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This year is Jalal al-Din Rumi’s 800th birthday (it was on 30th September, to be as precise as we can be about these things) – and there’s an impressive range of exciting stuff going on in London to celebrate. Rumi – the original dude poet, …

Well Londonist has run two animal stories into one here, on account of not wanting to look like we’ve gone soft. And to keep all parties happy, there’s a doggy one, and a kitty one. Although the cat one is actually rather sad: the business …

This is the sort of story that Londonist just couldn’t leave alone. It’s got all the elements that certain tabloid editors must surely dream of – a 6’ chopper-wielding transsexual petrol-station robber wearing frilly knickers over her (formerly his) face as a disguise. (Actually, we …

Londonist doesn’t need much excuse for a party, and firmly believes that we don’t have nearly enough festivals in the UK. So we are delighted to be able to wish all of our Muslim readers a very Happy Eid. The new moon has been sighted …

Don’t get all excited – this is not a steaming transport exposé. Britain’s favourite crook has surely dashed the hopes and aspirations of thousands of wannabe train robbers with his recent revelation that crime actually doesn’t pay, and that he thinks he should’ve done it …

Londonist was tickled by an article about a Kingston University chappie who reckons he has found the perfect way to motivate the slothful into taking more exercise. This on a day when this particular Londonista chose to stay in blogging instead of pounding the treadmill. …

Yee-hah! Woo-hoo! Yippy-kayay! And other such celebratory noises. After umpteen years (actually 20 or so) and countless debates and immeasurable lengths of newspaper footage, Crossrail has today been given the funding green light. Londonist can only join the chorus of approval on this. To quote …

A glimpse of the future for London rail travel was unveiled today at Hitachi’s depot in Ashford. (And this dumb-broad Londonista thought they just made tellies and stuff). We are to get a bullet train (which some droll spark has named the ‘javelin’ in honour …

Oh dear! There’ll be trouble in the Square tonight. Trafalgar, that is, not Albert. There’s a new kid on the block – and he’s (er, literally) dead creepy. Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of all things dead and deadly, has come to town. He’s attached to …

Climate change march reaches London, after leaving Northern Ireland in July. Would have been quicker to fly. Fake DVDs fund people smuggling. So stop buying them. Seventies and eighties sitcom scripts come up for sale. The olduns are the gooduns. Image courtesy of Yersinia’s flickr …