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Sunday’s Bastille Day celebrations, by sukesukesue As any Francophile (or for that matter, French person) will know, today is Bastille Day – France’s national holiday. Following Sunday’s garden party in Battersea Park, the environs of Borough Market and Bankside have been going Bastille-bonkers (sorry) today, …

Crunching the Londonist numbers, just for you… 50 metres up in the air: would you take a cable car over the Thames? 50 year old cables melted in a fire at Barking station, causing delays and closures on the Hammersmith & City and District lines …

Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates this season or time of year in London. This week, we have a curiously-framed shot of a hot Thames scene, shot by cafedereves.

Welcome to our ongoing mission to explore what London has to offer the discerning lover of excellent beer – from pubs and retailers that take pride in the quality of their hoppy offerings, to local breweries and beer events. In this instalment we celebrate Independence …

We run the numbers from last week through the picture-selecting machine… 3,000 Great British pounds for a table made of London Bridge 69 holes in the road per mile in London – watch where you’re going! 143 years old: happy birthday Canada 40 tonnes of …

Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates this season or time of year in London. This week’s photo features some supremely relaxed sunbathing in Telegraph Hill Park in Brockley, shot by beenbrun. Is …

Last week’s key numbers on Londonist collated and compiled into a pretty picture… 40 lamp posts tell Southwark’s history 21 pianos to be dotted around London, to be played by the public as they wish 1 pound daily charge for motorbikes in Westminster prove deeply …

Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates this season or time of year in London. This week, a ‘fake miniature’ Blackfriars Railway Bridge over the shimmering Thames, courtesy of RinsingAgent.

Campaigners from the No To Bike Parking Tax group are planning a High Court challenge to Westminster’s £1 fee for motorcycle parking in central London, citing improper revenue generation. After apparently being threatened with loss of bus lane use by Boris Johnson during a protest …

A Summer Solstice special calculation on Londonist… 04:52 sunrise 21:22 sunset 16 hours, 38 minutes of daylight today 452 + 2122 + 1638 = 4,212 which is an appropriately sun-filled pub near Victoria Park, as captured by Slaminsky for the Londonist Flickr pool. It can …