Hornsey

By D I C K S D A I L Y Dog poo Mum, Penny Steed, is leading a campaign against lax and lazy north London dog walkers who don’t clear up after their dog. If you’re out and about in N8 watch where you …

The instruction was: meet at Crouch End Clock Tower with specific items to hand. At the signalled time, we pressed play on our .mp3 player and we entered Hall, a breath-taking new production by 19;29. Disclosing the secret location won’t spoil anything – indeed, we …

Hornsey High Street of old Residents in the north London burg of Hornsey are hopping mad over some unpleasant comments made about their ‘hood in the 2010 Not For Tourists guide. According to the book: “People who live here will probably say they live in …

It’s official. EDF suck. The Natural History Museum is to get some new food and retail add-ons. Whilst the Maritime Museum is simply to get bigger. Enfield wants to be London’s new ‘cultural hotspot’. It’ll have to join the queue. Hornsey residents are less than …

Plans for the redevelopment of Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End, one of London’s earliest and finest Modernist-style buildings, have been unveiled. The Grade II* listed town hall, built in the Thirties, was the home of Hornsey Borough Council until 1966 and nowadays is the …

Only In London: Boris wants more tourists. A general purpose, once-size-fits-all protest march has taken place in London today. Boxing looks set to make a comeback at the Royal Albert Hall. A shop-worker has been shot dead and his son injured in a drive-by shooting …

Image by Andwar from the Londonist Flickr pool Hell hath no fury like leotard-clad women of Hornsey having their exercise classes cut at their local gym. Surging with adrenaline and indignation, a fearsome combination in any situation, the members of the Legs, Bums and Tums …

76. A Gaggle Of Ghosts: Part Six “There can be no doubt of the phenomena. I have seen them, myself” so said the Rev. A.L. Gardiner in 1921 as London was hit by a mysterious mini-plague pertaining to the exploding of coal from grates. Ordinary, …

Select London councils are to receive funding to help combat youth crime and gang activity. Today was possibly an even worse day for the City. Unlikely celebrity hostess of the week? Sarah Brown threw a party for the great and the good of British fashion …

With 2008 racing from winter to summer with nary a hint of spring to be scented, mid-May finds us enjoying glorious weather and turning our thoughts to happy days at the local lido. Despite dozens of closures over the years since the lido’s post-war heyday …