Local pedants have launched a tirade of asterisks at Westminster Council for playing fast and loose with the borough’s punctuation. According to the Evening Standard, six signs in Bayswater alone are incorrectly appellated. Some locations, such as Prince’s Square, carry signs both with and without …
Ever at the forefront of trying to improve democracy, councillors in Waltham Forest have decided to erect a Speakers’ Corner in the borough. A stage in Stoneydown Park, Walthamstow, will be the venue for picking apart the thornier issues facing borough dwellers. According to one …
In the mood for good vibrations? We are referring to the Power Plate (of course!) a training device that produces vibrations from its platform and then through your body making each movement more challenging and thus burning calories in half the time. Another fitness fad? …
Could the spirit of 50s America be coming to Ally Pally? Plans are afoot to create a drive-in cinema in the Pavilion car park. 17th January, 21st February and 21st March are the days pencilled in for the open air screenings (locals rest easy: cars …
Got a caption for these hungry little fellows? Leave it in the comments below. Photo by cafedereves via the Londonist Flickrpool. Captions from last week’s PoTD: Caption Required #26
New sculpture in St Pancras from Londonist on Vimeo. A bronze frieze dipicting scenes from railway life has been erected around St Pancras’ notorious sculpture of a nuzzling couple. The mammoth statue has become something of a love/hate landmark on the station concourse. Some think …
Will anyone in London who has NOT been Speed Dating at some point please step forward? Since the turn of the century (!) we’ve witnessed many manifestations of this quick fire phenomenon for time-strapped singletons, from pub quizzes to yachting (the mind boggles). But at …
This time round, next Friday’s Shred Yr Face tour takes on a calmer hue (previous acts included Fucked Up and The Bronx) with an evening of psych-folk, chamber pop and all that jazz (there is to be no jazz, by the way. A figure of …
Whilst the lights have all been switched on and the commercial Christmas train has fully rolled into town Crisis, the charity for single homeless people, is still looking for 2 more buildings to use as Christmas Centres for welcoming rough sleepers off the streets between …
Image by Matt from London from the Londonist Flickr pool Boris Island! He likes it! He likes it not! He likes it! Oh, we feel dizzy and in need of a sit down and a cup of tea. Barely weeks after telling the GLA Transport …
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