Alexis Lemaire saw to it that ‘mathlete’ irrevocably entered our vernacular when he broke the record he set for mental calculation at London’s Science Museum. He correctly determined the 13th root of a randomly generated two hundred-digit number to the 13th root (now consider that …
Europe’s biggest gay and lesbian festival, Pride London, is back this Saturday. Expect a hefty downpour, if the current forecast is accurate. There’s heaps on this year, though, if you make it out to support your brothers and sisters. It all kicks off when the …
New York and London have always had a bit of rivalry going on, about who’s best. In recent times, London seems to have got the edge – New York’s Mayor, for example, expressed worries that London was moving ahead as the world’s financial centre. And …
London’s blatantly getting on its bike. Next month, the world’s largest annual sporting event, the Tour de France, freewheels into the capital for the first time in the race’s 104-year history. You won’t be able to avoid this juggernaut of an event, which will “see …
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