shopping

This Day In London’s History 1962: The first ‘Panda crossing’ is opened on York Road, opposite Waterloo Station. Since the 1930s, pedestrian crossings in Britain were marked by poles bearing orange glass domes known as ’Belisha beacons’ (named after Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Minister of Transport …

We thought we’d take a break from linking up Onionbagblog, and instead sample a scallion of a different persuasion. Olly’s Onions serves up small helpings of news in a satirical sauce. A bit like The Onion, then. (What is this connection between bulbous edibles and …

Last night/early this morning was the official launch of the Playstation 3 and eager gamers set off on a midnight excursion to try and beat the crowds. This in itself has been the subject of much hand wringing over the worry that muggers would descend …

We’re guessing most of you are hungover from St. Patrick’s Day. We are too. But still, we’re going to muddle on through our green haze and give you (drum roll please…) this Week In -ists. We start with SFist which broke the -ist record for …

Ah, a tabloid headline-writer’s dream. The police want to outsource their powers of custody to well-known retailers. Talks are under way to open the first of these short-term holding cells in Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London. The five purpose-built rooms would be …

Nike (as in the shoes and shorts and other things associated with sweat – not the goddess) is in a spot of hot water. Someone thought it would be a good idea to make some limited edition crocodile shoes: Sports kit giant Nike is under …

If you are after a new spring wardrobe and have a bit of cash to spend on some new outfits now the season is about to change, you’ve got today to bid for your favourite velvet cape and long stripy woollen scarf combination at Bonhams …

Elaine Gennard-Levy spent 20 minutes searching for a bathroom while shopping on London’s Oxford Street. She decided it would be easier to build her own. Well we can think of simpler ways to relieve ourselves, but they don’t payoff in people giving us a fiver …

Spring appears to have, er, sprung, at least temporarily, in most of the Ist-A-Verse, so naturally, we’re all feeling pretty good. (Yes, we know that spring doesn’t officially start till later this month. Just let us enjoy our weather!) And that makes us that much …

Colindale shopping centre, “Oriental City”, has become the nexus of an international dispute. The beloved Edgeware Road mall, which has been called London’s “real Chinatown”, may be knocked down later this year and replaced with a B&Q home improvement superstore, some flats, a school, and …