This Week In London’s History Monday – 10th March 1906: The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opens, running between Baker Street and Elephant & Castle stations. It would soon become known as the Bakerloo Line. Tuesday – 11th March 1692: The Royal Chelsea Hospital is founded by Charles II. Designed by Christopher Wren, the hospital would also become the model for Greenwich’s Royal Navel Hospital. Wednesday – 12th March 1988: The Bank of England......

London is well accustomed to the old North/South debate. In times fortunately gone by, the question of on which side of the river you resided was up with whether you eat peas off your knife in terms of social significance. It seems however that recently there is something of an East/West issue as well. According to our man at Wandsworth town hall, those spoiled westerners of Acton and beyond have been offered a viable......

There's nothing like a Monday morning at work, particularly when to get there you have to endure a sign that reads 'Next Central Line train: 15 minutes'. It appears to have hit the east the worst: Silent Bob was stuck in Leytonstone with "at least 1000 people milling around the bus stop I wanted to get to. They were blocking the road and generally swarming round any bus that passed." And Iced Web missed......

OK, we know the bus routes are dangerous, so what's a viable alternative? Well, last time we checked, incidences of piracy on the Thames were at an all time low, so Londonist would suggest getting a boat. The Standard is reporting today that "high-speed commuting" from Chelsea to Docklands might be on the cards thanks to a £1.5 million venture capital investment in the Thames Clippers company. Thames Clippers already runs a daily service......