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Simon Milton, Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning, has died following a short illness.

Sir John Dankworth, one of the base notes of the London jazz scene, has gone to the great jazz club in the sky. ‘Johnny’ was ever a Londoner: He was born in Walthamstow, and in spite of an international career spanning over fifty years, he …

Henry Allingham in Royal Naval Air Service uniform during World War I, 1916 He may have spent his later days on the south coast – retiring to London By Sea, if you will – but Allingham, who recently became the world’s oldest man at 113 …

After seven years of speculation and debate, London today finally unveiled its tribute to Nelson Mandela. The 9’ high, 1 tonne statue was unveiled by the man himself in the presence of an impressive cast of London’s ‘great and good’, including Gordon Brown, David Cameron, …

Fresh this Week: Conceived in Jamaica, Elizabeth Marsh (1735-85) traveled further than most men, including eastern and southern India, visiting the world’s biggest ports and naval bases, from Portsmouth to Rio de Janeiro. Author Linda Colley, author of In The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh, reads …

Italian goalscoring star Cristiano Lucarelli (left of picture) told a packed University College London lecture theatre last night that his country’s footballing culture had something to learn from the English and that given a choice of where he could play, “If I had supernatural powers …

This was not a very happy week for the -ist network as one of our own, Phillyist co-editor Star C. Foster, passed away early in the week. Her wit, intelligence, and good nature shone through the site, making Phillyist an immensely fun read. She was …

Like so many of our stalks, you may or may not have heard of the fellow, but you’ll certainly know his handiwork. Richard Seifert has made more of a mark, some would say stain, on London’s modern skyline than any other individual. His most famous …

It’s almost Halloween which means London, despite the unseasonably pleasant weather today, is draping itself in black and preparing to scare itself stupid or at least do stuff that pretends to be scary but isn’t at all and is just a thinly disguised excuse to …

Today Goldsmith’s College unveiled their brand spanking new chunk of seven-storey architectural goodness, otherwise known as the Ben Pimlott Building. The £10.2m building, which houses rooms for the visual arts, psychology and computing departments, was built by architects Alsop and Partners, who also designed the …