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Wannabe spies and eight-year-olds will be queueing up at next week’s Cycle Show in Earl’s Court, for a glimpse of this ‘Bond bike‘ (clumsily, it stands for Built of Notorious Deterrents). Some insurance firm (whose name we’ll obscure in the fine tradition of spies and …

Corporate sponsorship, dontcha just love it! Especially when it’s our blessed local government handing over the prestige of a treasured annual event for a spot of cash. Electronics firm LG have paid a certain sum of money to be the first ever sponsor of London’s …

It’s no secret that the opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 wasn’t the greatest success in British aviation history. The words “pissup”, “brewery” and “couldn’t organise a” were very much to mind as the umpteen-billion pound Richard Rogers-designed structure conspired to lose thousands of bags and …

In the quest for local kudos, organisational dynamism and staff motivation making humdrum local business improvement initiatives sound sexy is all important. The London Bridge Business Improvement District Company decided they had a crap name so, inspired by the spirit and energy of amusing films …

Yesterday, Leicester Square was overrun by pigeons. And no, they weren’t trying to dispute their 6th-most-populous-garden-bird ranking from yesterday. Best of all, nobody had to run screaming with paper bags held over their heads because these birds were paper. The 5,000 origami pigeons were part …