In Los Angeles, LAist most definitely celebrated Thanksgiving like no other. After all, one has to keep up all the energy to keep on walking the line at the Writers Strike and fighting the unfortunate return of the wildfires in Malibu, which single handedly destroyed …
This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it’s important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. …
The Times is running this as an exclusive: Scores of worried parents are buying body armour for their children in a desperate attempt to keep them safe as street violence escalates. A firm that supplies stab- and bullet-proof vests to government agencies around the world …
You can’t beat a good design classic. If you’re a British ‘ard man that means a sawn-off. And the good news is that according to the Guardian they’ll only set you back between £50 and £200. That’s cheaper than the Wii. Other buying options include: …
More than 20,000 people rallied in London at the weekend to protest about ManBearPig climate chaos. Ken’s in Cuba and having a go at Bush. The BBC has a nice collection of London to Brighton car run pics. A weightlifter had no problem lifting this …
We heard on the news earlier that “thousands of people” had to be evacuated from homes in west London in the early hours of this morning. We’ve been unable to find anything online as yet but from what we heard on the radio it seems …
It’s expensive, crowded, polluted, dangerous, a potential terrorist target… Yeah, yeah, but it’s also ALIVE. Unlike the rest of the UK, which in the immortal words of Shaun of the Dead, has an arm off. And by that we mean it’s a seriously fucked up …
Police are confirming the shooting incident at Stockwell. It seems that a man jumped the barriers at Stockwell underground station and ran for a Northern Line train. One witness on BBC News 24 says he saw the man go down and then police shot him …
So everyone is safe, but four idiots are on the run after yesterday’s low rent sequel to the July 7th incident. Here’s how events seemed to unfold yesterday: 1225: Shepherd’s Bush Underground station on the Hammersmith and City line was evacuated after a man flees …
First happy-slapping, now trigger-happy dognapping – the Evening Standard reports today that dogs are being stolen from their owners at gunpoint on the streets of London. Well, perhaps the plural is going a bit far – there’s only been one incident: The warning comes after …
As a website that is sometimes confused by those of little brain with an American product (yes we are part of the Gothamist network, no we are not an American website) we were amused yesterday to see that some of the worst home-grown telly ideas …
