Earlier this week, the Trinity project got the go-ahead from the City of London. You might not have heard of Trinity. It’s a cosy threesome of office buildings set for construction in that obscure corner of the City known as Minories. Just shy of 100 m tall, its loftiest section will stand taller than the Westminster Clock Tower. Not so exciting in its own right. But when you look at some of the other......

This day in London’s history Is this the dullest date ever in London’s history? The best we can come up with is the completion, in 1807, of some new docks in Rotherhithe. Oh, and Southgate and Enfield West opened on the Piccadilly Line in 1933. Plus some kind of fracas over at the LSE in 1967. Otherwise, March 13 is a day of meager excitement in the capital’s calendar. Unless you can find anything......

To be honest we should have added the London Rubbish photoblog to our list of links a long time ago. Although (from what we can tell) Mark Sheldon has only been posting since mid-2005 he's already made quite a name for himself in the overcrowded photoblogging community. And once you see his photographs it's easy to see why, whether it's London's buildings, its art, its people or the construction and destruction of the biscuit......

Big Ben is possibly London's most famous landmark. Its chimes ring out all over London, and indeed the world through the BBC World service. But how many people can claim to have been up the clock tower and even behind the clock faces? Londonist's man on the inside, Nick, managed to secure himself a trip up the tower. Here's what he found: First, a little history: when Londonist had their big day out to......