Ken announced over the weekend that he’d rather like to keep his job throughout 2012 just to keep an eye on this Olympics nonsense: “But when people get sick of me they will get rid of me. That’s up to them. I am very keen …
Futurepunk. What’s that then? Yet another sub genre in the Goth/Industrial school of music? Could well be! It certainly seemed to cause a stir with the industrial crowd as The Purple Turtle in Camden was exceptionally busy for a Thursday evening, and The Purple Turtle …
Turns out London is overcrowded and more houses need to be built. You don’t say… Tessa Jowell has told MPs that the cost of the Olympics has gone ‘up 900m’. The BBC poll shows 50% of readers currently think it’s not worth it. A whopping …
The government’s plans to bring in high tech ID cards may have to go back to the drawing board after a Guardian investigation showed that biometric data could be electronically attacked and cloned with a £174 microchip reader. We say may have to back to …
We’re still trying to digest yesterday’s warning that al-Qaida wants to have a pop at the UK with a nuclear weapon: British intelligence officials believe that al-Qaida is determined to attack the UK with a nuclear weapon, it emerged yesterday. The announcement, from an officially …
This Day In London’s History 1887: ‘Bloody Sunday’ – thousands of demonstrators are beaten to a pulp by police and troops in central London. Not to be confused with the day of violence in Derry in 1972, this particular ‘Bloody Sunday’ refers to the events …
The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying– that’s two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline…can’t forget about Kevin Federline. That’s three great tastes in one. -Chicagoist celebrated the election news but cried in their …
London has overtaken Paris to become the city with Europe’s best jobs outlook.. It’s not often you hear this phrase but due to the UK’s “better weather conditions”, a friendly between Australia and Denmark will be held at QPR next year. A strange one. Today …
Faithful to its abundant exclamation points, new play iAy Carmela! opens tonight, at the Shaw Theatre in Kings Cross, with a gala event. As we like to grab all opportunities by the balls, we catch director Tom Wright (above right, being grabbed by the balls) …
We’ve just got time to mention that in a couple of hours Tony Benn will be introducing Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory for the cheap cheap ticket price of six quid (or less). It’s a Socialist Worker event, but no matter what your politics it’s …
Seven people have been arrested outside the Old Bailey today where a man is facing race hate charges connected to the Danish cartoon demonstrations earlier this year. Talking of protests: Thousands of doctors, nurses and other hospital workers turned up in uniform at Parliament today …
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