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So, did you get up early and grab your Mark Titchner poster? We know some of you did. One of our lovely readers even let us know of an extra, added bonus thrill about this giveaway. A compo! Here’s the deal: Each poster is individually …

Four weeks till Christmas! Argh. Funds are all focused on present buying and getting through the party season but we still want to go out and about because the heating isn’t working properly at home. We can’t afford to go and see Gandalf drop his …

Further to our earlier post and readers’ comments we’ve been in touch with Art on the Underground to clarify about the poster giveaway next week. Each day a different poster will be available from 8am at the 5 Underground stations: Kings Cross, Victoria, Waterloo, Paddington …

It may be 40 years since the Abortion Act legalised terminations but a BBC Radio 5 Live investigation suggests that modern day “back street abortions” are easily found in London. Thankfully, we’re not talking struck off doctors and knitting needles but Chinese herbal remedies from …

To celebrate the rebranding of the Platform for Art initiative as Art on the Underground, TfL are giving away specially commissioned posters at 5 Zone 1 tube stations all next week (bound to be a bunfight on Monday though, be prepared). Among the artists is …

And so, for the next instalment of the Mayor’s Indian Adventure. Day 4: Ken takes the train. Yes, our man of the people took a train from one side of Mumbai to the other and was captured smiling winsomely by a camera phone. As the …

Have you been watching the telly channel Dave? If yes, then you’ll have been having a comedy improv revivalist session as “Whose Line Is It Anyway” plays back to back for hours on end. If this is you, we suggest you shake off the couch …

Some good news from Greenwich at last. Six months on from the dramatic inferno the Cutty Sark restoration is making progress. Thankfully her skeleton of iron girders withstood the fire so, aside from the small matter of increasing restoration costs by £15m, she’s on track …

A survey of watery wildlife carried out this summer by British Waterways and enthusiastic public twitchers and nature lovers has confirmed that the flamboyant kingfisher is thriving in Regents Canal. Excellently, to make the canal an even better home for our birds, British Waterways are …

Diamonds, not pearls: 60 years of royal weddedness Transport, tax and terrorism rock our votes Beloved bunnies roast in Teddington £30k worth of fake expenses + 1 rubbish, debt ridden boyfriend = 6 months porridge Image courtesy of tezzer57 via the Londonist flickr group.