London Eye

Perhaps you hadn’t noticed, but the NFL is in town this weekend. While Tampa Bay might be the home team, the New England Patriots’ cheerleaders and their mascot ‘Pat’ have been about town rustling up some local support (and staying on the right side of …

Bit hard for the London Eye to expand, one would have thought – not like they can make it taller. So what are they gonna do for kicks once the novelty’s worn off? Make the thing go faster? Well, you know, owners Merlin Entertainments (who …

By Tarotastic in the Londonist Flickr pool. If you see one of the distinctive pods from the London Eye bobbing along down the Thames, don’t assume some kind of tragic engineering failure. It’s all part of the £12.5 million refurbishment program to get the wheel …

Office space for rent, ideal for megalomanic with evil city-takeover scheme A mockup photograph of the viewing platform on the Shard skyscraper at London Bridge has been released. The platform, which spans three stories a third of the way up the 100-story building, will offer …

By AK Foto via the Londonist Flickrpool The London Eye’s new owners are indulging our big wheel in upgrade works to improve energy efficiency and wi-fi coverage in the capsules. Heating and ventilation work will reduce the attraction’s carbon footprint and we assume the carbon …

Dannii Minogue walking for life (possibly walking at speed from the gawky kids) You may have seen the London Marathon last weekend and thought “I can’t do that”. Well, setting aside the fact that we think you could (perhaps with a little more time doing …

Image by Gregory Warran Scientists at Cornell University have used Flickr to compile a list of the world’s most photographed places. The bad news? London only ranks as the second-most snapped city on earth, conceding first place to New York. The good news? Four out …

The unusual crop of this photo draws our attention to the reflections on the side of the bus which reveals the subject of the lady’s glance. A tourist at heart, no doubt. Photo by Pebaline via the Londonist Flickrpool. Londonist’s Slow Exposure Photography Competition is …

The New Orleans Saints are already down to business at their base in Watford, licking some of the wounds from their heavy defeat in Carolina at the weekend and plotting how to short circuit the similarly scorched San Diego Chargers at Wembley on Sunday, but …

You know what’s better than an indulgent sampling of a range of organic chocolates? An indulgent sampling of a range of organic chocolates while checking out the panoramic view from the London Eye. Yep, from 6th October, London Eye will partner up with UK luxury …