Havering

Poem from Luke Wright’s new collection, Mondeo Man.

When is a profit not a profit?

The weekend’s other stories, featuring an age-old tradition in Barnet and a new fangled bus time-table.

Bits and bobs of news from around town.

£4.1m to be shared between Walpole Park and Raphael Park.

Our round-up of the weekend’s stand-out news stories.

Image by chrisjohnbeckett from the Londonist Flickr pool Stop sniffing… you, in the corner of the room, buttonholing some terrified-looking soul and banging on about something random… you might think you’re projecting an image at the bleeding meeja edge of popular culture with your Bolivian …

Photo / Amanda Farah Throw open Traitors’ Gate and sharpen the ceremonial axe: there’s a fresh dissenter for Queen Elizabeth to dispatch toward the hereafter. Peter White, a Labour electoral candidate to Havering Borough Council, is in hot water with party bosses after having a …

Record breaker Michael Phelps is to participate in the Olympic hand over ceremony. North London is to get a shiny new recycling machine. The Self Build Agency has been working with Havering Council. The result? A bunch of youngsters have actually built their own homes. …

Despite getting excited about those plush pads on Hampstead’s Billionaire Row, a quick ruffle through the wallet turned up little more than a threepenny bit, a half-eaten custard cream, a ticket to the opening of the Millennium Dome (unused) and the sobering realisation that Londonist …