Weekend Round-Up: the Good Bits
Owing to a surfeit of news this weekend, we have divided our round-up into the good bits and the less good bits. So you may peruse selectively. Here’s the happier stuff…
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Twitter Helps Find Missing Serena
Hundreds of retweets about missing Serena Beakhurst helped police track her down to Wandsworth this morning.
Phoenix Cinema’s Refurbishment Begins
Good news for the best little cinema in London: the Phoenix in East Finchley has finally got enough money for its long-hoped-for renovation (we swear they were collecting when we lived round the corner, and that was four years ago). Work on the outside of …
Muswell Hillian Lost, Fame And Fortune Found
Image via GothPhil’s Flickrstream under a CC licence Muswell Hill’s new favourite son may have lost himself in the hills on the outskirts of Sydney, but he certainly found fame and fortune. He has signed an exclusive media deal with an Australian PR firm for …
Muswell Hillian Found
Good news to wake up to! So often missing person stories miss a happy ending but Muswell Hillian Jamie Neale was found alive and surprisingly well in hills way more brutal than that of his hometown. 19 year old Jamie had been lost in Australia’s …
Good News in Croydon
We know there must be some: we just can’t find much evidence of it. Three Croydon youths are sent down for a persistent graffiti campaign (prison? for graffiti? really?): another in the endless stream of crime and grime tales from the afflicted borough. This on …
Hampstead House A Snip At £40 Million
Sore at missing out on the £50 million pad up in London’s own Billionaire Row that was sold last month? Well, here’s the good news – another one’s just come on the market. Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has decided to up sticks from Bishops Avenue …
Extra, Extra
As Camden is recognised as a musos’ haven, Ken pledges cash for the rebuild. Silly bitch niece is banged up for life for killing her poor 100 year old aunt. Over her inheritance. Doherty is putting it around (his guitar, of course), with gigs here …
Breaking News: Camden Market on Fire
A major fire has broken out in Camden Town. Part of the Canal Market, Chalk Farm Road, caught fire around 7pm. As dense black smoke billowed out from beneath shutters at least four fire engines and a surveillance helicopter rushed to the scene. Nearby shopkeepers …
Team Nice Gets Political
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 33. Office Robots Following on from the theme of Office Culture and the influence this can have on how nice we are to each other… this …
Bad News For Frotteurists
If you’re the forward-thinking type who likes to read Londonist on your BlackBerry or iPhone while heading to or from work, yet resent having the myriad delights of John Q Stranger’s armpit swabbed over your face on yet another overcrowded carriage, some good news: the …
