This day in London’s History We have to admit that it can sometimes be a struggle to find a suitably interesting slice of London history. Being interesting and engaging is obviously of paramount importance, which is why we often find ourselves hoping that we can …
Contrary to what “tinge of tangerine” oven-ready role model mother Kerry Katona would like us to think, mum hasn’t gone to Iceland for a microwaveable roast leg of lamb, she’s gone to court and she’s not coming back until she’s sued the pants off Southern …
Yassin Nassari of Ealing, west London, appeared in court yesterday charged with (deep breath) “possessing an article in circumstances which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that its possession was for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.” …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. There’s a wide range of events to choose from this week, with something on offer nearly every night of the week. We also have new …
As we reported earlier, Parliament Square protestor Brian Haw has had his protest stripped down to just a couple of placards. Police turned up at 2:45am and removed most of his placards, and many of his possessions. Naturally, Londonist just had to go down to …
According to the BBC police visited Parliament Square in the early hours of this morning to remove placards from the scene of Brian Haw‘s vigil. The placards are apparently a “breach of Mr Haw’s demonstration condition” since the Court of Appeal overturned the ruling that …
A 16 -year-old boy charged with the murder of the schoolboy Kiyan Prince will appear in court today. A 27-year-old woman was killed in Holborn on Saturday evening after a bus on Southampton Row, ‘ploughed into traffic lights’ and then mounted the pedestrian island where …
We reported last week that the BBC interviewed a cabbie instead of a business expert. Now it turns out that he wasn’t in fact a cabbie, but a BBC job applicant! Guy Goma was applying for a data support cleanser job at Television Centre, when …
Nice slip by the BBC here: Not only that, but the stocky black man with the strong French accent bore little resemblance to the picture on the expert’s website, which showed a slim white man with blue eyes and blond hair. The corporation’s News 24 …
The choicest cuts from our sister sites around the globe. Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don’t even front like they …
As of next month the Tube will run 30 minutes later on Friday and Saturday nights and start one hour later on Saturday mornings. The four men charged with attempting to carry out bomb attacks in London on 21 July last year are due up …
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