Geraldine McCaughrean's sequel to Peter Pan looks set to hit the big screen. Has anyone managed to pull off a decent Peter Pan on film yet? Not to worry - sequels never ever suck. With that in mind here are five pitches that we'd like to see thrown about in the new year: The Railway Children II: Privatisation: After their father is accused of spiking sushi with polonium-210, three children find amusement in watching......

Stand back London - Ken's powers are about to be upgraded: More powers are to be given to the mayor of London in a bill flagged in the Queen's speech. The Greater London Authority (GLA) Bill aims to bolster the mayor's leadership in order to "meet future challenges". The challenges include staging the 2012 Olympic Games, providing more homes for Londoners and combating climate change. Rumour has it that Ken will be lead in......

Like small children, tourists and big dogs, cars don't really belong in London. Sure, they have their uses but they do take up a lot of space, are noisy and tend to move very slowly along the streets. creating bottlenecks at crucial points in the transport infrastructure. We need them and perhaps even like them, but we know, deep down, that they just don't belong inside the M25. Greenwich Council has grasped the fact......

Jeremy Clarkson is easy to dislike - we've used his snarling image for just about every congestion charge/traffic related post on Londonist - but he's also funny from time to time. Top Gear is hard to stomach unless you live in the fantasy land of wanting to own a new car every fortnight or get a thrill from the idea of standing in a garage looking at Clarkson's jean clad backside, but we're happy......

Any Londonist readers who dream of becoming Conservative Mayor of London, you need to get your skates on. The deadline for 'Tory Mayor Idol' is this Friday. As the Times article says, so far there are only "two worthy but obscure" candidates who Ken would more than likley "eat for breakfast", but there is a shortlist of possiblities: Some of the names floated include Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, the former Commissioner of the Metropolitan......

This week - CGI cars populate the earth (Cars), stylist sci-fi thriller set in Paris 2054 (Renaissance) and a computer game becomes deadly (Stay Alive) First up, Cars from Pixar, makers of Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Toy Story etc. etc. However, where Pixar's previous efforts have been recieved well by the critics, Cars dissapoints. Bradshaw in the Guardian awards it three stars writing that Cars "just doesn't have much in the tank." As expected,......

London 2026: We remember a time of chaos. Ruined dreams. This wasted land. But most of all, we remember The Road Warrior. The man we called "Jeremy". To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time. When the world was powered by the black fuel. That world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men. On the roads it was......

Londonist was very pleased to hear that the long-running feud between Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson had reached such a level that Grosvenor House was requestiing an exclusion zone between the two at the British Book Awards at the end of next month. After all, the last time there was a good exclusion zone in London was when Bush came to visit and we were forced to 'work from home'. Fingers crossed eh? The......

Foremost there was Spinal Tap - the good natured and fucking hilarious jab at rock's pomp and general ridiculousness that probably inspired as many bands as it took the piss out of. Better yet it ensured that anything of value was thereafter always turned up to 11. Actually predating the Tap by a year was The Comic Strip mob with their own version of something very metal in the form of Bad News. Vim......

So Edinburgh has decided to reject plans for its own congestion charge. We at Londonist would like to offer sanctuary right here to the third of Edinburgh residents (Edinburghists? Edinburgers?) who voted for the congestion charge. We would also like to send those Londoners who complain about our own congestion charge to Scotland (or possibly further). Just remember to keep your windows tightly closed when you get there so as not to breathe in......

One of the high points for the Londonist of the recent spate of interactive TV voting type shows was BBC2s Greatest Britons series, an example of how the genre can be interesting and informative, stimulate debate, and really engage the viewer. This isn't bad for a show that featured Jeremy Clarkson. The eventual winner (Brunel was robbed), cigar smoking, pug ugly, sometime politician, Winston Churchill has had his speeches embedded into a piece of sculpture......

A branch of Marks and Spencers in London is one of six in the country to install a 'man creche': a special area for men to "chill out and relax" while their partners try clothes on. Some would say that this is a cynical (possibly even sexist?) way of dragging customers into a chain which has been struggling financially for years now. However, an M&S spokesperson sees it differently, calling it "a fun way......