In Pictures: 5 km Blindfolded Run
Thousands run round the City, some in blindfolds.
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Londoners With Slightly Unusual Middle Names
Mungo, Zenon, Newbold…de Pfeffel?
Ghost Station Demolished
Jude Law’s local commuter train. Or should that be exorcised? The disused mainline station at Primrose Hill has now been demolished, to the chagrin of local residents who wanted to see it recalled to life and weaved into the Overground network. The little-known stop opened …
Beckham Rye And Other Celebrity Street Puns
A think tank suggests that streets and parks should be named after local celebrities, selected through some kind of X-factor-style public vote. The New Local Government Network also wants the Mayor to promise commemorative street names for any Brit who secures two or more Olympic …
Sienna Leaves The House! In Clothes! And Sunglasses!
You heard it here first: Primrose Hill’s most-talked about starlet has been spotted running errands around North London. We can’t exactly bring you specific details about what kind of errands they were. We could hazard a guess – maybe popping to nearby Chalk Farm’s Morrisons …
Celeb Spot: Paul Weller
To titivate your lunch hour, we loitered around a dusty blond Paul Weller this morning outside a mansion block on George Street, W1 talking vocal coaches with a very trendy, be-dark glassed young man while waiting for a cab. Man alive, Mr Weller still looks …
Olympic Seats Might Go Global
Just a week after we were all taken aback that work on the Olympic stadium had begun ahead of schedule, its fate is being discussed with potential hosts of the next Games and the idea mooted to recycle its seats for reuse in 2016. It …
London On The Cheap
Last full week before Christmas, we expect your bank account’s feeling the strain. All that Christmas shopping and partying taking its toll? If you want to make the most of being out and about before Christmas cabin fever and complete exhaustion set in then we’re …
Extra, Extra..and a bit Extra
Reginald Perrin rides again. A canoeist who vanished 5 years ago has surfaced alive and well. Car free London = care free. And popular apparently. Sporty Londonist readers should check out the London Sports Awards. Dial-a-parking-space out of order. Temporarily. Celebrities are worried about Camden …
Un-PC PC In Mascot Makeover
Amidst calls for their boss’ resignation, it’s reassuring to know that some London cops haven’t lost sight of the big issues facing modern policing – namely, getting “ethnically diverse” mascots on our streets. “PCSO Steve”, whose beat covers primary schools in and around Sutton, has …
London’s waxy export
As befits a truly global capital, London has established itself as a hub in the important international trade of tourist-attracting human reproductions, importing Chinese warriors and exporting waxwork celebrities. While the first crowds were taking a gander at 20 members of the Emperor Ying’s terracotta …
