The O2, Greenwich peninsula and the Isle of Dogs If there were something, dear readers, that we could give to everyone of you to show you how much we care, it would be this: a ride in the Star Over London airship. Unfortunately, at £360 …
It’s far too nice to be inside tonight so we can’t help but suggest you mosey on down to the river and enjoy the rays. Head down to the Tate Modern and enjoy the Street Art exhibition that’s been daubing the external walls of the …
Here’s an idea. Build temporary cofferdams in historic stretches of the Thames so that archaeologists can really get to work. It’s amazing what you can find beneath a river that’s served a city for 2000 years. Image by M@. Got an idea for a Touch …
Tower Bridge will be treated to a £4 million facelift over the next four years. Beginning in the summer, the Victorian landmark will be stripped of paint and redaubed with blue and white. At the same time, ugly sister Southwark Bridge will receive a fresh …
Something surprising is happening in our fair river: Conservationists have found seahorses among the muck in the Thames. More exciting, the seahorses are a rare short-snouted breed — Hippocampus hippocampus, for you bio fiends out there — that usually live around the Canary Islands and …
Perfect formation courtesy of Phill Price via the Londonist Flickr Pool To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force the legendary Red Arrows did a barnstorming fly past across London and down the Thames at lunchtime today. You may have heard them go …
Another entry from Roll the Dice, showing a cunning method of crossing Tower Bridge without being stopped by tourists. Check out more Touch Ups in our archive and, if you feel inspired, send in your own photoshopped imagery of the capital to londonist – at …
Oxford pulls ahead. Image courtesy of Simon-K’s photostream via the Londonist Flickr pool Oxford prevailed. But you probably know that by now. And the view from the shore? Wet. But Londonist was there. In the name of journalism, we packed ourselves into the Doom Bar …
Janet Devers, who runs a fruit and veg stall in Dalston’s Ridley Road market, is one tough courgette. She is carrying the fight to sell her wares in imperial units all the way to crown court. The pensioner appeared at Thames Magistrates Court last week, …
The 2008 running of the Womens’ Head of the River race on Saturday was certainly as unpredictable as many expected given the absence of Britain’s elite oarswomen at a pre-Olympic training camp. In the picture above, one of many in a marvellous Flickr set from …
While many of us will be looking forward to a very pleasant lie-in this morning 251 crews will be down by the Thames at the crack of dawn preparing themselves for the 10am start of the 2008 Womens’ Head of the River Race (WEHORR). In …
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