A few stories have popped up in the papers over the past few days which point to a bit of a cash injection in the capital’s cultural artery (did we just mix our metaphors then? Apologies if we did). Here’s a quick rundown of the …
Today Goldsmith’s College unveiled their brand spanking new chunk of seven-storey architectural goodness, otherwise known as the Ben Pimlott Building. The £10.2m building, which houses rooms for the visual arts, psychology and computing departments, was built by architects Alsop and Partners, who also designed the …
Not literally, you understand, and actually not really that figuratively either, it’s just that the excitable folks at the British Airports Authority (who actually have a really good online photo library thing going on) are upset at plans by the Strategic Rail Authority to change …
It’s the middle of the week, Wednesday is yet to become the new Thursday so you’ve got bugger all to do, so why not go and watch a real political firebrand in action? Londonist favourite Tony Benn will be at the British Library tonight talking …
The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It had been in the long grass. So wrote Philip Larkin in his poem The Mower. And from today the public can view one of Larkin’s own lawnmowers (although, sadly, …
It’s one of the first questions everyone asked once they’s got over the initial shock: what will they do with John Peel’s record collection? The NME are reporting that an American company has already made a bid for over $1 million for the collection. But …
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