Thinking of adding your footfall to the hordes that have already made the British Museum our most popular cultural attraction? Might not want to do it today - there's a strike on. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) and Prospect are planning to down tweed jackets at 2pm, having been most untickled by a proposed 1.6% pay offer. Management claim the museum will remain open, though access to some galleries could......

Having already proved itself best in London, the British Museum has now ensconsed itself as the most popular cultural attraction in the UK. Elbowing out competition local (Tate Modern) and far-off (Blackpool Pleasure Beach), the 249-year old institution tempted 6.04 million people through its doors over the past 12 months, many to see the warriors of Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army, who were to be found at ease in the Reading Room. Coming up next......

According to Camden New Journal (print edition), two of the Borough's more distinctive structures are not long for this world. The Bloomsbury Service Station (right), on Store Street, is reckoned to be London's oldest garage, pedaling petrol since 1926. Its cornflower blue trimmings are a welcome sight in the otherwise monotone streets of Bloomsbury. But its days are numbered thanks to a drop in business attributed to the congestion charge. The lease runs out......

What's this? London's famous red street furniture turning blue with the cold? Closer inspection reveals that some pillock with a paint pot has been busy in Bloomsbury. The crude vandalism is almost redeemed by the impractically barbed pavement cock. But this is still the work of a pillock.......

Massive Attack to curate Meltdown London flood resilience to be tested East London super-church for KICC turned down Bloomsbury insider archive goes on display at the British Library Camden Market reopens in time for the weekend - London urged to rally round traders Image courtesy of Orhan via the Londonist flickr group.......