By josh is here As if in the business of bestowing New Year’s Honours himself, yesterday Lord Mandelson of Mayoral Ambitions magisterially declared that as of 2012, Greenwich shall henceforth be known as The Royal Borough of Greenwich. The “honour” is to be conferred as …
Who doesn’t love the Antiques Roadshow? All those hopefuls bringing their beloved plates and porcelain figurines to be assessed, hoping that all those years of dusting Great Aunt Maud’s dancing frog doll will pay off when the kindly antique dealer cries out ‘bloody hell, that’s …
There are plenty of nice places to walk around in the posh Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC): Kensington Palace, Kings Road, Harvey Nichols… Streets, parks, palaces and shops are all a shade nicer than the rest of town but only a very select …
The Save Sloane Square campaign has apparently Saved Sloane Square. Backed by Knightsbridge celebrities, the campaigners opposed plans by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to turn the area into a busy crossroads. Despite the uber-posh location outside the often jammed tube station, the …
Here’s something fucked up: A London school is to embark on a trial to fingerprint children when they return to school. That’ll stop the little buggers from flying planes into the tuck shop. But is it enough? Why stop there? For a start this is …
With the polls opening at 7am tomorrow (they are open til 10pm, so there is no excuse not to vote!), Londonist provides you with the third entry for our local elections competition. This time courtesy of Hans Sloane: The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea …
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