Archive for February, 2005

It was only a few days ago that London’s top copper was warning about the heightened threat to the capital by terrorist groups so we figured that as long as we played our part (looking for abandoned bags and dodgy looking characters hanging about garages …

José Mourinho won his first tournament as Chelsea boss yesterday, but lost a few friends and supporters in the process. After his petulant outbursts before the Barça game, followed by the silly accusations after that game, he was sent off during the Carling Cup Final …

So they’re thinking about moving Marble Arch again. The idea is to shift the arch to Hyde Park, near Speakers’ Corner in order to make it more accessible to tourists as part of the 100 Open Spaces project. As the BBC notes, at the moment …

Not a huge amount to tell you about this week by way of releases. Not anything we think is worth bringing to your attention, anyway, so we’ll concentrate on the live scene. It seems that news of the tickets still going for the Tsunami Relief …

How do you think bats have sex? In the dark we presume, with their little, inbuilt sonar going like the clappers. However, if said bats reside in Highgate Wood then they’re unlikely to be getting any hot, nocturnal action thanks to the proposed construction of …

London Bridge is in such a sorry state that double decker buses no longer operate over it and tourists are now being wooed by the Dixie Belle riverboat tour and a nearby Hawaiian gift shop instead. Mike Dagon, a local real estate agent had this …

A new anti-terror campaign was launched across London today “to encourage the public to be vigilant and to contact police with any suspicions“. New posters should already be up showing an abandoned backpack with the warning: TWO WAYS TO FIND OUT IF IT’S SUSPICIOUS: CALL …

It’s easy for the Americans to blog the Oscars, they just get some drinks in, invite some friends round and make a night of it. And even the Guardian doesn’t have it so bad – ok so they have to stay up until the early …

Not sure what to do this weekend but at least know you want to indulge your voyeuristic streak? Why not go peering into the windows of really rich people’s houses? Assuming of course that you’re not really rich yourself, which if you are, why not …

Good news for all the capital’s literary heads. Roehapmton Univiersity is launching an MA in Creative Writing, and to celebrate they have organised a “series of evenings in which acclaimed writers will read from their recent work and discuss their craft”. These ‘acclaimed writers’ include …