Disturbing news from The Times Sport’s ‘Insider’, Ashling O’ Connor, who reports today that Charing Cross Road bookseller Sportspages has gone into administration . The shop, founded by Kiwi John Gaustad in 1985, is a mecca for all sports fans that contains more than 10,000 …
The sensible bits are the press release, but the smartarse commentary is 100% Londonist: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has started the process of designing a logo and identity for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It has appointed AAR, …
In last week’s Preview, we acknowledged the fact that our prediction skills were lacking somewhat, so we thought that we’d give Paresh, the newsagent at Wanstead tube station, a chance to have a go instead. Paresh let us down. He got two right, which is …
Bad drivers in central London might face £100 fines. A woman has been seriously injured after being hit by a bus outside Stockwell Tube station over the weekend. Another woman was slightly injured in the accident. The FSA will be running a ‘desk-based virtual disaster’ …
First of all, I’d do something for the body: a gentle mid-morning run around Hyde Park with preferably no interference from the speakers at Speakers’ Corner and lots of interaction with adorable over-excited, waggy-tailed dogs. These dogs do not leave poo on the park paths …
Yes it’s everyone’s favourite wildly powerful sporting body the International Olympic Committee. The IOC are back in town to have a little look round for the first time since they awarded London the 2012 Olympics…over France…who lost…and we won. While they’re here the IOC won’t …
We’ve already had one ‘video games’ post today, so we thought we’d add a second and turn it into a bit of a theme. And what other gaming news is there at the moment that’s more important than the imminent arrival of the Xbox 360 …
Looking for a new job? Fan of thumb-based mayhem, violence and controversy? Us too. And most of the rest of London. So the news that Rockstar Games are to open a new development studio right here in the Big Smoke will cause a flurry of …
On our way home on Friday, we did a silly thing. We bought the Evening Standard. As usual, we flicked through the ‘ES’ magazine and marvelled at how a publication that was once semi-decent, has been transfomed into a brochure for gormless vampire-like socialites and …
We just got the following press release: People’s Question Time-Londoners’ opportunity to question the Mayor and the London Assembly The Mayor of London and the London Assembly are inviting Londoners to come to Hendon Police College on Wednesday 23 November at 7pm, to take part …
All Blacks coach Graham Henry, or ‘Emperor Ming’ as he was so memorably christened by Austin Healey, is playing mind games once again. Ming has accused the England rugby team of ‘paranoia’ after two camouflaged camermen had to be chased away from New Zealand’s training …
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