Image by bishib70 As the Piccadilly line screams from Knightsbridge to South Kensington, bending itself around the dense-packed remains of a plague pit interred in the soil, it passes the tomb of Brompton Road, just one of the many long-closed stations that lie strewn beneath …
One of Ken Livingstone’s favourite rabble-rousing turns was to indulge himself in a spot of America-bashing – particularly the US ambassador, whom he once described as a “chiselling little crook” over his refusal to pay the congestion charge. Turns out they’re all at it: foreign …
The morning commute was hindered by the wrong kind of snow yesterday—the kind that is five metres wide and made of aluminium. Richard the cabbie (excellent blog, by the way) sends us these photos of a bus-sized ice crystal cordoned off in Knightsbridge. He attributes …
Tucked into a convenient nook beneath an elevator at Harrods, Comic Timing is a thoughtfully curated exhibition of original artwork by British comic book writers and artists. As the curators note, comic art has long been seen as a disposable medium – the “off cuts” …
The Cadogan Hotel lies somewhere close to the soul of Knightsbridge: more than 120 years old, clad in Harrods brick and terracotta, and suffused with London history. Actress Lillie Langtry occupied the town house for years, and even stayed on in her own suite after …
If you had been enjoying a nice dinner in the Prince’s Gate/Knightsbridge area last night, you may have noticed some kind of of disturbance. That disturbance, was, in fact, a petrol bomb going through the front doors of the Iranian Embassy. Mercifully, no one was …
We’re sorry, Ms. (Janet) Jackson, but celebrity fashion lines are usually a wardrobe malfunction of the highest order: throw a star and a bunch of fancy garms together, and hope gawping sleb-sessed punters will part with cash on dubious trends. Yet André 3000 (née Benjamin) …
Are you getting that tight throated feeling? Is your wallet feeling lighter? Are you panicking because there simply isn’t enough time left. Well have no fear ladies and gents Harrods have come to the rescue! Last week the department store opened their Christmas department a …
The jury is still out on Second Life, the popular virtual world that anyone can join up to. There’s a ton of fun stuff on there if you know where to look, some of it even useful. Yet SL has three flaws: (1) It is …
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