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Image by chutney bannister from the Londonist Flickr pool Oh look. Another threatened rail strike. Time to break out Londonist’s post generator… [RMT / Aslef / anyone who feels like it] are threatening to [strike / give away flowers and cake] on [insert really inconvenient …

Looking at the week ahead in literary London Tuesday: Lovers of books and wine might be tempted to the Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green for 7pm to hear Francis Gimblett read from his new book “In and Out of Africa… in Search of Gerard …

The Environment Agency are releasing 750 fish into south-east London rivers today and tomorrow (we do hope they’ve got scarves and little flipper mittens on). Chub and dace are going into the Pool and Ravensbourne, and crucian carp and tench are finding a new home …

The Standard brings us news that TfL are planning to change the number you call for travel information. Whoop-de-doo, you might think, but the move from the current 020 7222 1234 number to an 0843 number will cost up to 40p a minute from pay …

Image by garryknight used under a Creative Commons licence What have New York, the FBI and 34 US states got that nowhere in England has? To avoid any unfortunate gags we’ll tell you: their own tartans. This might have something to do with England and …

Bunny and the Bull / image courtesy of Optimum Releasing Our weekly round-up of film reviews Point to note: Bunny and the Bull is not a Mighty Boosh film. Yes, it’s directed by Paul King, the visual maestro responsible for the Boosh look, and has …

Knitted policeman by Heather Brown / M@ Brown The Conservative plan to put US-style elected police commissioners in charge of forces across the country got a little clearer today, as shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said he’d scrap the Metropolitan Police Authority and put the …

Wrong Mr Benn: image / Steve Punter This is just adorable: on Saturday, a Mr Benn party will take place in Festing Road, Putney, to mark the official cementing-in of a pavement slab celebrating the residency of Mr Benn (and his creator, David McKee, who …

Our friends at Cecil Court are putting on a splendid-sounding, good old-fashioned Christmas festival this Saturday. Head down to the historic street of bookshops (and more) for all manner of events, including: – Readings by Billy Childish and poet Jeremy Reed and the Ginger Light …

David O’Doherty, 2008 if.commedie winner and fan of very little keyboards, is at the Soho Theatre from now (yes, now! Actually, since yesterday but we didn’t get our arses into gear in time) with the show that debuted at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, David O’Dohparty. …