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The Daleks have a secret plan to conquer London, and thence the Earth. New evidence from Wikileaks points to nefarious construction plans on the Shard site.

In his bid to find ever-more insane methods of spanning the Thames (a living bridge, a floating airport, cable cars) Boris Johnson has finally settled on this novel design. The Great Greenwich Escalators will rise from the grounds of the Royal Naval College, stretch out …

Well, it was always going to happen, wasn’t it? Had the Olympic organisers reanimated Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris and Harry Beck to work on the mascots we’d still have sneered at the outcome. That’s what people do when big organisations try and get all …

The City of London’s tallest building, the Heron Tower, neared completion this week after installation work attached a giant bird’s head to the skyscraper. The tower stands 246 metres tall and can now catch passing herrings for smorgasbord accompaniment with the nearby gherkin. Got your …

The Gherkin has long been a favourite plaything for photoshoppers. In previous instalments of Touch Up London, it’s been mechanised, launched into space, sliced into edible portions and donated to the Royal Guards as headgear. This latest effort by Beyondcraziness (Flickr) shows the iconic skyscraper …

If you’re reading by RSS or mobile, or don’t live in the UK, this probably won’t make a lot of sense. But nuts to that. It’s Friday, and there are bandwagons to be jumped on.

Until 1992, the Thames TV logo was a familiar image to anyone watching ITV. Had the broadcaster and production company carried on into the 21st Century, this logo would have needed an update. Step forward Roll The Dice, a frequent contributor to the Londonist Flickr …

We just wanted to say thanks for reading, cheers for all your witty, angry and baffling comments over the past year, and have yourself a merry little Christmas. We’ll still be posting over the next week – so keep checking in – but not with …

London just hasn’t been weird enough of late. So we’re bringing back Touch Up London, a selection of postcards from an alternate reality London. We’ll kick off the series again from next week. In the meantime here are a few favourites from the past four …

With more snow on the way, our friend Mehrdad sends us this example of white-sky thinking to solve the transport problems: carve up underground trains to make cable cars. Check out Mehrdad’s blog, Aref-Adib, for a staggering collection of photoshops, look-alikes and other visual amusements. …