Populist: June 21-27

Our most popular posts from the past seven days, and a round-up of what made the news in the city this week.

  • Wimbledon got underway: we revealed how to see it live and in person or at one of the capital’s big screens
  • Unlikeliest business idea of the week: selling pre-stained underwear
  • To lose two deputy mayors is perhaps accidental; to lose a third looks careless
  • Our Antipodean friends were to be found Thameside
  • Chelsea new-boy Daniel Sturridge got good notices
  • A new calorie-listing menu took the fun out of dining
  • London featured in a new Facebook scam
  • Tube mobile phone plans: Will they, won’t they?
  • Britney Spears found herself unable to tell Manchester from London