The BBC is today reporting that the London Eye is no longer under imminent danger. However, this may prove to be weasel words if we look at the detail of what has transpired. In short, the South Bank Centre has said that it is not …
Marylebone: shops, bars, restaurants increased death rates, respiratory disease and more asthma attacks. At least that’s what to expect according to a press release from Friends of the Earth who reveal that air pollution levels in London are breaking European law and that the government …
“Zzzzzz… What? Eh? What have I missed?” If you’ve just woken up from Saturday’s coma-inducing FA Cup Final, you’ve missed entirely nothing. One hundred and twenty minutes of the most turgid football ever witnessed at an FA Cup Final was followed by a penalty shoot-out …
Never one to mince his words, Ken Livingstone has called for Lord Hollick, chairman of the South Bank Centre, to be sacked over his “blackmailing” of the London Eye. Other Labour bigwigs have now also weighed into the furore, with Culture Minister Tessa Jowell penning …
London’s regular birds are sharing their air space with a slightly more spectacular feathered friend after a bald eagle made its escape from a bird sanctuary. The eagle, named Alaska, is actually Canadian by birth but we expect will be brow beaten by local pigeons …
Londonist was at Highbury on Monday, listening to the Arsenal Assistant Manager Pat Rice at a question & answer session. tomorrow’s game was, naturally enough, a big topic and Pat had plenty to say about Arsenal’s relationship with the FA Cup. He told the audience …
According to statistics released today the Northern Line is Godawful. Why? Well, it’s the only line on the entire sytem to have actually got worse in the past year. Tube Lines (who seem to have spent most of their budget creating pointless Flash animations for …
It all started off so simply Cast your mind back to the halcyon days of the 80s when men were men and phone numbers were easy to remember. Those 071 and 081 codes seem like so long ago now don’t they? Like grains of sand …
Landlords… the rent’s extortionate to begin with, then they screw you six months down the line by raising it and seem to have a knack of calling round uninvited and unannounced at just the wrong moment. Londonist then sympathises with The London Eye (as much …
George Galloway is back in the UK and while this is probably something of a relief to the US Senate, left-wing Americans are sad to see him go. Galloway’s stand against republican Norm Coleman has not only made the British MP something of a hero …
The Guardian News Blog today has some more details on the new editions of Monopoly which we reported on back in January. Apparently the new 70th Edition version of the game will do away with the water works, Oxford Street, Bow Street and Angel and …
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