Colindale shopping centre, “Oriental City”, has become the nexus of an international dispute. The beloved Edgeware Road mall, which has been called London’s “real Chinatown”, may be knocked down later this year and replaced with a B&Q home improvement superstore, some flats, a school, and …
The London commemoration of the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade is on shaky ground after an argument over who should pay for it: The Mayor of London included £200,000 in his draft budget for this financial year to commemorate the event. But …
Yesterday, Metropolitan police arrested eight people on charges of illegally distributing pornographic material. The Met have yet to reveal exactly what the pornographic material was, but I bet it was disgusting. Truly awful. Can you imagine what it might have been? I bet it probably …
And we continue with the grim theme via Reuters who highlight the plight of Heathrow’s lost children: Hillingdon Council cares for around 1,130 children and young people found wandering abandoned in the world’s biggest airport, Heathrow… Many come to Britain alone, some as young as …
If revolution ever comes to Britain, we reckon it won’t start with the huddled masses of popular socialist imagination; it won’t be workers rising up, casting off their chains and upending the rotten edifice of the UK’s establishment – nothing so old-fashioned. No, revolution will …
You may remember that a few weeks ago, we sent off all the answers that our interviewees had given to the question “What Advice Would You Give To Ken Livingstone?” to the Mayor himself – you can read them all here. We have had a …
Kentish Town Cyclist, Nik Shah, is taking the time to try and make the morning commute a little more interesting by using it as a poke in the government’s eye. PledgeBank is the implement of choice in an attempt to organise a Valentine’s Day protest …
Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor …
Ryanair upgrades its fleet after pressure from the Government to go green.
The New York Times has a quirky little article about ‘affordable’ things to do in London. A good rule of thumb is “if it costs a dollar in New York, it costs a pound in London” (though, of course, there are nearly two dollars in …
The war over intellectual property rights has opened up a new front as London scientists kick off the new year with a shot across the bow of Big Pharma: Two UK-based academics have devised a way to invent new medicines and get them to market …
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