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londoners choc-ful of unnecessary cherry and chocolate We all know the articles that appear in the press in early December predicting a horrific calorie intake over Christmas. We certainly have hazy recollections of huge Chrimbo lunches that last all day, with chocolate items and alcohol …

Voting For Arnie It’s hard to believe that Bo-Jo has only a short while to go before he finishes his first year in office. 2010 will see the half-way point in his four-year team, and after the General Election everyone’s focus will move back to …

2012 map Those who read us regularly will already know that we LOVE maps. Basically, stick anything on a map – and it’s likely that we will somehow find a way to write about it. We suffer a chronic fetish for anything map-related. Just whisper …

Evening Standard – Never Knowingly Understating Ah, the Evening Standard. It’s so very ‘London’, isn’t it? As ‘London’ as… a red bus stuck in its depot, the Standard’s paper sellers love to shout on the street and generally get in everyone’s way with their little …

Boris Johnson Chews The Cud At Davos With The Mayor Of Buenos Aires And A Long Tie Boris Johnson used a radio interview broadcast from Davos to call for bankers to give up their bonuses (or part of their salary) to charitable causes. Seems fair …

sale in a sale-sign shop For once, it looks like our sense was spot on. The December ‘VIP’ shopping day in the West End appears to have worked well – together with stores starting their January sales a month early, analysts were looking to see …

Most of us won’t get a peek inside the Olympic Park until 2012 (although they do host ‘open days’ and there will be test events before then – and have a gander at the webcams up here). Once a month, Diamond Geezer publishes a picture …

Astoria Faces Wrecking Ball Without Final Flourish Well, London gayness continues to throw up too many things to write about. So this post covers two stories in the space of one: 1) The first ever ‘Write Queer London’ international writing competition will climax at an …

Lloyds TSB ‘top gay employer’ Every year gay campaign group/charity Stonewall publishes its list of top 100 gay-friendly employers. London has always done quite well on the lists, for three reasons: 1) Because of our city’s innate cosmopolitanism (is that a word?); 2) Because Mayor …

James Purnell, now reunited with his wallet and security pass The festive spirit has clearly swooped into Soho. Last week, deep in the heart of our favourite furtive area of London, the Government’s Work and Pensions Secretary, James Purnell (one of Labour’s rising stars), managed …