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In the Lap of Prudery

It’s funny what it takes to get the townsfolk riled. A few murders here and there, rampant drug abuse, the cost of living, the state of the world…. these are met with little rumbles of protest at best. No, if you really want to get …

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Hidden Bits Of St Paul’s Set To Open

Thanks to a new grant, previously unseen areas of St Paul’s may be opened to the public. The £250,000 pot from the World Monument’s Fund, could see a new ‘exploration centre’ in the crypt, and access to the Trophy Room, containing Wren’s original model. But …

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Ken’s Hybrid Theory

Ken Livingstone, bless him, has brought us six new buses that are more environmentally friendly than our existing red beasts. They’ll soon be putting the green back into Greenwich on the 129 route, and chugging round the 360 route between E&C and Kensington. The new …

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Plastic Not Popular With The People

When they’re not being re-imagined as metaphorical objects in overrated films, plastic bags are unsightly things. A familiar bane of London’s landscape, the “urban tumbleweed” is an ecological nightmare. We all know that we’re supposed to ditch them in favour of reusables; yet 13 billion …

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What a surprise – the Christmas season has been switched on already. You don’t say – the four richest football club owners in Britain live in London. Well we never – TfL are to take over from Metronet. Goodness gracious: taking drugs can make you …

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Get Jazzy in Kilburn

If you’re in the mood for a bit of jazz, then as mentioned earlier in the week, Mercury nominees Basquiat Strings will be playing a small gig tonight at Kilburn’s Luminaire as part of a dsp-bip night. There were rave reviews all round for their …

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Forget Paris – Sunderland’s The Place To Go

With the opening of St Pancras and its high-speed line to the continent, the approval of Crossrail, and glimpses of the futuristic bullet trains that will soon call London home, there are plenty of encouraging signs that Britain’s rail network is in good health. They …

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New Arrival For Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth

A new sculpture for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is unveiled today. Elbowing Marc Quinn’s Alison Lapper Pregnant out of the way (rudely ignoring all the current efforts of Team Nice) is German artist Thomas Schütte’s Model for a Hotel 2007 and it replaces …

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Queen Liz officially re-opens St Pancras station Having nabbed a flash foreign manager, Spurs continue to ape Arsenal with new stadium plans Meanwhile, Gunners fans are accused of abusing shrinking violet Sir Alex Ferguson Smithfields Market to be butchered in redevelopment? Londonist hopes it can …

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A Meeting of Icons

Our much feted and stylish monarch opened the all-new and yet all-old St. Pancras terminal today after a 10 year revamp (of the station that is, not the Queen). The station is (as of next week) to be home to Eurostar after a 5.8 billion …