Londonist received a press release this morning which struck such fear into our hearts we decided that we had to let you, the innocent public, know of its exsitence as quickly as possible, in order to avoid mass panic. The release was headed Chesty, or …
We spotted a couple of reviews of London-related books over the weekend that might be worth adding to the reading-list (once we’ve finished the pile of books we got over Xmas that is). The first is The Subterranean railway by Christian Wolmer. Subtitled How the …
Pedestrians and cars “mingling”? Sounds like a law-suit waiting to happen doesn’t it? But apparently Kensington & Chelsea Council think it’s great idea. As the Times reports today, Exhibtion Road is to be turned into a “shared space”, whereby traditional signals and barriers used to …
5. Fathers 4 Justice’s Various Pranks. Whether you sympathise with their cause or not (or worry that they just give a paranoid administration more excuses to crank up security), you have to agree that the combination of barefaced cheek and pantomime eccentricity displayed by F4J …
Londonist is seriously worried about its health. According to reports in today’s papers we are going to end up childless and miserable…and all because of this blog! The first story details research from the State University of New York at Stonybrook which suggests that using …
Yesterday was day three of Capital FM’s ‘Live by the Book‘ torture regime, whereby two members of the public are placed in Perspex boxes in Covent Garden and are given daily tasks by Johnny Vaughan. And the news from yesterday is: Jess has eaten some …
Is the site of somebody cycling while talking on their mobile phone a common site in the capital? Londonist can’t remember having ever seen anyone even attempting such an audacious feat, but apparently it’s so much of a problem that the Tories are tabling an …
Londonist was drawn to an article in The Guardian today with the Ronseal-esque headline Want to feel less stress? Become a fighter pilot, not a commuter. Viewers of the BBC’s The Stress Test will be familiar with the measurement of cortisol as an indicator of …
Every so often something enters the public consciousness so quickly that you forget what life was like before it was introduced. Think Pret a Manger; think bendy buses; think automatic ticket barriers at Charing Cross station. The lastest candidate for the “Remember the time that …
Picture the scene. There you are, a happy father with your “life-partner” and two pre-school children. You manage to get a mortgage on a terraced house in NW5, which the estate agents call “Gospel Oak borders” but your neighbours call Kentish Town. It’s not quite …
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