Archive for December, 2008

Image courtesy of Nicobobinus via the Londonist flickr group. Haringey’s head of children’s services fired without pay over Baby P Heartless Croydon council tries to confiscate disabled woman’s stuffed toys Carphone Warehouse co-founder forced out by share scandal Hampstead teen wins poetry prize – as …

You can’t escape Strictly Come Dancing right now. Even if you’ve never sat through it and can’t tell your Flavia from your Foxtrot, then someone you know is obsessed and gibbering on about taking up ballroom dancing as a New Year’s Resolution. Kids in Croydon …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 8th December 1868: London’s first traffic light is positioned at the junction of Bridge Street and Great George Street in Westminster. Tuesday – 9th December 1608: John Milton is born in Cheapside in the City of London. He …

L-R: John McCusker, Emma Reid, Andy Cutting. Ian Carr in the back. Scottish fiddler John McCusker brought his folk suite and other treats to the Southbank Centre over the weekend. His assembled folk supergroup performed their collective work Under One Sky. The evening was divided …

Prepare to squeam. The latest offering from Wellcome Collection examines battlefield treatment from the Crimean War to modern conflicts. The glories of military triumph are set aside to show—often in graphic detail—the suffering and battles of the wounded individual. An absorbing film installation by David …

Mail to the thief by cakehole. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.

Protesters managed to close Stansted’s runway for several hours this morning to highlight aviation’s impact on climate change. About 50 members of Plane Stupid broke through the airport’s perimeter fencing using fancy technology – uh, boltcutters – and set up a barricade of concrete blocks …

There’s a one-off comedy gig of note tonight in Camden. Comedian Gerry Howell brings his new show, Incubator Hour, to The Etcetera, on Camden High Street. Fans of incubators will be disappointed, but fans of Noel Fielding and Eddie Izzard will be in paradise, as …

Photo by Julie Wolfson/LAist LAist wined and dined on some of the city’s best international food. The Korean BBQ truck had the edge of a street taco and the Imagawa-Yaki Japanese pastries were fulfilling. Seattlest turned investigative reporter for a story on a major transit …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been yomping through the West End: There’s a batty suggestion afoot to offer part-time schooling to summer-born children. That Ed Balls has been busy: he’s also been pontificating on the future of social work. Police have discovered …