… except where the postcode begins with E. Thames Water confirmed by website and recorded phone message that a large water main had burst within the Olympic Park, leaving homes and businesses in the area without water. The last recorded message on the Thames Water …
TV doyenne Barbara Windsor and current fictional landlady of the Queen Vic in ‘London’ soap opera Eastenders is apparently calling on the programme’s bosses to create a West End EastEnders musical based on the long-running drama. Considering the last known attempt at making music around …
Comedienne and TV busybody Ruby Wax has been hired by the Home Office to coach senior staff in leadership and communications, launching some gleeful outrage from the usual suspects. Even with our sceptical goggles on, we can see that there will always be expensive professional …
Londonist and some conventional magazines Woe, nobody wants to buy magazines any more! Alas, the internet is the only medium anyone is interested in! Wrong, cry the Blood, Sweat and Fears team as they present their magazine as a real life event in central London …
Photo by W P Wiles There’s a touch of Spring in the air and even in London, it’s hard to ignore the longer days and touches of green emerging around the place. So embrace it and get across to east London to engage the green …
Wanstead locals and animal lovers are dismayed by a mystery blight on Victoria Lake wildlife where over 70 birds have suddenly died in recent days. The birds were found with no discernible cause of death; the number and suddenness has prompted tests on the carcasses …
Photo by Francis Loney Like secretly favouring one child over your others, it’s unfair to single out one play in a trilogy as the most enjoyable, uplifting and clearly structured. But we’re going to do that about The Festival, the third, most recent part of …
It’s the first Friday of the month which means… it’s Late at Tate Britain. And tonight, the place turns into a playground with the theme being Game Play. Not board games, card games or psycho-sexual mind games, the evening is all about exploring and creating …
Image from Alice Bell, photographer Francis Loney Lone Twin Theatre are presenting The Catastrophe Trilogy at the Barbican this month, comprising the previously performed Alice Bell and Daniel Hit By A Train and a brand new piece The Festival. ‘Catastrophe’ suggests high drama and a …
Runners of all levels and those curious enough about the Olympic Park to willingly jog to view it are welcome to sign up for a brand new run for London: the Newham London Run. This 10km run starts and finishes in Stratford Park, taking in …
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