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Black History Live at Wembley begins a month of events, workshops, gigs, walks, talks and parties

As that bloody ash cloud taunts us by going away and coming back again, London marathon organisers are contemplating hiring a private jet to collect top athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia, to ensure the race doesn’t go without its big-name competitors. The runners would be …

Torrential rain, freezing temperatures, wind and even thunder didn’t stop this intrepid lot of flippers and tossers racing up and down Dray Walk, Brick Lane, yesterday for the annual London Air Ambulance Great Spitalfields Pancake Race .An enthusiastic crowd came out to support the runners, …

Image by Alex @ Faraway from the Londonist Flickr pool We told you a few weeks ago how stop and search was massively on the rise again in London, and now the government’s anti-terror watchdog says police are stopping people randomly to make sure the …

Considering it’s 26.2 miles long and will have 35,000 people pounding along it, it’s going to be hard not to fall across the marathon tomorrow. But the secret to having an enjoyable marathon spectator experience is to avoid the ultra-crowded bits, and work out how …

We totally conquered the tower. Yesterday, a team of five Londonistas sprinted, then walked, then paused, then inched, then wheezed, then walked, then sprinted again up the 920 steps of Tower 42, the tallest building in the Square Mile. We gave it our all in …

Image courtesy of pfig from the Londonist Flickr pool It’s pancake day on Tuesday! Drool… So we thought we’d give you a heads up on the lovely events that are happening on the day – and before… London Farmers’ Markets are holding Pancakealympics heats in …

Tomorrow sees London’s first proper half-marathon, and this Londonista will be plodding around the new route in the east of our fair city. The capital has of course always boasted a world-beating marathon course, and earlier this year we acquired our very own dedicated 10k. …

Sport is sometimes accused of taking itself too seriously, but Saturday evening will see a historic London landmark welcoming elite athletes, dogged semi-professionals and high-spirited amateurs alike to the second running of the Smithsfield Nocturne cycling event. Last year’s occasion attracted 5000 spectators to the …

As previewed here, many of the capital’s roads were shut off today to allow for the first proper 10k around the centre of town, which followed part of the marathon route for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. This Londonista signed up to …