Back in July, we went to see Leftovers at Dino’s Grill in East London. Leftovers was a performance piece in which audience members were called upon to smell, taste, touch, listen and watch, as active participants rather than observers. We got very excited. We called …
London Ambulance Service is the best. And it has the best blogger, too. Just as well, because gun crime has risen 10%. Free wifi on London to Milton Keynes bus route. At last, a reason to go to the new town. Securitas robbers sported ‘false …
Local trader Mike Weedon has proposed new toilets to be built in the trendy bar and club-filled area of Islington. The proposal has been taken seriously by Islington Council as imore public conveniences should be available … but not if they’re named after Joe Orton. …
Or something like that anyway. The London Ambulance Service has certainly scored the highest in the country, which is just dandy as it has had more than its fair share of criticism over the years, especially following 7/7. Driving is about one of the most …
It’s time to stand up, speak out and come together for Feminist Fightback, the annual free activist conference taking place at University of East London for it’s second year. Because fighting back is still necessary and feminism is not dead – and sadly, women’s rights …
Attention, sufferers of controller-thumb and Wii-wrist: the London Games Festival is here to make your condition even worse. From the 22nd of October to the 2nd of November organisers will be laying on talks, music and exhibitions celebrating the culture of gaming. Many of the …
Even with the spectre of hazardous drinking looming over us, pubs are still our favourite places to be, so we were delighted to be invited along to the Fancyapint.com London pub awards 2007. Fancyapint has awards in 2 categories. The reviewers’ awards are based on …
Four-cast: London has 20% of the UK’s economy. Why don’t we have any of it? Four-bidden: A crackdown on scooter raids. Four-ensics: Foot and mouth barriers in Egham to be lifted. Four-wheeled: Hybrid buses to double. Sounds like some weird biotech story. Image of Channel …
It may be up there with “dog bites man” as a redundant headline, but it’s true: traffic in London is slow. Four years of congestion charging may have swelled the coffers of TfL, but it hasn’t done much to relieve the blood pressure of motorists. …
Clapham Junction is very rarely thought of as a magical or dramatic place. Grubby, crowded, chilly, noisy – and that’s just the station. The streets around the station are even less inspiring. And yet… and yet here’s a theatre company bringing an extraordinary piece of …
This weekend Bloomsbury erupts with the Bloomsbury Festival celebrating this famous area. Well known for its literary and historical significance it is also a thriving haven for arts and artists and packed full of beautiful, quirky, intriguing buildings and organisations and the chockerblock programme reflects …
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