Great Ormond Street Hospital

Wednesday news. And it’s all good for once.

A couple of medical marvels to warm your cockles on this cold winter’s afternoon. First, over to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where a team of surgeons used a ‘glue gun’ to save the life of a newlyborn. When baby Madison came into this world with …

You’ve laboured (either lovingly or reluctantly) over his serialized novels, you’ve likely quaffed in some of his favourite pubs, and now, you can sit at his desk. And by “you” we mean those rabid Dickens fans that can spare around £100,000. Charles Dickens’s writing desk …

Jedi masters are best known for warding off evil forces of the Dark Side on the silver screen, but to 5-year-old Drew James of Hextable, Kent, they are warding off illness in his everyday life. Diagnosed with leukaemia in April this year, Drew’s father used …

Every now and again, there’s a story that crops up in the news that touches Londonist’s heart. When we heard about Margaret Rollinson dashing to save a little girl’s life, we really were moved. After swerving to miss a reckless driver in a car that …

Having a wardrobe chuck out is both liberating and therapeutic. Getting rid of the too small, tatty, smelly or simply rubbish garments you’ve been haplessly hoarding is a ritual of cleansing and renewal. It’s even better if a plastic sack is delivered promising a doorstep …

LinkMachineGo has been keeping us up to speed with the fallout over Alan Moore’s Lost Girls: Comic row over graphic Peter Pan / Sex acts’ Wendy is Panned / Hospital worry at “porn” take on Peter Pan’s Wendy / Alan Moore’s erotic Lost Girls / …

If there’s one thing we dislike here at Londonist its dead little girls. So we were happy to hear that doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital gave the grim reaper a jolly good kick in the balls in the case of 12 year old Hannah …

The London Underground and the Good Lord aren’t normally to found in the same context, but this story from today’s papers manages to combine the two. This week, Mike Challis, general manager for the Piccadilly Line received an envelope containing £400 in fifty pound notes. …