Archive for December, 2008

London’s lonely are apparently on the increase, and we are also the loneliest city in the UK, with almost 30% of us claiming that we feel isolated. So says a new report commissioned by the BBC and carried out by socially scientific

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 1st December 1919: In Westminster, Nancy Astor becomes the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. Tuesday – 2nd December 1697: The first service is held in Sir Christopher Wren’s St Paul’s Cathedral, …

Yet another “I {heart} …” sticker spotted on the tube. Defective by MarcusB*, who bravely put his life at risk for this photo. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.

Here at Londonist Towers we’re not unused to receiving news of strongly branded sporting initiatives that don’t always impress us on closer inspection, but there is something that appeals to us about a “collaborative competition” recently set up by a well-known manufacturer of sports equipment …

It went ahead but our worst fears weren’t realised; he wasn’t allowed into Stockwell tube station or onto the platform, thankfully. With cooperation from the police, Mark McGowan managed to stage his reenactment of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes outside Stockwell tube on …