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Can’t decide on whether to take an umbrella or a sombrero out in this ever-changeable climate? The answer’s both, unfortunately, so we recommend that instead of facing the elements you bed down in a hushed auditorium, where this week’s selection includes a season of films …

Modern life is dangerous. Fact. If you’re not knifed in the ribs by a teen after your fancy trainers, you’re bound to come a cropper by tripping on one of the myriad obstacles that litter the streets. But not in Epping High Street, oh no! …

Tings are lookin proper bad for footballer Ashley-Paul Robinson, ya get me? The 19-year old Crystal Palace winger is in a spot of bother after he inadvertantly revealed his plans to move to Fulham on his Facebook profile. In an update on Saturday, the strikingly …

Boris Johnson enjoyed the backing of some heavyweight characters during his electoral campaign: the likes of Andrew Gilligan and James Whale were only to happy to heft their corpulent frames onto the Back Boris bandwagon, with Whale losing his radio show as punishment. A less …

Khat, the enervating plant masticated across much of the Middle East and Africa, is contributing to serious mental health issues among London’s east African communities, according to a report. The somnolent stare of the regular khat-chewer is a familiar sight for anybody who has travelled …

Half a million people braved a dodgy weather forecast to attend London’s biggest ever Gay Pride on Saturday, and were rewarded with a nice sunny day for it. Pride virgin Mayor Boris led the procession from Baker Street, looking happy to be taking a break …

Crayolas, set squares and glue-on sparkles to the ready: a competition has just been launched to design the next generation of Routemaster buses. Voters will of course recall that the much-loved bus was a key plank of Boris Johnson’s manifesto, as he tempted bendy-bus loathers …

Thinking of adding your footfall to the hordes that have already made the British Museum our most popular cultural attraction? Might not want to do it today – there’s a strike on. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) and Prospect are planning …

Fashion writer, dispenser of sardonic sartorial advice, and (would you believe) ghostwriter to Victoria Beckham, Hadley Freeman, will be joined by writer Bronwyn Cosgrave and fashion journo Roger Tredre tonight at the Barbican for a discussion about celebritism and fashion, and whether in a ‘sleb-powered …

Having already proved itself best in London, the British Museum has now ensconsed itself as the most popular cultural attraction in the UK. Elbowing out competition local (Tate Modern) and far-off (Blackpool Pleasure Beach), the 249-year old institution tempted 6.04 million people through its doors …