Archive for June, 2006

Invisible by Second When the mood takes us we’ll shove up a music video from the YouTube reservoir that does its best to reflect London either in the visuals or the lyrics. If you stumble across anything of interest that we should be sharing then …

The BBC are reporting that King’s Cross railway station has been evacuated over fears a fire in a nearby building may spark an explosion. There’s currently a 200m exclusion zone around the construction site near the station which caught fire at around 8:30 this morning. …

The Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon have started today. We know this because the weather has suddenly turned shitty. Tennis does not have the greatest profile in the Londonist dungeon, and Wimbledon is generally treated with indifference (whereas football is loved and loathed in equal …

LinkMachineGo has been keeping us up to speed with the fallout over Alan Moore’s Lost Girls: Comic row over graphic Peter Pan / Sex acts’ Wendy is Panned / Hospital worry at “porn” take on Peter Pan’s Wendy / Alan Moore’s erotic Lost Girls / …

This day in London’s History 1830: George IV dies. On the face of it, small potatoes as far as London is concerned. This is the George so memorably portrayed as the nitwit regent by Hugh Laurie in Blackadder III. And in real life, George IV …

We love spy-fi shows like Alias, especially the bits about encrypted data being stolen from shielded hard drives stored behind retina sensitive blast doors in bunkers only accessible via corridors filled with lethal security devices. And then when the data is eventually reached it’s encrypted …

Protest: Where do you stand on the great lads mags debate? This is a perfect week to take sides – or at least engage in some spirited argument, because back-bench MP Claire Curtis-Thomas is kicking off a debate in Parliament about whether lads mags and …

Just a quick announcement to let you know the people who prevailed in the competitions last week. Lucky Soul competition The recipient of a signed 7″ vinyl copy of the new Lucky Soul single, Lips Are Unhappy, is Pauline Lang. London Calling Live competition Debs …

The new Danny Boyle / Alex Garland movie currently filming in London seems to be coming along nicely from the video snippets up on the website. Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship …

The two brothers charged with killing Damiola Taylor go on trial today at the Old Bailey. Tennis fans arriving at Wimbledon today will be subjected to ‘airport style’ security checks. London has lost its title of ‘World’s most expensive city’ to Moscow. There are now …