Local businesses want an outright ban on cycling along the South Bank, flags the Standard. The riverside walk between the London Eye and the Oxo Tower is nearly always busy with pedestrians of both the tourist and local persuasion. Cycling through the throng is simply …
Ooh – this is good. The government wants to help London’s small shopkeepers. The A-Team premiered in London last night. Thought without George Peppard it might seem a bit B-Team. Lambeth Council is ‘leading the way’ with big budget cuts: more London heads and jobs …
Photo by Andrew Mason We’ve already seen the docking stations for the Cycle Hire scheme being installed, but photographer Andrew Mason has snapped some of the Barclays-branded bikes themselves being put in place down SE1 way. The cycles should be available for use from July …
Sunday’s Bastille Day celebrations, by sukesukesue As any Francophile (or for that matter, French person) will know, today is Bastille Day – France’s national holiday. Following Sunday’s garden party in Battersea Park, the environs of Borough Market and Bankside have been going Bastille-bonkers (sorry) today, …
Fans of arcane London byelaws in historic places should get to Tower Bridge to see a dangling bundle of straw – a warning to mariners that headroom has been reduced while repainting goes ahead. Port of London Authority River Byelaws 1978 (as amended) Part 5 …
Photo: Heygate Estate and Strata by gazkinz Southwark council has inked what it describes as a “momentous” deal with Australian development firm Lend Lease to redevelop a huge swath of Elephant & Castle. The contract, worth £1.5bn, will see large parts of the area, including …
If you walk along the South Bank this week, you can’t fail to notice the giant pterosaurs larking about near the Royal Festival Hall. These beaksome proto-avians are the winged heralds for the Royal Society’s Summer Science Festival (itself part of the ‘See Further Festival‘, …
There seems to be some market or other around the Southbank Centre every week of late. Today sees the launch of the latest one – the Real Food Market organised by the Real Food Festival. That’s the Real Food Market on the Southbank, you understand? …
A small table made from the ancient timbers of Old London Bridge is to be sold at auction. The oak furniture was hewn from the foundations of the old bridge after its demolition in 1833. That dates the material back to at least 1176 when …
Until recently, post-pub grub-hunters in the environs of Waterloo station hoved mainly toward Fishcoteque, tucked underneath the railway bridge on Waterloo Road. A few months back, a new rival threw its doors open: Fine Fish Company, couched almost directly opposite Fishcoteque within the station entrance. …
Image by forzagaribaldi via the Londonist Flickrpool A double blow for London’s esoteric nightlife scene: both Bardens Boudoir and the Shunt Lounge are to permanently close in the coming days. Bardens in Dalston will wind down on July 1st, with a final goodbye party happening …
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