Expect delays on the westbound Central Line after a train derailed between Mile End and Bethnal Green at approximately 9.15am. The Central Line is currently suspended between Leytonstone and Liverpool Street in both directions. The TFL website is just saying there is a “faulty train …
If you hadn’t noticed, we’ve been having a love affair with this city since we can remember. Hackney cabs, bagels at four in the morning, grumpy commuters, all night clubbing. It seems nothing is missing. Except maybe one thing: the countryside. It sounds strange, but …
7. The Brentford Griffin Picture the scene: it’s a summer’s day in 1984, and Kevin Chippendale is strolling along Braemer Road, Brentford, when something suddenly catches his eye flying near to the Green Dragon apartment building. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, …
Fresh from the muddied fields of Glastonbury, Fat Freddy’s Drop arrived in London on Wednesday, playing the first of two sold-out Astoria dates. Most of the city’s dub reggae-loving New Zealanders must have turned up to see their countrymen mix up reggae, soul, jazz and …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 25th June 1953: John Christie is sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, whose body was found with several others hidden beneath the floorboards of his house in Notting Hill, West London. His conviction casts serious …
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 6. Dizzy Lizzy Previously: It’s easy for us all to look away, but if you were sitting on a bus and someone directly asked you, very …
Only a fortnight to go now before central London is engulfed by the two-wheeled juggernaut of the world’s most celebrated race. “Le Grand Depart” is the title given to the weekend of sport and festivities from 6th – 8th July that marks the first visit …
There are a lot of unsolved mysteries in London. Who was Jack the Ripper? Why can’t they figure out a way to keep the tube cool in the summer? Why is London so depressingly expensive? Does anyone really like the 2012 Olympic logo? And the …
Camberwell Arts, Camberwell College of Arts and South London Gallery are marshalling local talent and mounting the annual Camberwell Arts Festival which runs from tomorrow to next Sunday, 24 June. Camberwell Arts Festival is all about the artistic activity in the area – and judging …
Like an invisible web of impossibly magic pockets of the internet hovering in London’s heavens, weird and wonderful WiFi proliferates enabling us tech-savvy, laptop bearing citizens to maintain our social networking and blog addictions pretty much 24/7. Unsurprising news, then, that wireless networks in London …
If you’ve ever boarded a Tube train after it has reached the end of its line and is preparing to make the return journey, you will have had the experience of wading knee-deep in London’s best cat tray liners – the freesheets. Folded neatly on …
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