How many hogs does it take to cleanse a whale? No, it’s not a Zen koan. The glorious Victorian temple to murdered animals that is the Natural History Museum is cleaning up the whale exhibit in its Large Mammals Hall – using hog hair bristle …
Just when you thought London might be a city safe from domination by Americans getting paid heaps of cash to do absolutely nothing … … enter former CIA employee (in movies they always say “The CIA’s like the mafia; you never leave” – but that’s …
You just can’t turn around these days without getting slapped in the face with some kind of airline news, can you? Something’s crashing or something’s taking off, something has been “downed” or has completed its spectacular maiden voyage, or something wonderful is about to happen …
The BBC informs us that police will now be available round the clock in west London. To tell you the truth, we had assumed they already were available round the clock. But apparently not. That explains why there’s that answering machine message we keep getting …
The Beast of Bexley has been spotted again… … this time carrying off a bloodied, wailing infant in its foul, be-slavered jaws. Not really. But that would be really cool, wouldn’t it? Or rather, no, that would be terrible and tragic and cause for sorrow. …
The Guardian has explained that Pricewaterhouse Coopers has explained that London has the highest incomes of any city outside the United States. The 11 cities with the highest average income in the world are all American with London coming in at number 12. In fact, …
A total lunar eclipse, the first one visible from the UK since 2004, will be snuffing out the moon for several hours this Saturday night. A refresher for those of us who haven’t seen a science programme in 20 years: a lunar eclipse is when …
Punky has come home. Six years ago, Punky the Cat walked out the flap of his New Malden home, saying “Just going up the top for a pack of fags,” and then vanished without a trace. Humans Maffelda and Bill Hay, under whose roof Punky …
Wired reports that London is on its way – once again? – to becoming a new media giant. Or rather, a “new media” giant. “London 2.0″ they’re calling it. We don’t know who “they” are, but that’s what they’re calling it. Probably some group called …
Mayor Ken has blockaded himself inside a safe house in the country. Why? To escape the hired goons that Shell and BP and Texaco are sending around to break his kneecaps. Ken has signed a deal with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to receive oil relief …
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