SE1 has always been a place of cultural interest ever since those early tourists the Vikings rowed their longboats up the Thames and pulled London Bridge into the river with grappling hooks. Now a thousand years later another long haired blonde has set his sights …
We have to say thanks to LinkMachineGo for pointing us in the direction of this Guardian article on “dead bodies found in the Thames”. The article contains at least one shiver-inducing statistic: “Along the 213-mile long Thames, a body is retrieved from the river on …
It’s no understatement to say that weather has been featuring prominently in the news lately, and as with most natural disasters you sympathise with the victims, are in awe of the power of nature in general, and then the “what if that happened where I …
Today is the ‘birthday’ of London’s most famous, fictitious detective and the most celebrated resident of Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes. The New York Sun seems to be the only paper celebrating the anniversary with this article on the Baker Street Irregulars (the contemporary society not …
(Apologies for the punny headline, we think the Xmas cracker jokes we were subjected to over the weekend may have influenced our subconscious.) So the London Met wants to moor a prison ship on the Thames. The ship in question is HMP Weare, originally a …
An appealing headline for an appalling story appeared on This Is London: Pensioner Trapped By Hole In Road. The story relates how Londonist’s favourite London water supplier Thames Water had dug a hole outside a 78-year-old man’s front gate. The story takes a ‘half-empty’ view …
Londonist went to the cinema over the weekend to see Garden State (which was very good we thought). During the pre-film adverts up popped this advert for Paul Smith’s new ‘fragrance’: London. The advert is apparently intended to “evoke the nostalgic 60s side of London…swinging, …
Sometimes Londonist thinks Ken Livingstone is a fun kind of guy, anybody the Sun newspaper described as “the most odious man in Britain” must be doing something right. But lately it seems like it’s less a case of Cuddly Ken and more a case of …
Liverpudlians might have a reputation for moaning that the world hates them, but they can’t hold a candle to Londoners when it comes to complaining about travel. Complaints about commuting, a road block on the M1, or the possibility of a rail strike over Christmas …
Continuing the alternative transport theme, high on Londonist’s list of “we really must do that one day” is to take the Thames Clipper to work. For just £3.25 (including Travelcard Discount), it is possible to take the 6.35am from Greenwich rather than the 6.33am from …
It’s a long time since we had any global warming panic (not counting the marketing campaign behind The Day After Tomorrow of course). So Londonist was pleased to see this report (PDF File), released today, which claims that “London could face summers as hot as …
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