http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/11/after-the-jubilee-parade-household-cavalry-saying-goodbye-to-hyde-park/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/11/after-the-jubilee-parade-household-cavalry-saying-goodbye-to-hyde-park/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:55:18 +0000 Brian Brady http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25112 Even as millions watched the Household Cavalry escorting the Queen down the Mall during last week's Jubilee celebrations, officials at the Ministry of Defence were finalising controversial plans to banish the Royal regiment to the fringes of London in a break with hundreds of years of tradition.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/11/after-the-jubilee-parade-household-cavalry-saying-goodbye-to-hyde-park/feed/ 9 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/06/water-fighting-whilst-being-black-now-illegal/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/06/water-fighting-whilst-being-black-now-illegal/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:37:50 +0000 Jody McIntyre http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=12906 With the sun being out in such abundance on Saturday, a trip to Hyde Park was in order.  Families were out enjoying picnics with the kids, people took trips out into the lake on paddle boats, and friends gathered together to enjoy the weather and each other’s company. It was late afternoon, and I decided to [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/06/water-fighting-whilst-being-black-now-illegal/feed/ 66