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Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We’re exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little ‘ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal …

Calm down, it’s not a very slow invasion – just yet another cool thing for us all to gawk at: Today a pioneering airship adventure is being launched in London. ‘The Spirit of Dubai’, the largest commercial airship in the world, will begin a unique …

Surely it’s not possible to dislike the gherkin? It’s that rare Lineker of buildings –distinctive profile, super-famous yet loved by all. Or so we thought… Washington Post architecture critic Roger K Lewis isn’t the biggest fan. His latest column pours careful scorn on Foster’s masterpiece, …

Only one goal ahead and four minutes to go it looked as if it might be extra time, but Fisher Athletic hung on to beat brave Hendon 3-2 in the final of the London FA Senior Cup on Tuesday night. Fisher had been 3-0 up …

The papers today are full* of the Kamel Bourgass story, the guy who was arrested back in 2003, murdered a Manchester policeman and is already serving a life sentence. He’s now been given a further seventeen years for his part in a suspected al-Qaeda plot. …

We can’t really say that A View to a Kill was one of our favourite Bond movies, but it did have its moments. Grace Jones as May Day leaping from the Eiffel Tower leaving a past-his-prime Roger Moore to raise an iconic eyebrow after her …

The London Eye has been voted the world’s “best tourist attraction”. Obviously we think that’s great. We love the Eye (we wouldn’t have put it in our logo if we didn’t) and about the only thing wrong with it is that designers David Marks and …

We’ve all run into American tourists who try and cram as much culture and sightseeing into the shortest possible time frame. Big Ben in the morning, the Eiffel Tower in the afternoon and The Leaning Tower of Pisa before bed. These days of course seventeen …