From the Hanging Gardens of Paddington to the award winning Bearded Irises of north Enfield, we’re having a Nature-ist’s wet dream of a week as Myddleton House Gardens is awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of nigh on half a million quid to complete a …
81. A Christmas Ghost Story: The Enfield Poltergeist Throughout London’s dark history and ghost lore, the case of the Enfield poltergeist remains one of the most bizarre and astonishing. Between 1977 and 1979 this haunting was investigated by one Maurice Grosse who, two years previous …
Anyone wanna puppy? But you’ve got to promise Londonist to look after it. Or if not dogs, howzabout some ants c/o London Zoo? Maybe birds are more your thing: check out the pair of peregrine falcons that have moved into the Houses of Parliament. The …
Olympic divers are threatened by a shortfall in funding. If you’re going down, don’t do it at Pentonville: the north London prison is apparently akin to a very large lavatory. Croydon strikes back, as an I Love Croydon campaign is launched. Bad thing, jealousy – …
The Met pays out: £70,000 compensation for a Sikh officer who experienced racial discrimination. Police break into hundreds of safety deposit boxes. Whilst looking for bad stuff, of course. London’s travel watchdog chief has been sacked for pro-Boris behaviour. Enfielders are less than happy about …
London and Delhi get in bed together. Small blast at Enfield pharma company causes injuries. Bus crime is down on last year. Put a less optimistic way, one crime is committed on London buses every 15 minutes. What price God? St Bartholomew the Great to …
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