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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 (-) 10 miles of dominoes... continue reading on Londonist

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 world's oldest man, a... continue reading on Londonist

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” comes in the form... continue reading on Londonist

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 beginnings of a significant... continue reading on Londonist

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 they reach an agreement... continue reading on Londonist

Picture by Ray Wise via the Londonist Flickr pool. This Week In London’s History Monday - 8th June 1999: At the Old Bailey, ex-cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is sentenced to jail for 18 months, having been found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice. Tuesday - 9th... continue reading on Londonist

On Monday we noted the recent London arrival of ‘Winter’, the Californian who has spent 12 years (and counting) trying to visit every branch of Starbucks in the world. Well he’s still here, so we thought we would take the opportunity to ask him a few questions… Why ‘Winter’?... continue reading on Londonist

Picture courtesy of Todd Huffman under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Non-news story of the day concerns a Californian software engineer, known as ‘Winter’, who is being described by the press, somewhat predictably, as a “man on a mission”. Whenever we read those words we tend to suspect that... continue reading on Londonist

This Week In London’s History Monday - 1st June 1845: A homing pigeon arrives in London, having set off from Namibia some 55 days earlier. Supposedly. Tuesday - 2nd June 1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II takes place in Westminster Abbey. Wednesday - 3rd June 1982: Israeli ambassador... continue reading on Londonist

Picture by Nick Holdstock via the Londonist Flickr pool. This Week In London’s History Monday - 25th May 1878: The first ever performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ takes place at the Opera Comique on The Strand. Tuesday - 26th May 1868: Michael Barrett, having been found guilty... continue reading on Londonist

Picture of the London Stone taken from Ewan M’s Flickr photostream under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence. This Week In London’s History Monday - 18th May 1593: A warrant is issued for the arrest of Christopher Marlowe following allegations of heresy. Less than two weeks later, he would... continue reading on Londonist

We're hearing reports of an accident in one of the lift shafts in the north tower of Tower Bridge. Apparently a lift has fallen (or, according to Sky News, "plummeted") a couple of floors, resulting in several injuries, the most serious of which seems to be a broken leg.... continue reading on Londonist

This Week In London’s History Monday - 11th May 1812: Spencer Perceval becomes the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated when he is fatally shot by “a madman” in the lobby of the House of Commons. Tuesday - 12th May 1967: Pink Floyd stage their ‘Games for May’... continue reading on Londonist

This Week In London’s History Monday - 4th May 2000: Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London. Tuesday - 5th May 1980: The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy in London, ending a six day siege and freeing 19 hostages. Wednesday - 6th May 1990: In the first of... continue reading on Londonist

Yesterday’s May Day march did not really grab the news media’s attention (they were probably too busy perpetuating their wall-to-wall swine flu hysteria), but a few photographers still managed to capture some great shots of the occasion.... continue reading on Londonist

Warning: numerous irritating cretins expected to do something stupid in Trafalgar Square tomorrow. Brothel shut down on aptly-named Honeypot Lane. Medical student to assemble menagerie of venomous snakes, poisonous frogs and killer snails in King’s Cross. British Library thief and vandal’s prison sentence halved on appeal. Run for the... continue reading on Londonist

Photo by nic0 via the Londonist Flickr pool. This Week In London’s History Monday - 27th April 1840: Following its almost complete destruction by fire in 1834, work on rebuilding the Palace of Westminster starts with the laying of a foundation stone by the wife of the architect Sir... continue reading on Londonist

Image taken from Jeef Keen’s Flickr photostream under the Creative Commons Attribution licence. Amongst the many critics of Alistair Darling’s Budget is, unsurprisingly, London’s very own Boris Johnson, who has criticised the income tax hike for high earners: We have got to recognise that this 'poke-the-rich-in-the-eye' stuff will raise... continue reading on Londonist

Photo by M@ This Week In London’s History Monday - 20th April 1964: A huge fire at Battersea Power Station scuppers the launch of the BBC Two TV channel. Tuesday - 21st April 1509: Henry VII dies in Richmond Palace, supposedly as the result of a ‘broken heart’ following... continue reading on Londonist

This Week In London’s History Monday - 13th April 2002: As many as 15,000 demonstrators gather in Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square to protest against Israeli military action in the West Bank. Tuesday - 14th April 1471: During the Wars of the Roses, the Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians in... continue reading on Londonist