- Olympic Park is nearly ready but the local neighbourhoods are looking grim.
- Olympic musicians are not happy about being asked to play for free.
- Thieves plunder Apsley House. The massive nude Napoleon statue remains in place.
- Number of cycling casualties is on the increase. (Caveat: increase in number of cyclists isn't factored in.)
- Rough sleeping is also on the rise.
- Pride parade scaled back. Less money, no less pride.
- Royal diamonds on display. Bob Diamond dismay. (They're not linked, we just like amateur wordplay.)
- A London adventure from the Guardian's archive.
- Pigeons riding Boris Bikes.
- Spurious World Record attempts #723, the most people to simultaneously dip a toast soldier into an egg. It's been smashed, apparently
Image by Michael Goldrei in the Londonist Flickr pool.
