The London

Help is on the way for those affected by the fire in Camden Market. Thus far, £750,000 has been allocated to help rebuild the charred Canal Market. This is great news for the 90 market stalls, six shops, and the Hawley Arms, which were all …

March already? How did that happen? The perils of having our head buried in a book so much of the time, no doubt. If we must emerge this week from our cosy little book-enclosed chrysalis, it’ll likely be to head to the following events. Monday: …

‘It’s new and it’s bloody scary,’ says the tourist blub. ‘C’est nouveau et terriblement effrayant,’ it repeats in French. Well, you try sounding menacing in that language. ‘Eine neue, unheimlich gruselige Sensation.’ That’s more like it. We prefer the German, especially as ‘die London Bridge …

There are moments where London can be proud of its diversity. This is just one of them. The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival – the annual feast of the best gay cinema – is shortly upon us. This year’s gathering in the capital will …

You may remember a couple of months back that we spent the night in a haunted plague pit. We certainly remember. Oh, how we remember. Since our little adventure, the complex of warehouse space has been converted into London’s latest museum and tourist attraction. Housed …

Words: useful little critters, no? Without them we’d be, well, a lot of things, but most certainly out of a job. From puns to poetry, improv to irony, books to blogs, we pretty much revel in all that language has to offer. But no, we …

The London Art Fair opened to the public today in Islington. It’s a massive art trade fair with modern and contemporary art to buy. There were many smart, be-scarved or brightly tie-d artsy types manning stalls looking bored or eating sandwiches and lots and lots …

BA are to withdraw sponsorship of the London Eye from next month. The airline says its ‘sponsorship priorities have changed’, and it no longer wishes to support the attraction, which it has sponsored since the wheel’s inception. So who’s going to take over? Well, it …

34. Phantom Assailants: Part Four Continued from episode 31… The London cat-rippings of 1998 continued into 1999. Even more bizarre was the RSPCA voice that stated, after several months of methodical research into the strange deaths, that vehicles were to blame! An inspector analysing the …

While the crowds were enjoying the many splendid fireworks around London on New Year’s Eve, there were some people not looking at the sky exploding with colour and going ‘Ooooh!’ but instead looking at wounds, blood pressure monitors and puddles of sick. The London Ambulance …