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So how’s that for a sensationalist headline. Job at Fox news now please? Of course we don’t mean that Muslims have been banned from the tube, rather that the word has been removed from the advertising campaign for new US thriller series: Sleeper Cell. Sleeper …

Now I’m spreading your legs with mine inbetween. Nope, not the start of a Razzle reader’s story but a line from the new Morrisey album: Ringleader Of The Tormentors, wherin the Mozzmeister becomes the thinking indie fan’s Tom Jones. Sort of. But what does Morrisey …

Akira moved to London from Cambridge two years ago; are named after a cockroach; make a jagged industrial post-rock noise and enjoy walks in the park and watching sunsets with loved ones. Their bio lists their influences as: The Karate Kid, Philip K Dick, The …

Another hearth warming story from the Newham Recorder today. Twenty three community centres have opened their doors to the over 50s as part of Newham Council’s Warm Centre’s scheme. There they can get advice, health checks and take part in various activities: reading, arts and …

Not as you might think, some Roman bath house excavation but Turdus migratorious, known to his friends as the American Robin; and the star of today’s Londonist animal post. Turdus’s landing is a big deal, since this is the first time one of these little …

Some photographs of the “chisleing little crook” avoiding the congestion charge have appeared online. The Nigerian police reform committee are coming over on a six day tour to “investigate British policing models and facilities.” Probably best we say no more at this point. The London …

We love animals here at Londonist. So much so that we can’t resist even the slightest kitten in peril or killer beast on the loose story. If it can’t be registered for an ID card then we’re going to clutch it’s furry little arse to …

To be honest, we’re really only doing this one for the headline since this is a simple tale of a simple man who was told not to do something, carried on doing it and received a £15 000 fine for his troubles. Let this be …

It seemed like for a moment you couldn’t step outside the door without falling over some book group or another; even the Mexican police have one.. There are TV shows that encourage book groups, that are about book groups and no one yet seems to …

The Environment. Not just a nice word for University professors with funny beards and elbow patches, but an entire ecosystem that keeps us all alive. One would think then, that it would be foolish to mess with it, and luckily we have environmentally concerned figures …