Archive for March, 2010

It’s half a century since the advent of that most momentous of decades for youth culture, the 1960s. At it’s heart was Carnaby Street, icon of Swinging London and magnet for dedicated followers of fashion. A new book and local exhibition by fashion historians Judith …

West Ham and their home borough of Newham are planning a joint bid to occupy the Olympic stadium in Stratford after the conclusion of the Games. Following months of flirting with the idea, the bid proposes a stadium that can be used for athletics and …

Image by M@ Last night, at what can only be described as a marathon of a public meeting, Greenwich Council’s planning board gave the green light to hosting equestrian events in Greenwich Park. After nearly five hours of deliberation at Woolwich Town Hall, the board …

Fatal shooting in Clapton. These people count the Queen as their landlady. They’re not happy she might be selling on. Brent Council crack down on paan spitting, with perhaps the weakest slogan of all time: “Don’t spit paan…it’s nasty man!”. Boris: “I’ll double the number …

The people behind the Big Idea debates (popular, pubular discussions about contentious issues) have a new wheeze up their sleeve. The Big Picture events will show idea-provoking films, which will then be discussed by the audience. The first one screens 7.30 pm on Monday (29th) …

To celebrate the Iranian New Year the Ritzy in Brixton is hosting a screening of the incredibly brilliant docu-film No One Knows About Persian Cats. The film follows the fortunes of a young couple, Ash and Negar, in the Iranian underground music scene, and is …

Image / d2sf A week after Puff Daddy was improbably linked with Crystal Palace, a more plausible mash-up between hip hop and the Premier League has emerged: Jay-Z is considering an investment in Arsenal, at least according to this pun-tastic Daily Mail article. Shawn Carter, …

This Saturday (27th) from 8.30 the planet will get ever so slightly dimmer. Buildings both private and public will once again flick their switches to off in support of Earth Hour, an initiative by the WWF to raise awareness of climate change and energy issues. …

Greenwich’s battery of marine and royalty related museums has been expanded today with the opening of Discover Greenwich. Housed in the Old Royal Naval College on the river front, the £6 million contemporary venue presents Greenwich’s maritime history with never seen before artefacts, an examination …

What did the big box say to the little box? by shuma.rani via the Londonist Flickrpool.