Olympic news items are like buses, or decent Boris Johnson policies: you wait for ages then two come along at once. This week we’ve heard about the package of security measures announced for the Games, while the International Olympic Committee popped by to check up …
Lunchbox Linford won’t carry Olympic flame Yellow box rules for Jubilee Line platforms Affordable homes cheek by jowl with hordes of Sloanes Arsenal’s earning loadsamoney New mothers urged to bank umbilical blood Art Deco Dream Home image courtesy of onionbagblogger via the Londonist flickr group.
2008 is Beijing’s Olympic year so we’re expecting plenty of 2012 related news, rumblings and international comparisons bouncing round the internet. On the last day of January, our Games have already made the headlines 3 times this week: When overall costs trebled at the end …
You might remember the plight of the wonderful Manor Garden Allotments from last year. The green fingered East Enders were eventually evicted and transplanted to a plot of land in Marsh Lane, Leyton after a spirited but unsuccessul fight. Now, however, the ghost of Manor …
Met police reception staff are mighty miffed Shooters get shirty about Olympic venue choice Ken bribes the student vote with 100 days till election While Gordon attempts to inspire the world about 2012 with his unique charm and zest Image of the doomed Flying Duck …
We’re game for these 2012 Olympics and, yesterday, tried to get all excited about the Get Set Roadshow that will be shimmying its way through all 33 Boroughs soon. But then we saw Londonist Flickr Pool contributor, MykReeve’s first-hand shot of the thing and were …
Office shag sees uniformed officer sacked even though he kept in touch with his colleagues by phone and radio whilst he enjoyed his internet date Rumblings in the House over transport security and funding for the Olympics. De Menezes inquest may take months The faithful …
Most travellers ever on London Underground, 7 December Yesterday was shopping madness Heathrow strike talks have started Olympic strike talk also begins… Catch any Bond this Christmas? Then “For Your Eyes Only” the Imperial War Museum’s forthcoming exhibition on the life and work of Ian …
Well, it’s certainly less controversial than the logo. The design for the new Olympic Stadium is something of a zoetrope in the aspirational design launch video which follows bits of the stadium as they fly and crawl through London to Stratford, witnessed by a jogging …
1. The Highgate Vampire Note: This article has been amended after complaints from the ‘Friends of Bishop Seán Manchester’. We apologise for any misrepresentation. Dusty vaults, ivy-strewn pathways, desecrated coffins and shadowy goings-on. Sounds like something from a Hammer film doesn’t it? However, the hi-jinx …
The whole country is still mid-way through the respectable mourning period after our annual Eurovision trouncing. Scooch’s camp ditty about aviation unfortunately crashed and burned (boo!), and with no survivors (phew!). Perhaps the ultimate in cheesy music requires more planning time? Five years out, BBC …
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