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London’s Largest Advert To Be Hung From South Bank Tower

Huge billboard ads planned for King’s Reach Tower.

Somerset House, in less droughty times.

Extra, Extra

The advert that can tell your gender, and other Londony news.

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Delicious Maths Failure On Metro Front Cover

You do the math. They didn’t.

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Gatwick Express ‘Fastest Journey Time Into London’ Is Misleading

So says the ASA, reckoning First Capital Connect to be just as fast on average. (Oh, and FCC are also cheaper.)

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Ken Dumps Barbie, Puts Huge Sign Up In Piccadilly Circus

Shock separation after 50 years together? Actually a Greenpeace stunt.

The neon Sanyo sign, with pre-op TDK. Image by M@.

Piccadilly Circus Sanyo Site Up For Sale

How’s your advertising budget looking?

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Alan Clarke’s Olympic Tube Posters

Beautiful (non-official) posters.

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Tower Bridge May Become Advertising Billboard

Photo / Big Rock Cat Whatever the pros and cons of intrusive advertising campaigns, there are some icons that shouldn’t be messed with. So the news that the bascules (the lifting sections for non-architectural folk) of Tower Bridge might become a huge billboard is of …

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Advertise On Londonist In 3 Clicks With AdTaily

We’ve joined AdTaily to offer you a simple, low cost, self service way to advertise on Londonist. Using a handy sidebar widget, anyone can create an ad in as few as 3 clicks. You can be promoting your services, products or special offers to Londonist …

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This Event Is Cancelled, Courtesy Of Tower Hamlets

Looks like bad news for all those into their funky house and dirty pop, if this poster on Old Ford Road is anything to judge by. The ‘new era of club culture’ in the East End, with “massive DJ’s/PA’s” (sic) every Friday night, has been …

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TDK Updates Its Piccadilly Circus Sign

The advertising boards at Piccadilly Circus don’t change too often, but Japanese firm TDK is finally embracing the 21st century by updating their sign with full-colour moving images. To be honest we’re amazed that TDK — a company that made a fortune in cassette tapes, …