Beginning with the idea that the alteration of consciousness is a universal human impulse, Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition, High Society takes a look at the history of drug taking across the continents. Starting with their plant origins and ending at the development of the synthetic …
Image by chrisjohnbeckett from the Londonist Flickr pool Stop sniffing… you, in the corner of the room, buttonholing some terrified-looking soul and banging on about something random… you might think you’re projecting an image at the bleeding meeja edge of popular culture with your Bolivian …
Image / Alex.MacDonald Cocaine use is on the up in the City, says a charity that works with addicts, and it’s all because bankers are stressed out about losing their jobs. The poor babies. It’s hardly news, really — coke and the Square Mile go …
The UK Border Agency has discovered an unclaimed bag containing £800,000 (or 20kg) worth of cocaine at one of Heathrow’s luggage carousels. HM Revenue and Customs investigators are working to identify the suitcase’s owner. The bag was first detected on Friday after arriving on a …
Image / chrisjohnbeckett You could hear the howls of Hoxtonites from Hounslow to Harlow when news broke that a London-bound cocaine motherlode had been stopped by police. The pure Bolivian marching powder, with a street value of £30 million, was found on a British lorry …
What, again? Another South African Airways crew has been arrested and bailed at Heathrow over drug smuggling. Cocaine with a street value (love that phrase) of £250,000 was discovered in baggage less than a month since another crew were arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine …
Image courtesy of drome under a Creative Commons Attribution licence From stories of air crew heroism to tales of a very different type. 15 members of a South African Airways flight crew were arrested at Heathrow yesterday after customs discovered a whacking £310,000 worth of …
23% of Scots don’t like London. Astonishing. This and other really useful stats have been revealed by a new YouGov poll. Cocaine in the capital is cheaper than ever before – but it’s full of dangerous rubbish. Mysterious things afoot at Crystal Palace this week …
Hans and Eva Rausing must be a lovely couple. Charming, in fact. Possibly the most lovely, charming and persuasive people you could possibly meet. We are sure the charm isn’t derived from the fact that they happen to be very well-off, being the heirs to …
The scourge of polite society, and a garment guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of houseproud folk across London, the hoodie is nothing if not an adaptable form of clothing. In the wake of the bulletproof edition sold by a Romford firm, another variant …
Whatever happened to knocking? Early Wednesday morning at a home in west London, police used a digger—yes, one of those big construction trucks—to smash through a perimeter wall, then proceeded to use sledgehammers and angle grinders to get into the house to search for drugs. …
