blackheath

Potential Olympic defence sites revealed.

Campaigners are raising funds for a legal challenge to Brent’s decision to close six libraries, while Lewisham has turned three over to private hands.

The UK’s only indoor Swedish Felt mini golf course…and other secrets of the south-east borough.

An almost uniquely South-of-the-river based news round-up. Good to know it’s quiet up North….

Rely-a-bell burglar alarm by John O’Shea from the Londonist Flickr pool A price comparison website has decided that certain areas of London are the most likely to have residents claiming on their home insurance for theft. Blackheath comes top, followed by Hammersmith, Finsbury Park, Chiswick, …

It’s too darn hot. That much we know. We’ve been tirelessly reviewing London’s lidos this summer for you, but we can’t always find the time to splash out. And air con at Londonist Towers is a long way off. Thinking cool thoughts isn’t working any …

As previously mentioned in our London on the Cheap round-up but worth a second mention in order to have floating kitty kites on the site… Do you like BIKES? Do you like KITES? Do you think it would be totally awesome to enjoy both, at …

With confirmed sightings of a bright, radioactive ball in the sky, we find our minds wandering toward UFOs. How exciting is the idea that grammar-school rocker Chris Martin has left Gwyneth Paltrow nude and unattended in Crouch End, given up the guitar and moved to …

By captainmcdan One way to blow the turkey and tinsel cobwebs away today is to pay a visit to Blackheath. Not just to take a walk across it but to follow the Blackheath Morris Men on their Boxing Day pub crawl. These guys are old …

It might sound like we executed a daring infiltration of Climate Camp using some of the tunnels under Blackheath, but actually we’ve got bad knees so we did what everyone else is doing and went in the front entrance. And? Yes, it’s all a bit …