Archive for July, 2010

Miranda Raison shines as Anne Boleyn in Howard Brenton’s new play. Photo by Manuel Harlan “Do you want to see it?” a white-clad Miranda Raison demands, wide eyed and teasing, at the very start of Howard Brenton’s new play, Anne Boleyn. “Do you?!” (There’s a …

This weekend, the third Hackney Wicked festival takes over the Olympic buffer zone of Hackney Wick. This proud local community of makers and shapers – the latest figures peg the number of active artist studios in The Wick at 624 – will turn their square …

Queen Anne asks “I Can Has Brandy?” via Southcoasting In our final entry of ‘spooky open spaces to eat sarnies in during the summer’ we end at London’s oldest Royal park: St James’s Park. It started life as a swamp frequently flooded by the river …

A plaque on Farringdon Road marks the site of one Zeppelin attack. A quarter of a century before the Blitz, London was terrorised by another aerial menace: gigantic airships, or Zeppelins, larger than an upended Gherkin building. From 1915-1917, German airships unleashed hundreds of explosives …

Squirrel on a grave by Matt From London, with permission Squirrels: could you eat a whole one? If yes, proceed to North London where you can buy squirrel meat for your dinner. Claimed to be low in fat, high in protein and possibly with a …

Visit the ViewTube – image by McTumshie – and participate in London 2012 fever Saving up for that week in the sun? You can still have fun. Tonight: Lockstock is a free arts festival at Camden Lock this afternoon from 2pm till 1am. 6 stages …

Image / Craig Richardson One of the two students who went on hunger strike during the Tamil protest outside Parliament last year has won a legal case against newspapers that claimed that he was secretly scoffing burgers. Parameswaran Subramanyam’s 23-day hunger strike, aimed at pressuring …

London has the largest litter of lions in the world. A magnificent pride their history goes back 120,000 years. There are colossal, legendary and living lions. Lions from one of the seven wonders of the world, from the cradle of liberty and there’s a lion …

Screenshot from London Cycle App Just one day now before the cycle hire scheme launches, and already the question is being asked: what’s the best mobile app to use? A month ago, TfL urged app developers to get on the case and, and they’ve responded …

Fulham are reportedly prepared to offer their vacant manager’s chair to Mark Hughes, after first-choice target Martin Jol turned them down. The former Manchester United star, who enjoyed a frugal period during his late playing days at Fulham’s SW6 neighbours Chelsea, has been out of …