It’s hard to believe that we are already into the third week of 2012. Our year is slowly taking shape. We are using the winter months to think, plan and create practical ways to bring the slow philosophy to this speedy city.  (more…)

Since March 2011, writer and literary blogger Gemma Seltzer has been walking along the Thames and writing about it, making charts and collaborating withother artists and writers.

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If you like slowing down and enjoying the city we live in, a new Ramblers group could be for you – the London Strollers. In true Slow Down tradition the new group organises short strolls (around 5 miles long) across London. (more…)

Beauty is in the eye…

A friend of mine warned me recently of the dangers of spending all day staring at a computer screen; apparently the muscles of the eye involved in switching between distance and close-up vision become weak and lazy after a long period of inactivity. (more…)

On the art of making a latte last two hours…

There are few things I like better in life than the indulgence of very slowly sipping a cappuccino in a coffee shop, and watching the world go by… (more…)

One of our Slow Club online participants reflects on the process: Well hasn’t time flown!  I personally have found that having to create more time for Slow in my life has been a bit of a squeeze…however that squeeze has been totally worth it.

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Life is hard work for the modern music fan. Every day brings a blizzard of hip (or otherwise) new bands to check out. Most of them inevitably sound like worse versions of things I already own. The lure of the instant download, the Spotify playlist, the You Tube video stream and the MP3 blog, have all conspired to mean that I listen to everything and nothing – everything quickly, but nothing in any real depth. (more…)

One of our Slow Clubbers considers the first week: My name is Bridget and I am a designer-maker living in London. I have a long-standing interest in Slow, and am excited to be a part of Slow Club as a distance learner. (more…)

Are you in pursuit of a slower pace which lets you appreciate your life in this amazing city? We at Slow Down London are, and we have been trying out something called the Slow Club as a way of sharing our ideas and experimenting with slowing down through a weekly structured class. The next Club started on Thursday February 17th at 7pm.

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Artist Annalie Wilson records a joyful and spontaneous response to Ai Weiwei’s
exhibition of sunflower seeds at the Tate Modern.

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