London Underground is stepping up the maintenance work over the next few months which means weekend closures of several lines starting next month. More details here. Finally the government has admitted that aircraft suspected of being used to transport detainees to ‘secret interrogation centres’ have …
Nature, red in tooth and claw. So there was some sort of nature programme that everyone and their spirit guide has been going on about (Planet Earth, Sun 9pm BBC1), which even we thought we’d better watch, although nature programmes have never been high on …
So you’ve got your golden ticket to go see V for Vendetta at the ICA. You’re quaking in your fanboy boots at the prospect of being taken in hand by Alan Moore. So to be honest March couldn’t get any more exciting unless a totalitarian …
TV Troll is in a bit of a domestic mood this week; it must be the horrible cold weather. So, to celebrate this, here are a couple of programmes guaranteed to make those of a foodie bent quiver with joy. First up is Gordon Ramsay, …
Although fine arts are less our forte than appaling puns, Londonist nonetheless found itself wandering along the South Bank on Saturday, email print out in one hand, friend in the other, searching for the Oxo Tower and Bargehouse and War Child‘s Picture This exhibition. Admittedly …
Henry Rollins will be rolling into town again next month for one of his annual spoken word gigs – at least we hope he will, because whether he gets here may well be down to what reading material he decides to bring with him. His …
After the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes was reopened yesterday, his family have asked that a High Court judge investigate the shooting. But according to the Met, since July 7 three major terror attacks on London have been foiled and each …
The Adjudication Panel for England were told today by Ken’s solicitor, Tony Child, that when the mayor compared Evening Standard reporter Oliver Finegold to a concentration camp guard he damged his own reputation but not that of his office. Child also compared Ken to the …
While the inquest into the death Jean Charles de Menezes is due to resume today a full inquest hearing cannot be held until the IPCC decide whether or not to charge any of the Met officers so the hearing is likely to be “a brief, …
At the start of the week we reported on the London-based, anonymous podcast that was taking the US by storm. To recap briefly: it’s called Faceless, it’s organised by Kiss Fm DJ Bam Bam who broadcasts snippets on his show, and the whole thing is …
Sorry we’re late. We got held up on the Tube (one of our servers went down). 41% of all children in London are living in poverty. To try and combat this Ken Livingstone and the Association of London Government have today launched The London Child …
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