Lit Preview: Hampstead And Highgate Literary Festival
September brings Michael Palin, Gillian Slovo, Alison Weir and David Aaronovitch to north London.
Golders Green
Ballerinas & Meringues: Pavlova 2012 @ Ivy House
Celebrating the centenary of Anna Pavlova’s arrival at Ivy House.
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An Islington homeless hostel has itself been made homeless. The President of Pakistan is flying in for a controversial visit to London. Meet the English teacher who is setting a glowing example to her pupils by launching herself into London’s porn scene. Lassie lives! A …
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With two years to go, BBC poll suggests support for Olympics is up. Golders Green couple (average age 92) tie the knot in care home. Orpington gets new-look high street, Mayor opens. Truman’s beer is back in the East End, after two decades of absence. …
Walk Suburban Stories In Golders Green
Courtesy of London Transport Museum London Transport Museum are running their 3 Golders Green walks again as of this weekend. 7 local residents with a common passion for walking and a desire to celebrate their community designed the walks. Exploring the area under 3 rough …
Last Minute Listing: Golders Green Suburban Walk
London Transport Museum have 2 pairs of tickets left for tonight’s free Golders Green walk. This is a last minute opportunity for you to discover the first suburb (ha, Zone 2!) created by the tube with people who really know the area. It’s the orange …
Biblio-Text: Joseph’s Bookstore
Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops Amid the kosher delis and unbelievably good bakeries of Temple Fortune sits Joseph’s Bookstore. As you’d expect from the location they carry a large selection of Jewish titles, covering history, faith, politics, popular culture, art and texts in …
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Yet another reason NEVER EVER to travel from Luton: now they are to charge a £1 drop-off fee. Not a good week for the police: Bob Quick has resigned after his security mega-bungle. The G20 police officer seen ‘pushing’ Ian Tomlinson has come forward. The …
Grape Case Quashed
The great grape suit against Marks & Spencer is now over. Alexander Martin-Sklan, who slipped in the parking lot of his local store in Golders Green in June 2004, ostensibly on a grape that was stuck in his sandal, which may or may not have …
Forget Suspicious Bags…
Unlocked safe, stack of explosives…not a scene from a Guy Ritchie heist movie, but Golders Green Tube station. It was revealed yesterday that rail union staff discovered maintenance detonators (along with what was thought to be petrol) in an open, unattended safe at the station. …
Divided London?
The statisticians are at it again. Trying to connect A-B but, just for fun, popping into every shop along the way. Sketching trends with a pencil as there is insufficient data to ink them in. Reading significance into very little. Missing the point. A new …
