Although it’s been a while since London was bothered by witchcraft* it seems that there are still people out there worried by it. Worried enough in fact to torture an eight year old girl. Proceedings at the Old Bailey had to be suspended today when …
When it comes to news sources we’re quite happy to leave CNN to the Americans (because it’s mostly adverts for golfing hotels in Dubai), Reuters to the broadsheets and rifling through dustbins to the tabloids. Here at Londonist we go to a trusted news source …
Every few months you can rely on a ‘bird’ story appearing somewhere in the London press. This time it’s those precious ravens over at the Tower again. According to this report the sacred birds have been coming “under attack” from flocks of crows who “swoop …
We have to say thanks to LinkMachineGo for pointing us in the direction of this Guardian article on “dead bodies found in the Thames”. The article contains at least one shiver-inducing statistic: “Along the 213-mile long Thames, a body is retrieved from the river on …
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc today announced the release of The Getaway: Black Monday, the follow up to the visually arresting but ultimately shallow gaming experience that was The Getaway, created by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s Team Soho (whose members include Captain Porn Seller, Over-Priced …
Today is the ‘birthday’ of London’s most famous, fictitious detective and the most celebrated resident of Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes. The New York Sun seems to be the only paper celebrating the anniversary with this article on the Baker Street Irregulars (the contemporary society not …
News reports are coming in of a murder on Upper Cheyne Row in “plush” Chelsea. The Scotsman is reporting that “John Monckton…A wealthy City bond dealer has been murdered [during a burglary] at his home in one of Britain’s plushest neighbourhoods.” The Standard, meanwhile, are …
Is there a collective noun for deities? You know, like a murder of crows or a smack of jellyfish? Maybe not, after all there is only one God right (as opposed to many gods)? Well, if you get down to the ICA over the next …
“Carrying on with our ‘the future is here’ theme for today, may we point you in the direction of this report, which examines the possibility that the skies above London will soon be filled with flying cars (or ‘jetpods’ as they’re called). The report profiles …
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