Listen Up! Music Interview: Rebecca Ferguson
Liverpudlian X-Factor soul diva, Rebecca Ferguson, muses on her new status as a Londoner.
Chessington
Sprout Ban For Gorillas In The (Brown) Mist
Christmas visitors to Chessington enjoyed a whole world of unexpected musical and aromatic adventures around the gorilla enclosure. The great apes couldn’t control their anal acoustics thanks to a diet steeped in Brussels sprouts. The zoo has now withdrawn the vegetable after visitors complained about …
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Image courtesy of Simon Crubelllier via the Londonist flickr group Ground-shaking research into wobbly bridge syndrome: report published. Psst! Wanna buy an airport? Stansted and Gatwick are reputedly coming up for grabs. The Beeb has ‘fessed to spending £45,000 on the Merlin launch party. Where’s …
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Thinking about volunteering for 2012? As a helper, we mean, not an athlete. Think carefully. Win a house in Chessington for the price of a £10 raffle ticket. It looks like the Watford Underground link is going ahead. But it ain’t cheap. Compensation for a …
Sharks Spotted In Surrey
Londonist is long enough in the tooth to recall a time, way before the thundering rollercoasters and hoards of screaming children, when Chessington World Of Adventures went by the humbler name of Chessington Zoo. Proving that the animal kingdom is still very much part of …
