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With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we’d cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news …

London’s very own sex museum/experience has opened Greg Dyke considered throwing his hat into the London Mayor election ring but decided against it. Probably because nobody likes him. Those upstarts in Croydon Council have decided against applying for city status. Quite right too. The Arsenal …

Nude pictures of Kate Moss are to be auctioned in London. But a word of advice, they’ll cost you nearly £30,000 and remember, you don’t get much Moss for your money. 203,000 have registered for Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium. That’s 203,000 people willing …

The view shows Ludgate Circus looking east towards St. Paul’s Cathedral (1931 and today) The most impressive difference in the old photograph is the railway bridge – part of a route now taken by the buried Thameslink line. This was built in 1866, providing a …

Red Ken is at it again. Usually so full of love for all things PC that you’d think he would change his name to Percy Clemmons, Ken’s latest ‘morally outraged’ hissy fit comes as somewhat of a surprise. “Ken Livingstone launched a vitriolic tirade against …

We don’t know about where you are, but it seems like spring can’t decide whether or not to happen. Some days are warm, some days are cold, and sometimes you aren’t sure which. Baseball may have started up (and soccer/football winding down) but it still …

We here in the Ist-A-Verse know that we’re sensational, but it’s very rare that we get a chance to be sensationalistic. This week, we’ve decided to have ourselves a little fun and try our hand at tacky tabloid headlines, using nothing more than our favorite …

We’re guessing most of you are hungover from St. Patrick’s Day. We are too. But still, we’re going to muddle on through our green haze and give you (drum roll please…) this Week In -ists. We start with SFist which broke the -ist record for …

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways. 27. Cobb’s Court Where? Northern strand in a City cavalcade of passages. This one’s located in the snickety heaven south-west of St Paul’s. What? Cobb’s Court was a new, if modest, addition to the City after …

With the sun out, the temperatures high, one can only think of one thing– what’s going on in the World of the -ist’s? Bostonist dug deep to uncover Barack Obama’s unpaid parking tickets, their Governor’s latest ethical lapse, and a plagarizing sports writer. Chicagoist had …