London

Mayor’s revised electric car scheme described as ‘half-hearted’.

Parent complains after teacher allegedly encourages pupils to protest.

A beautiful series of detailed London drawings from Hartwig Braun.

Our latest hand-drawn map shows London as a patchwork quilt, with sections of the A-Z loosely matched together.

Smoke, the bestest fanzine about London in all the world, is now on both Twitter and Facebook. If you love London, you definitely want to follow them.

Want to start a good pub debate? Try discussing what’s in front of you. If you’re quaffing a pint of Porter, you’re imbibing fairly contentious stuff: there are not only debates as to its origin, but also its composition and even its name. A popular …

This neat little film was shot and edited in just 12 hours by Matt Gosden and Rob Rackstraw. It shows London in all its beauty from various vantage points and different speeds. They make heavy use of that currently trendy technique of sharply focussing on …

Preparing to speak tonight at the British Museum about Renaissance art in Italy, celebrated restauranteur Antonio Carluccio was keen to share with Londonist – via a phone conversation this morning – his thoughts about art, the success behind his eponymous chain of restaurants as well …

Chops from Smithfield, Oysters from Borough Market, cocktails in Soho – it’s a food lovers tour of London. Luckily for those not willing to delve into the tourist dens that this would require though, Mark Hix’s new cookery book from the Oyster and Chop House …

Photograph of Cass Titcomb courtesy of Canteen With four locations in London, Canteen provides Londoners with “simple British food” in tastefully casual settings. Chef Patron Cass Titcomb has been with the small chain from its 2005 start. After a recently and terribly filling lunch (we …