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 …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 8th October 1965: The Post Office Tower (now known as the BT Tower) in Fitzrovia becomes operational as a major hub for national microwave telecommunications. Today it is the only building in the UK that is legally allowed …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 23rd July 1986: Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. As a wedding present (of sorts), the Queen grants them the title of Duke and Duchess of York. Tuesday – 24th July 1987: At the High Court, …
You’ve probably already found FridayCities. It’s been around a few months now, but is emerging from it beta chrysalis this week as a glorious butterfly of a site. Maybe a metamorphosis from pupae to ant colony is a better analogy, for Friday Cities is all …
Pete And Dud: Come Again – The Venue, Leicester Square For many, ourselves included, the introduction to the work of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore came through howls of adolescent laughter at some of the most inventive filth ever to creep through the headphones. Not …
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been voted the best dressed football manager in a survey conducted by Tescos of all people. According to today’s Mirror, “His slick and sophisticated outfits left Premiership rivals Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson trailing in his wake. Dapper Arsenal …
This Sunday the Arizona Cardinals will play the San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City. It will be the first NFL regular season game to be played outside the US and if it works they want to start taking a game abroad every season. Guess where …
Norwich, Southampton, Crystal Palace, West Brom. One of these teams will be partying well into the night on Sunday, leaving the others to look forward to playing Hull, Plymouth, and Burnley next season. To avoid the drop, Palace will almost certainly have to beat their …
The vultures are circling. Since 1997, the focus of the Premiership has been on the enmity between Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson, as they divided the spoils between them. Now that they are both being left in the wake of a younger, wealthier and better-looking …
As of today you can vote for what you think is the country’s most “vile building” in order to get it torn down by Channel 4. It’s all part of 4′s new Demolition programme, which is very much like the BBC’s successful Restoration series only …
This week’s London Premiership derby sees relegation-threatened Crystal Palace at home to mid-table certainties Tottenham. The reverse fixture a couple of weeks ago produced a 1-1 draw with Defoe scoring for Spurs and (quelle surprise) Andy Johnson scoring for the Eagles. Similarly both teams will …
