Archive for October, 2009

This Monday sees Nashville-based six-piece The Young Republic wrap up their UK tour at Shoreditch’s Cargo in support of their recently released second album, “Balletesque”. Fans of the End of the Road Festival are already likely to familiar with their charms as, whilst notably absent …

A pro-Sharia law march planned for today in London was cancelled owing to security concerns. The march, by Islam4Uk, was led by Anjem Choudhary, a media-savvy windbag who gets his kicks by rejoicing in terror attacks and making inflammatory statements, and hopes to turn Britain …

Image / DeadMansPit Less floodlights, more Footlights: cops in charge of investigating the violence during West Ham and Millwall’s Cup match in September have admitted that images released this week of the suspects included actors from new hooligan-themed film The Firm. It happened after police …

Clockwise from top right: Fancy A Pint, Ottolenghi, Camden Market, Normansfield Hospital Entertainment Hall The week’s most popular posts, and a round-up of what’s happening around London In the news: Ian, the angriest Tube worker in the world, resigned Boris’ idle talk of an ‘Eiffel …

Image by Simon-K Across the pond, American businesses like to offer freebies to their returning troops; turn up in uniform at a bar, bowling alley, or, er, brothel, and you’re likely to be welcomed with a smile and a drink on the house. In Britain, …

Around 4000 people gathered last night in Trafalgar Square for a vigil prompted by the homophobic attack in that same square on Ian Baynham on 25 September. Ian died of his injuries a few weeks later. A month later, to the day, James Parkes was …

Photo by su-lin. Song Que is one of the most popular Vietnamese restaurants along Pho Mile (Kingsland Road near Old Street) and on most days, you’re likely to have to join a queue for a table. But that wait is worth it for the food …

In the first of a new series of urban walks, we take a look at the colours of the Regent’s canal, beginning at Paddington Basin, through to Little Venice then on through Maida Vale, Regent’s Park and finishing in Camden Town. An industrial era waterway …

Basking in the glow of giving a decent thumping to their north London rivals this afternoon, Arsenal fans can also take pride that their manager, Arsene Wenger, has become the second person admitted to a very exclusive club: those who have racked up 1,000 points …

128. Putting the ‘cat’ in Catford! The recent ‘Palace puma’ and ‘Sydenham beast’ fiascos had kind of given reports of large, exotic cats a bad name. Firstly there were the media inaccuracies of the former – there was no puma – meanwhile the latter saw …