We’re well used to seeing a variety of amusing badges (buttons for our American readers) displayed on our fellow tube passengers (usually on the bags of goth teenagers), but until now none of them have been officially sanctioned by London Underground. Now we learn that …
Today’s Times is warning that a hosepipe ban looks likely for the South East this summer, thanks to winter temperatures, which“have been 1.5C warmer than usual…combined with the driest winter recorded in the region for 130 years”. Yes, apparently this has been a dry winter. …
Another bit of London lore has become a thing of the past. Staff at Clapham Junction station, the BBC reports, are to stop honouring the secret shortcut password. The password has long been a piece of useful local knowledge for Claphamites heading home after dark. …
Tonight is the night that Mayor Ken faces his public over at Goldsmith’s College. People’s Question Time is a twice-a-year event where Londoners are given the chance to quiz the Mayor and the rest of the London Assembly on the ‘Big Issues Of The Day’. …
It’s no understatement to say that weather has been featuring prominently in the news lately, and as with most natural disasters you sympathise with the victims, are in awe of the power of nature in general, and then the “what if that happened where I …
This Is Local London reports that the London Assembly is set to ask Londoners for their views on where responsibility for aspects of London life should lie. The report quotes a member of the Assembly, Darren Johnson, thus: We are in a ridiculous situation where …
Grand Theft Auto step aside because a leading video games developer has announced that they have secured the licence to create a driving game based on the London Black Cab. Now, before you all rush out to your local games shop demanding that they reserve …
Londonist loves a good heist film, and has wiled away many an hour working out how to traverse our working environment without touching the floor and evading non-existent infra-red beams. But lately we’ve been getting a sneaking suspicion that a snappy black, poloneck jumper and …
We at the Londonist like video games. There, we’ve said it. A post-pub session of Mario Karts or Super Monkey Ball is nothing to be ashamed of, and even though we may have lost a fair percentage of our life to Championship Manager and the …
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