PRISON

Is this London’s smallest attraction?

Their faces say it all, really Do not be alarmed at the arrival of mobile police cells at a school near you. It’s not the introduction of extreme discipline but probably just the No Way Trust launching their crime deterring Prison Me No Way!!!! scheme …

121. London’s Garrotting Ghouls The sinister side of London’s folklore is peppered with tales of elusive killers, perverse slashers and stabbers, and all manner of peculiar assailants. These kinds of individuals, or groups, and their fiendish acts, often result in local panic and terror. Such …

Photo by lazzarello on Flickr 104. An Account Of A Horrifying Apparition The old Newgate Prison harbours one of London’s most terrifying apparitions, that of an evil black hound. Legend dates back to the reign of Henry III, during a period of extreme famine, where …

So the worst has happened. You’ve got yourself in a spot of drug-related bother (possibly after following Croydon’s cut-out-and-keep guide) and been sent down to do a bid. Worse still, that pill-popping has left you with a fiendish habit, all cold sweats and shaky hands …

Britain’s first super prison will probably be in London. Fancy a musical? Well hurry up, Cabaret has now posted closing notices following Spamalot & Gone With The Wind 8 years down the line, the London Eye has rotated it’s 30 millionth visitor. We did Latin …

Apparently, Her Majesty’s prisons are so full of inmates that some convicted of terrorism offences have been let out early to make space. Now Babyshambles bad boy Pete Doherty has been sent to fill the gap: he’ll be serving a 14-week sentence on parole violations, …

Ah, the transformative powers of education. Last week, we saw the kiddies philosophizing. This week, we learn of prison inmates dramatizing. And this isn’t just any kind of dramatizing, nor is this just any prison: This is Shakespeare as performed by the inmates of the …

London woman embezzles 4.3 million from her (patently rather stupid) employers, eventually gets caught and sentenced to 7 years in jail, gets out after 3, gets to keep her swanky ill-gottenly gained apartment and lands a plum job in the arts (albeit for a prison …