Archive for January, 2009

Spotted in West Ealing. Does she want’s apostrophe lesson’s? by Pooparazzi. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.

Helping you find the sights, sounds, and occasional smells of our buried waterways. The Peck is just one of many small streams draining the swampy flood plain that is South London, but it’s an important and a fascinating one. Together with its northern branch, known …

A mere 21 years plus since a report on the Kings Cross fire first recommended implementing effective emergency radio Underground, it has finally arrived. Now British Transport Police can talk to each other and the Met wherever they may be in the Underground network. The …

George V, yesterday As predicted, the newly released 1911 census data proved very popular yesterday. By midday, curious genealogists had browsed 7.2 million pages. The press have unearthed ancestors of several famous Londoners. As well as Beckham’s scavenger origins, and Winehouse’s Russian pedigree, we also …

Jasmin Vardimon – Yesterday, on the Sampled Bill, Sadlers Wells. Image by Alistair Muir. The first quarter of the dance year means Resolution! And lots of it. It’s the 20th anniversary of this singular brave festival which provides a major league, accessible platform for any …

How to sabotage a runway: buy it. But then can we really allow Dubai to overtake London? Long fingered Londoners show greater financial acumen. Apparently. There’s been a double stabbing in Blackheath. Pensioner power: having stopped two felons in the first place, 84 year old …

Now is really not the time to go into the fast food business. It seems that if the government doesn’t get its wish to see you hanged, drawn and quarter-poundered in the town square for forcing the population to become obese, the litter lobby will …

Yes, yes, we know: recession, credit crunch, belt-tightening, austerity… but the London Art Fair is still opening tomorrow. Whether you’re looking for distraction from economic downturn by simply window-shopping or making a canny investment for big returns later, head along to the Business Design Centre …

Transforming Tate Modern. Exterior view from the south at dusk (c) Hayes Davidson and Herzog & de Meuron As you may know, the Tate Modern’s being er, modernised. Revised plans for the transformation of Tate Modern have been submitted to Southwark Council. The new plans …

How the coin should look Aged 6 to 12? Enjoy designing national currencies? Then do we have the perfect competition for you. The Royal Mint seeks imaginative designs for commemorative Olympic coins and wants the country’s youngsters to lead the way. (Presumably, the logic runs: …