
Thanks for this... good stuff! Are you looking for contribution about Newham?

Yes.

"Subversive, revolutionary, end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it... Well done!"
-International author and playwright

2007-11-28T05:34:00.000-08:00

G. Tej of Southall says:

Finally a free paper worth the read! Loved it! So when's the next one being sorted?

2007-11-26T06:25:00.000-08:00

Mr A. Latif says:

" London Lite is crap man. I didn't even know who Peaches Geldoff was until I picked one up. I've never seen her do anything worth reading about. She's in the limelight only because of her famously useless father, who couldn't 'Make Poverty History'.
Full of adverts and makes me wish I'd never picked it up in the first place."

London Shite aka. London Lite

2007-11-12T05:26:00.000-08:00

F. Kahn of Essex writes:

I think it’s targeted perfectly to its intended audience – 20-35yr old professionals. It’s ‘lite’ non taxing, an easy read with lots of pictures. It does a job –and considering it’s free its good, assuming you’re not looking for groundbreaking journalism or extensive coverage of the political crisis in Turkmenistan, post Niyazov’s death.

London Lite should be banned!

2007-11-11T10:09:00.001-08:00

It has no news value.

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2007-11-11T09:41:00.000-08:00

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