Fancy getting sporty next summer? Two day athletics beano planned. Thames Gateway staff turnaround. Don’t suppose it will be the last. Peckham’s Universal Church of the Kingdom of God is praying for a financial revelation. Daffy immigration rules hit football. 2012 budget in the news …
Olympic budget continues to be a source of confusion if not merriment. The RMT plays about with figures: fly to the Caribbean or train it from London to Scotland – you tell us which is cheaper?! Kilburn’s Tricycle Theatre sees a charity screening of a …
The Brixton Academy rocks, but Brixton doesn’t. The buzz of yet another film premiere. Bad weather forecast for tomorrow’s climate march. TPT BMW AWOL Now immigration is an issue in footie too. Aren’t tourists fun? Piccie courtesy of Adam Tinworth’s flickr photo stream.
Euston is chosen as the site for a shiny new medical research centre. Heads involved in the Menezes case have started to roll. The results of the mayor’s latest jolly – freebies for Indian businessmen. Hospitals in South London not as clean as they should …
There’s some serious pessimism going on at the Olympic ticket sales office. You can build a new town, but how do you create a community? Thames Gateway in the news again. Not all community council or residents’ group meetings have to be boring. Wintry vista …
Reginald Perrin rides again. A canoeist who vanished 5 years ago has surfaced alive and well. Car free London = care free. And popular apparently. Sporty Londonist readers should check out the London Sports Awards. Dial-a-parking-space out of order. Temporarily. Celebrities are worried about Camden …
Queen Liz officially re-opens St Pancras station Having nabbed a flash foreign manager, Spurs continue to ape Arsenal with new stadium plans Meanwhile, Gunners fans are accused of abusing shrinking violet Sir Alex Ferguson Smithfields Market to be butchered in redevelopment? Londonist hopes it can …
How’s this for political handbags? “Ms Grell told voters her rival Barry Smith claimed to be married yet had a 14-year-old Thai boyfriend.” City banker ‘not German enough‘. He probably mentioned the war. John Hurt finds he’s not from Ireland, but Croydon. His most gut-wrenching …
Part 11 A special guest plaque this week, sent to us by one-time Londoner Fred. (Fred blogs about life in Kinshasa, in the “Democratic” Republic of Congo. Extra Extra is a bit like a Congolese version of Londonist – only with much harder cops.) But …
Already today we’ve had the return of This Isn’t London (something we are all very excited about), a bit of New York that will be forever England and an appeal for tourists to get out of Central London. So here’s something that wraps up a …
We get so many great photos added to the Londonist Flickr Pool that we decided it was time to show them off a little more. From Monday we’ll be posting one great photo from the pool every day*. Today we chose mcmost1‘s 13 Years Without …
