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Bill Maher and friend in Religulous / image courtesy of Momentum Pictures Our weekly round-up of the week’s film reviews Richard Curtis has been suffering cinematic diminished returns for some time. Four Weddings, Notting Hill, Love Actually – and now The Boat That Rocked. Set …

Tents, bunting and fluffiness at Climate Camp yesterday / image courtesy of Zaykoski from the Londonist Flickr pool As predicted yesterday, police broke up the Climate Camp on Bishopsgate. Reader ohmyliver drew our attention to a film of riot police using shields to hit non-violent …

Climate Camp on Bishopsgate / image courtesy of Matt Perdeaux from the Londonist Flickr pool As the night draws in, what’s happening on the City’s streets? People are finally being released from the kettle at the Bank of England, one by one (and after a …

The Silver Horse against financial crimes at London Bridge / image author’s own Accompanied by a brass band, the Silver Horse against financial crimes left London Bridge about 11.15am heading for the Bank of England. Apparently the Moorgate march also left without incident but according …

The University of East London has decided to close its doors between Wednesday and Friday, citing “uncertainty about transport and possible disruption”. Fair enough, you might think, since it’s very close to the ExCel centre where the summit is taking place, but the effect is …

G20 protests started a day early with elevenses at the Bank of England this morning. With the bulk of protests expected tomorrow, security is beginning to ramp up across London. Police have told people living near ExCel to carry two forms of ID, one with …

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops You’ve probably walked past Treadwell’s at some point but not looked at it very closely. It’s time to rectify that. Inspect the cards in the racks outside. Look properly at the windows. It will become clear that this …

The Put People First march was held on Saturday – the first of the G20 protests. An estimated 35,000 people took to the cold and grey streets of London to demand action on climate change, poverty and jobs. All images from the Londonist Flickr pool.

Michael Sheen in The Damned United / image courtesy of Sony Pictures Our weekly round-up of film reviews… Michael Sheen should perhaps consider banning his agent from sending him roles based on other people. He’s played Tony Blair (soon for the third time), David Frost, …

2007 Climate Camp at Heathrow / courtesy of Andrew* under a Creative Commons licence Right then! We’ve seen what the G20 is and what people are mad at them about. Or just mad about in general. Now for the fun bit: what’s actually happening on …