You know the green revolution is starting to catch on when even construction sites have hanging baskets. These shots were taken at the junction of Kemble Street and Drury Lane, where we were surprised to find orange cones and pot plants living side by side …
On one of our frequent joyful jaunts around the city, we stumbled across this intriguing series of stone carvings. The works decorate the otherwise prosaic offices of Diageo, at 8 Henrietta Place (just north of Bond St station). They’re the folk who look after some …
A couple more proposed skyscrapers have emerged over the past week. Both of them are only at early design stages and seem to set new standards in bonkers architecture. We mean that in a nice way. If London has to grow tall, then it should …
This day in London’s history Is this the dullest date ever in London’s history? The best we can come up with is the completion, in 1807, of some new docks in Rotherhithe. Oh, and Southgate and Enfield West opened on the Piccadilly Line in 1933. …
Just a quick note to say that if you’ve enjoyed all those hilarious versions of the Tube map that’ve appeared lately, you might want to visit this site quick. Like, before Monday. Geofftech has been hosting useful, comical and down-right surreal variants on the famous …
The Bakerloo celebrates its centenary today. After 40 years of ummming and ahhhring, the turd-brown line was finally opened on 10 March 1906. No word on whether the queen has sent a telegram. To celebrate the anniversary, a special plaque will be unveiled at Baker …
Woah!, We said, Woah! Stop skim-reading, go and make yourself a nice cup of tea, come back here and absorb this post in a more leisurely attitude, perhaps reclined in your favourite beanbag. Slowlondon took its time to reach our radar, which, when you think …
These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Breaking the spell at the RSA on Monday Science and religion. The two have been at …
Poor Tox just can’t help himself. New ‘work’ by the serial wall-spammer, in his regenerated Tox06 guise, has been sighted in Brixton and on the sidings outside St Pancras station. To recap, Tox is the capital’s most infamous tagger. During his nocturnal adventures, he’s sprayed …
This day in London’s History 1985: Conservative MP Ivan Lawrence made the longest parliamentary speech of the 20th Century. The filibusting backbencher had the house hanging on his every word for 4 hours and 23 minutes, as he argued the case against fluoridating tap water. …
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