…make sure you chose somewhere that looks as though they take pride in cleanliness. After a campaign against dodgy establishments deemed a risk to public health, Moon Pizza – a Walthamstow restaurant popular with local schoolkids – was just closed down by Environmental Health after …
Just how far are you from a rat? We’ve all heard the urban legends but delve a little deeper into them with ratman Paul Cowdell at the next meeting of the South East London Folklore Society tonight. He’ll be talking about his research into rat …
We turn now to Lambeth, a borough with a proud pugilistic tradition, where an epic battle is raging between two of nature’s most tenacious talents: Rattus rattus, or the black rat, and Lumbricus Terrestris, otherwise known as the humble earthworm. Sadly for fight-fans everywhere, the …
Rats have taken over Muswell Hill. And we’re not just talking about the clowns from Haringey Council who dumped those confidential documents a few months back. No, these are the genuine deal, the scurrying little beggars themselves, all brown of fur and sharp of claw. …
To celebrate World Rat Day we bring you a top tip from Mike Atherton over at Trusted Places: the Rat Race window display at Wieden + Kennedy. That is, a tube map made from real tubes, running around which are real rats. Cute ones too. …
Being attacked from the rear when one’s rear is most exposed, by something from the mysterious depths of the lavvy u-bend is a fear universally played on. Remember Arachnophobia? Heard of New York’s sewer alligators? Pity Deptford’s Maxine Killingback, then, who was distracted from the …
Another day, another transport strike looms: this time it’s South West Trains. Quick: What’s 7 + 8 + 4 + 9? Did you have to use your fingers to complete the calculation? Half of Londoners do. And it’s costing us £500 million a year. Right, …
Talia has already covered the more common places to go dancing tomorrow night, but for a more alternative music New Years Eve, then wander over to Kings Cross’ Monto Water Rats to catch Brighton rockers Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play a special New Years gig …
Remember the pigeon feeding turf wars of 2006? Well, the Pigeon Action Group are back in the news. A candlelit vigil was held at midday today on Trafalgar Square’s north terrace (in daylight?) to highlight the plight of the poor starving birds. Westminster City Council …
To be honest the rain and coldness is kind of making us not want to go to gigs at the moment, preferring instead to wrap ourselves up warmly at home. But if we did, this is what we’d be bouncing at. Monday: The biggie tomorrow …
OK, so maybe not kills, although it might, but it is bad for you. Details to follow. A new report shows that shopping in an area with a high volume of traffic has a worse affect on your lungs than walking around a park. For …
