The Cultural Olympiad is to be renamed. Can’t think why…. A suspect package was detonated at Wimbledon yesterday. Dunderhead legislation is putting flat shares under threat. Ashley Cole has got himself a driving ban. Kennington flat goes for £60G, proving that council left hands know …
Although British TV hasn’t quite stooped to a reality TV show about “housewives” it’s probably only a matter of time (does Wife Swap count?) so this bright, song-filled piece of theatre set on a fictional 1950s “Britain’s Best Housewife” telly contest is riffing on timely …
Got some old home movie reels stored in your attic? Put 17 October in your diary. A free event at the Cinema Museum, Kennington will offer advice on preservation, storage and restoration, and how to transfer that precious footage of long-gone relatives and forgotten friends …
119. Spanko! In episodes 29, 30, 31 and 34 I spoke about London’s phantom assailants – a variety of elusive rippers, snippers, cutters and stabbers said to have lurked in the darkest corners of the capital, hell-bent on slashing their way through female victims and …
It’s the tabloid story to end all tabloid stories. Up to six police officers face disciplinary action after an ‘alleged drunken orgy‘ in a south London pub. Several male officers (the number is uncertain although The Sun use CAPITAL LETTERS to declare it as five), …
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