Photo courtesy of University College London Belmarsh Prison in Plumstead is renowned for its high-profile inmates (Jeffrey Archer, Charles Bronson, Abu Hamza al-Masri or even the recently released Ronnie Biggs) but it just added another claim to fame to its record. The idea of the …
Photo by zefrog Stepping up a gear towards the realisation of the Mayor’s goal for a 400% increase in cycling by 2025, TfL today announced plans for a new initiative inviting Londoners to cycle to work on Fridays. While people are encouraged to cycle to …
Photo by zefrog. Here is a bit of news that will probably not please Archbishop Nicholls at all. This week-end the newly appointed head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales launched an attack on social networking, claiming that they “dehumanise” society and even …
Photo by historicist from the Londonist flickr photopool. Only a week after “debendyficiation” of the streets of the capital started on route 507, and as passengers of said route are already asking for the bendies back, the Bus Service Review (pdf), by accountancy firm KPMG …
This afternoon at the time when hundreds of people were also gathering in Tel Aviv, 30 to 40 people, mostly friends and friends of friends gathered by email and via facebook, came together in Soho Square for an impromptu vigil in support of the victims …
While some were enjoying themselves at the Cross-Stitch party in Hoxton, others in south London were indulging in a spot of “gritting”. Nothing to do with unseasonable road-clearing or even angry teeth-clenching: the word “gritting” is a compound made up of the words “graffiti” and …
The Sands Films Studios in Rotherhithe are housed in an unprepossessing Grade II listed former granary. The Studios were founded in the 1970s and offer film production facilities, as you may expect, but also a cinema club (free) and a renowned costume-making workshop. You may …
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