Archive for May, 2006

As we reported earlier, Parliament Square protestor Brian Haw has had his protest stripped down to just a couple of placards. Police turned up at 2:45am and removed most of his placards, and many of his possessions. Naturally, Londonist just had to go down to …

“…given the turbulent times we live in, the need for a deeper sense of connection and meaningful growth and change in society has never been greater.” So sayeth the organisers of the Mind Body Spirit Festival starting tomorrow and running through to the end of …

“Beloved memories from the London borough of Croydon,” with a Robbie Williams soundtrack. We’re sure this can’t be serious… pretty sure.

Over the next two months the NFT are presenting

La forza d’un bel viso a che mi sprona? C’altro non è c’al mondo mi diletti: ascender vivo fra gli spirti eletti per grazia tal, c’ogni altra par men buona. Se ben col fattor l’opra suo consuona, che colpa vuol giustizia ch’io n’aspetti, s’i’ amo, …

Just a mini Troll this week, fans, as we’re addicted to the Big Brother (every damn day, 9pm C4) crackpipe and neglecting such things as eating, sleeping and, indeed, moving. Shahbaz hiding all the food was one of the funniest things we’ve ever seen, all …

You wait a couple of millennia for ancient remains to be recalled to life, then two instances come along at once. Only last Friday we reported on plans to move the sorry-looking Temple of Mithras back to its rightful home. And now the BBC are …

According to the BBC police visited Parliament Square in the early hours of this morning to remove placards from the scene of Brian Haw‘s vigil. The placards are apparently a “breach of Mr Haw’s demonstration condition” since the Court of Appeal overturned the ruling that …

Workers on the DLR are to be balloted for strikes after a row over pay. Despite the recent rain it looks like we’re still in a bit of a drought. A collection of Albert Einstein’s papers will go on sale next month for around £800,000. …

Here is the (belated) video we took from Westminster Bridge of the Airbus A380 dlying over London for the first time last Thursday. Apologies for the poor quality and rubbish camera-work, but this thing was HUGE, and surprisingly quiet for its size!