The week’s most popular posts, and a round-up of what’s happening around London
In the news
- As the BT Tower was lit up to mark 1,000 days until the Olympics, it was announced that the revolving restaurant at the top of the tower would reopen
The Tokyo-style (or maybe just borrowed from Balham) diagonal crossing at Oxford Street openedThousands of manhours were lost as people tried to crack the puzzling periodic table of LondonTfL announced that the Circle line extension to Hammersmith will open on December 13thBoris Johnson literally took the law into his own hands when he rescued a woman from a gang of muggersTwo Beefeaters were suspended for harassing Moira Cameron, the first female Yeoman of the GuardParliament is to host its first gay weddingSalmon-flipping: not a euphemism for an unorthodox sexual practice, but a common type of fare-dodgingAround Town:
- Julie Goodyear (aka Bet Lynch) puts in a “carpentry performance” in Calendar Girls
We can’t believe it’s not StarbucksPangolins, a dugong, a thylacine, a qugga, and a walrus penis bone: must be The Grant MuseumDipping into the world of underground dining with the Fernandez and Leluu Supper ClubA hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold arrived at the British MuseumThe new statue on the Fourth Plinth was unveiledWe interviewed Annie Mac, queen of Radio 1′s late night Friday show
