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Bloomberg media group are expected to build new HQ on the site of Bucklersbury House in the City. Will it still look like Darth Vader’s helmet, as in original plans for the site?

Turner nominee Susan Philipsz unveiled her first London commission over the weekend, producing a ‘song cycle’ for the Square Mile. But it’s also a sculpture. These crazy artists. What boundaries will they blur next? Philipsz’s work, Surround Me, places loudspeakers at six locations throughout the …

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops We’ve been to Daunt before, but this newest arm of their burgeoning empire marks a new episode for bookselling in the City. Other than Waterstone’s, we’re not aware of any other bookshops in the Square Mile (though we’re …

How hard could it be? This post was originally published in April. Due to a rescheduling of the event, we’re reposting now with the new date – 7 November. Remember the Vertical Rush? Dear God, we do. An agonising slog up all 920 stairs of …

Newly opened, Bar Battu claims to be ‘the city’s first natural wine bar’ but has already been criticised for trying to steal that title from WC2 hotspot Terroirs. Huddled amongst the buildings on Gresham Street, the bar’s downstairs area is a typical chrome and brick …

You have to respect the NSPCC for their singularly creative fund-raising campaigns. Not content with a race up the Gherkin tower next spring, the children’s charity are also organising a high-profile game of conkers. Now in its 7th year, the City Conker Cup Challenge will …

Investment bank UBS is working up plans for what would be the City’s most capacious office. The Swiss bank, in cahoots with developers British Land and estate owners Blackstone, wants to see a pair of ‘ageing’ Broadgate buildings (this chap, and this fellow, from way …

The CPS has just confirmed that no charges will be made against police over the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, who died during the G20 protests last April. Though initially believed to have died from a heart attack, it was later found that he …

Over the past few months, London’s main highways have been turning black and blue in an effort to prevent cyclists doing the same. Today, the first two (of ten) cycle superhighways open: route CS7, connecting Merton to the City; and CS3, linking Barking to Tower …

Honourary Londonista, Ol, steadies for a swing. Photograph by David Buglar With Tiger’s return, golf is all over the news at the moment. But you don’t need to head out to an exorbitant countryside retreat club to get a taste of the fairway. The City …