Mayor

Thought Of The Day

We didn’t see anything about philosophical enlightenment in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy for London document so we can only assume that the Thought Of The Day policy currently being implemented at Oval station is the work of plucky, existentially-minded staff. The ‘thoughts’ which are currently …

Nelson’s Column vs Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela hasn’t had an easy life: growing up fighting for change in apartheid South Africa; that whole prison thing; not to mention having to meet the Spice Girls; and now his life of political turmoil looks set to continue. A proposal to put a …

By The Powers Of Livingstone!

The Londonist isn’t one to scare easy, but news that London Mayor Ken Livingstone is out to “increase his powers” sent a genuine shiver down our spine. Not content with wanting to collect every major sporting event known to man with the fervour of a …

Fag Bags

Every so often something enters the public consciousness so quickly that you forget what life was like before it was introduced. Think Pret a Manger; think bendy buses; think automatic ticket barriers at Charing Cross station. The lastest candidate for the “Remember the time that …