Research by public sector analyst Experian has some shameful news for Londoners. Not only do we have fewer older people in London compared with most of England, they are also amongst the most unhappy in the country. The research conducted for the BBC revealed that …
Sexual intercourse may have begun, per Larkin, in 1963, but one London centenarian is defying that clammy logic: Eric Woodward, who dispenses advice on love, ladies, and life to a new generation in the pages of FHM magazine, has just celebrated his 101st birthday. The …
Aren’t old people delightful? So feisty! Such spunk! When they’re not threatening your five-year-old with an iron bar, they might be off practising kung fu on would-be teen muggers (and quite rightly – punks) or dispensing advice to lad mag readers. This much is clear: …
In years to come as historians look back on the events that triggered the untimely demise of this once great nation of ours, they’ll probably be analysing the following timeline: October 2003: First grumblings about raising the Council Tax in London to pay for the …
St George’s Hospital has reported over 100 deaths from hospital superbugs. 116 people have died from MRSA and Clostridium difficile at the Tooting hospital in the last four years. The report comes on the coattails of St George’s clinical rating being lowered from ‘good’ to …
Familiar figures on our streets, lollipop men and ladies provide a criminally undervalued service. Helping hyperactive kids cross the busy streets without disappearing underneath a passing car, whilst taking home a token (if any) payment, takes a certain kind of selfless individual. We salute them. …
Well, OK, maybe we’re getting a little medieval and melodramatic here (although we could have said “Off with his head!”). But Londonist’s blood is boiling today, and a Londonist with boiled blood is not a pretty sight. We are most certainly not alone. The story …
Clapham Junction is very rarely thought of as a magical or dramatic place. Grubby, crowded, chilly, noisy – and that’s just the station. The streets around the station are even less inspiring. And yet… and yet here’s a theatre company bringing an extraordinary piece of …
Months of research and workshops run by writer Justin Young and director Suzanne Gorman have created Moonwalking In Chinatown, an extraordinary walkabout performance which leads audiences through Chinatown in the dusk behind bobbing paper lanterns and a variety of actors and stewards. Four overlapping stories …
Crikey! Boris Johnson has been accused of being a racist – again – this time by the New Nation newspaper, who have provided a handy cut out and keep guide (pictured) to the Tory mayoral hopeful’s ‘offensive remarks’ over the years. The historic problem with …
The very same weekend that we profile the strangeness of London’s enigmatic Spring Heeled Jack, news reaches us of supernaturally swift ambush attacks in Chingford Mount Cemetery. Nicknamed the “Gazelle” in recognition of his nifty getaway sprint, we can’t help drawing some parallels between our …
