They’re having a very bad day in the City. The Met is to face yet another discrimination case. Police are worried about a spate of arson in New Cross. London’s restaurateurs are cashing in on the trend for holding business breakfasts. The Queen has opened …
Get ye down to the City this lunch time for a cavalcade of chivalry and pageantry. A St George’s Day parade, the first in over 400 years, will set off round the Square Mile form 11.45 this morning. The action starts at Armourers Hall in …
This plucky buccaneer is hoping to stand as an Independent for the Cities of London and Westminster. His policies include tax breaks on rum, training in swordsmanship and gunnery, and the renaming of the iPad to the iPatch. He runs the UK chapter of the …
Photography by Chris Osburn The Fela Kuti was thumping, the Pommery flowed freely and a well heeled queue lined the street eager to be granted entry. The launch of The Anthologist, the City’s new “all day bar and kitchen” drew quite the anticipant crowd this …
Ronzo’s Pity of London – Part 1 from Ronzo on Vimeo. Next time you’re heading into the City, keep an eye out for these rogue boundary markers. Street artist Ronzo and chums have installed a series of ‘Pity of London’ monster statues alongside the more …
The Gherkin has long been a favourite plaything for photoshoppers. In previous instalments of Touch Up London, it’s been mechanised, launched into space, sliced into edible portions and donated to the Royal Guards as headgear. This latest effort by Beyondcraziness (Flickr) shows the iconic skyscraper …
Photo / Jamie McK Atlas might not have shrugged just yet, but he’s giving those shoulders a leisurely workout: Goldman Sachs is “considering its options” in the wake of the Government’s prole-cheering windfall tax on bank bonuses. The bank may even move whole divisions to …
Yesterday we looked at the very obvious Heron Tower, now beginning to dominate the City skyline. Walk a few paces south and you come to the site of another nascent ‘scraper. The Pinnacle, popularly referred to as the Helter Skelter, will be taller even than …
The City of London has a new tallest building. The Heron Tower, at 110 Bishopsgate, has reportedly surpassed Tower 42 to become the loftiest in the Square Mile. When it tops out, presumably in just a matter of weeks, the roof will stand at 202.5 …
Gusty winds may have cancelled the Blackfriars fireworks yesterday evening but hundreds of people still turned out to stand in the rain and be buffeted by blowiness to cheer at the annual Lord Mayor’s Show yesterday morning. Amongst them were some hardy Flickrpool friends to …
Let ‘em raise the kids. Westminster Council thinks the scores of newly-redundant stock brokers and hedge fund managers excreted out of the City’s bowels should seek alternative employment as foster carers. The council believes the fallow financiers’ combination of ample free time and desirable skills …
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