{"id":77,"date":"2004-12-13T00:02:24","date_gmt":"2004-12-13T00:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/applecrumble.wordpress.com\/2004\/12\/13\/artsdepot\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T14:01:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T14:01:43","slug":"artsdepot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2004\/12\/13\/artsdepot\/","title":{"rendered":"artsdepot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'>I just received an email alert that Artsdepot, our new arts centre in North Finchley, has had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/london\/entertainment\/theatre\/artsdepot.shtml\" title=\"Barnet speeds cultural renaissance, inside the london borough's new arts centre\">write-up<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/london\/\" title=\"BBC London\">BBC London<\/a> website, which has reminded me that I still haven&#8217;t been even though it&#8217;s quite literally on my doorstep.  Construction of the venue started shortly after I moved into the area and it finally opened in October this year.<\/p>\n<p>It looks as though there is <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060505034031\/http:\/\/www.artsdepot.co.uk:80\/event_details.php?event_id=14\" title=\"Stones In His Pockets\">some<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060505034009\/http:\/\/www.artsdepot.co.uk:80\/event_details.php?event_id=101\" title=\"Keith James \u0096 The Songs of Nick Drake\">good stuff<\/a> on there in 2005, so I&#8217;ll have to make it a new year&#8217;s resolution to pay it a visit!<\/p>\n<p><sup>Things have been very busy at work recently and I&#8217;ve hardly had time to read my emails, let alone blog or visit the theatre.  Will try and update this more often!<\/sup><\/div>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:6806,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/london\\\/entertainment\\\/theatre\\\/artsdepot.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190620054932\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/london\\\/entertainment\\\/theatre\\\/artsdepot.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 15:54:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 05:12:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 20:35:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 10:52:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-23 14:23:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 17:01:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 22:35:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 22:35:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6807,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/london&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090615160815\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk:80\\\/london\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 15:55:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 05:12:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 20:35:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 10:52:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-23 14:23:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-02 07:58:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 17:01:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 22:35:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 22:35:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2004\/12\/13\/artsdepot\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to artsdepot\"><div class='e-content p-summary'>I just received an email alert that Artsdepot, our new arts centre in North Finchley, has had a write-up on the BBC London website, which has reminded me that I still haven&#8217;t been even though it&#8217;s quite literally on my doorstep. Construction of the venue started shortly after I moved into the area and it [&hellip;]<\/div>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-77","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-london","7":"h-entry","9":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2005\/07\/07\/blasts-hit-london\/","url_meta":{"origin":77,"position":0},"title":"Blasts hit London","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"7 July 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a quick note to say that I'm okay...sitting at my desk at work. 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