Maps

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 13. Pilgrim Street Where? That set of steps you see leads up from New Bridge Street into a small lane known as Pilgrim Street. The view from the other end is equally impressive, with the wedding-cake …

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways…Back, after a short rest. 11. St Bride’s Avenue Where? Part of a warren of similarly ancient thoroughfares in the Fleet Street area. As its name suggests, this one runs alongside St Bride’s church, south of Fleet …

Heathrow update: A man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act and passengers have been let back in to Terminal 2. A new initiative launched by London Underground and the RNIB means that soon blind and partially sighted people will be able to navigate Tube …

We love the ICA. Love it. Bear that in mind along with the fact that we always try our best to embrace change. We just got our October members bumf through the door and once we got inside the little white envelope things were very …

Chocks Away! This brilliant Google Maps mash-up lets you fly a biplane over some very familiar territory. And, oh yes mister, you get guns. With infinite shells. And kamikaze option. Until the Getaway 3 comes out, this is the best way to give your office …

Mapping, it seems, is the new rock and roll. Tools such as Google Earth are allowing everyday folk to create all manner of interesting mash-ups. The latest one to hit our radar (via New Scientist’s technology blog – thanks guys) is biomapping. Christian Nold of …

Lucky Soul play their last headline gig for a while tonight. Given that the World Cup match tonight is Mexico v Angola, we highly recommend you go to the gig instead as you’ll get much more excitement and entertainment seeing the band play their sophisticated …

Hello, my name is Londonist and I am a Moleskine addict. Seriously, we love these little critters. The paper, the little pockets at the back, the little history leaflet you get with everyone one. Jesus, even the nifty eleastic bit that keeps it closed in …

Long-time readers of Londonist will know that we’ve got a slightly unhealthy obsession with late sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. You know, the guy who gave us the TCR Tube mosaics and the statue of Newton outside the British Library. Many moons ago, we kicked off …

Or at least it used to be, according to Charles Booth’s famous poverty maps from the end of the Victorian era. His maps show the haves and have-nots in glorious Technicolor; yellow for ‘Upper-middle and Upper classes. Wealthy’; black for ‘Lowest class. Vicious, semi-criminal’. The …