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Last week on Londonist, in numbers: 15 lively years that web legend Urban 75 has been going 15 disputed kilometres covered by the domino rally of breeze blocks across Olympic boroughs 12 same sex couples taking part in the London 2012 Open Weekend hand-holding relay …

Last week on Londonist, in numbers: Age of world’s oldest man who was a born Londoner: 113 (X) Cost to taxpayers if tube stations keep lights on during the day when they’re not needed: £40,000.00 (÷) Ducklings lost on Petticoat Lane: 3 (÷) Number of …

‘Sweet doggie’ by ponyintheair from the Londonist Flickr pool Last week on Londonist, in numbers: 23 people got hurt playing on Bodyspacemotionthings at Tate Modern (X) 250,000 pounds Boris earns each year for his column in The Telegraph (+) 60006 is the number for snitching …

Last week in numbers on Londonist… 120 miles in the Dunwich Dynamo (+) 150 years old: Big Ben, the big bell (X) 3 places to watch the Ashes (+) 14 captions for Photo of the Day: Caption required #17 = 584, deck chairs in a …

This afternoon the annual Procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel made its way through Clerkenwell. Organised by St Peter’s Italian Church, this parade has taken place almost every year since the end of the 19th century. We were on hand to capture a few …

By Tom Ward in the Londonist Flickr pool Last week in numbers on Londonist… 2 Londonist writers with slots on the fourth plinth in August (+) 20 contestants in the All Star Lanes Chilli Cook-Off (X) 118 shows programmed for the Camden Fringe Festival (-) …

socks kill by dartar from the Londonist Flickr pool Last week on Londonist… 36 naked people on bikes ÷ 2 times Exhibition Road mentioned x 24 of June when we host Londonist drinks – and you’re invited! + 1896 the year of birth of the …

Apparently “London is a city on the verge of a nervous breakdown yet so sated on its own glories that nothing seems to bloody bother it”. It’s supposedly a city of “lords and chimney sweeps”, where relief from the “twitchy streets” and “jittery shopping districts” …

Picture by M@. This Week In London’s History Monday – 15th June 1215: King John puts his seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymede (about half-way between Heathrow Airport and Windsor). Tuesday – 16th June 1838: The London Working Men’s Association is formed, marking the …

Picture taken from Mike Knell’s Flickr photostream under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence. Negotiators from TfL went to the offices of the conciliation service Acas this morning, appealing for RMT leaders to join them in last-ditch talks to avert the threatened tube strike. Unless …