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It was all going so well for the OXO company, with their monopoly on gravy-based towers seemingly unassailable. Then they heard about plans for some rather inconvenient neighbours on the South Bank… Keep on sending in your photoshopped images of a distorted London to londonist …

It might be grim up north, but it’s also more energy efficient. That’s the verdict from British Gas (well, maybe not the ‘grim up north’ bit), who today announced results of an energy survey of a million UK households. London sucks. And blows. Then sucks …

This Day In London’s History 1709: Samuel Johnson born. When Channel 5 finally get round to making the Top 100 greatest Londoners of all time, the famous dictionary compiler will certainly be in the leading pack. His fame rests as much on the number of …

One of the funniest London-based movies we’ve seen in, oooh, the last hour. The day in a life of a woman who is married to a dubbed character from a Kung Fu film. This short comedy was filmed and edited in just 24 hours for …

Here’s one for the uber-nerds out there. Digitally Distributed Environments, one of our fave London blogs, have put together a 360 degree, zoomable panorama of a London red bus (requires Quicktime…and an unhealthy fascination with omnibuses). Experience the glamour and luxury of the transport we …

Spotted (in two senses) on the corner of Cromwell Road and Queen’s Gate (i.e. outside that cultural megosaur, the Natural History Museum). A quick Flickr search reveals that this is not the only one. Since mid-August, similar posters have been appearing all over the place. …

According to London lore, it’s never easy to persuade a cabbie to take you south of the river. Unless that cabbie is Mark Thurbin. He recently accepted a very strange fare from a couple of passengers, which tested his Knowledge to the limit. Far from …

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways. 9. French Ordinary Court Where? In an area of the City where unlikely street names are two-a-penny (Seething Lane, Mincing Lane, Savage Gardens), French Ordinary Court is perhaps the wackiest of all. It links Fenchurch Street …

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Francis Crick’s Place in History at the Royal College of Surgeons, Monday Did you know that …

Now this is going to be, erm, huge. Blogger Slinkachu has been leaving his tiny, tiny creations all over London ‘to fend for themselves’. You’ll need a keen eye to spot them, though. They’re just a few millimetres tall. See many more on his blog, …