Image of V&A by Matt From London Many of our beloved readers are back in the office, post-Christmas today and perhaps thinking 'Grrr... but at least I can grab a handful of paperclips and Post-It notes as I'm running out at home.' Take note of an old and particularly audacious case of workplace thievery that has just been revealed by the National Archives at Kew: John Nevin allegedly stole 2,068 items from his workplace between......

London was thrown into a mass panic this morning when plummeting temperatures caused a dusting of ice-like crystals to drift from the sky. A hurried press release from the Meterological Office confirmed that the substance was in fact 'snow', which apparently falls every year in a similar fashion. Although that didn't stop it bringing half of the country to a standstill. While much of the South-East arguably has something to complain about, with drifts deep enough to close roads and schools,......

For a while it was being mooted as a key component of the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony and it's claimed a place in the Cultural Olympiad (but then, what hasn't?) But 2009 is the 75th anniversary of the Morris Ring, the national association of men's morris and sword dance clubs, and they're determined to take the opportunity to shake their sticks and jangle their bells to prevent this folk dance tradition from dying......

Formerly Paradise Street by AdrianCooper. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool....

This Week In London’s History Monday - 5th January 1964: The Underground’s first automatic ticket barrier is installed at Stamford Brook station. Tuesday - 6th January 1725: The doors to Guy’s Hospital are opened for the first time. 60 patients are admitted. Wednesday - 7th January 1928: In the early hours of the morning, the waters of the Thames reach the highest level ever recorded in London (5.55 metres above the datum line). The resulting flood drowns fourteen......

Taken at Saturday's Gaza peace protest by JudyGR via the Londonist Flickr pool. Congratulations on making it back to work on this snowy, January morning. Here's hoping you escaped commuter misery and managed to make your very healthy detox packed lunch and remember your gym kit, despite the cold snap teasing your extremities. You've probably got some catching up to do, post holidays, so here's a helping hand for what you've missed on......

Photograph of Times Square during the first moments of 2009 by Neil Epstein/Gothamist Gothamist said good-bye to 2008 by looking back at the year and rang in 2009 in Times Square. (God bless YouTube for capturing Kathy Griffin's salty New Year's comments to a heckler.)Phillyist interviewed Robert Bielski, whose father will be played by Daniel Craig in the upcoming film, Defiance.shaking off some bad pizza recommendations and debating whether or not the New Year's Eve police shooting of a UW student--who was dressed......

Jude Law's local commuter train. Or should that be exorcised? The disused mainline station at Primrose Hill has now been demolished, to the chagrin of local residents who wanted to see it recalled to life and weaved into the Overground network. The little-known stop opened in 1855 and served the Broad Street (Liverpool Street) to Watford route until 1992. The station buildings have since fallen into dereliction, which prompted......

James Purnell, now reunited with his wallet and security pass The festive spirit has clearly swooped into Soho. Last week, deep in the heart of our favourite furtive area of London, the Government's Work and Pensions Secretary, James Purnell (one of Labour's rising stars), managed to lose his wallet and security pass. Two things strike us as remarkable about this: 1) Politicians linked to activities in Soho often "have some explaining to do", especially if they are found in......