You don’t have to be Robert Downey Jr to get a view of London from the heights of Tower Bridge. The walkways along the top are open every day for paying tourists and private functions. The bits with the best views are normally off-limits, however. …
Lucky Londoner and wildlife photographer Julian Cox currently has a seal sunbathing in his back garden. Well, sort of. His flat overlooks St Saviour’s Dock near Tower Bridge where this glorious creature is currently basking in the Thames. “I was given special access out on …
Keep an eye on @towerbridge on Twitter this morning as its usual “I am opening…” “I am closing…” will be spiced up by the intervention of Sir Terry of Wogan taking over the controls as he receives the Freedom of London in a special ceremony …
December 1 means it’s officially okay to talk about Christmas without too many grumps narrowing their eyes and telling you off. If you’ve got a couple of hours free this morning, then the Tower Bridge area is the place to be to get you right …
Camel jockeys hit Tower Bridge today. A derelict plot of land on Oxford Street is to be put to use as a temporary event venue. A convicted murderer with, um, psychological issues is studying for the Knowledge. Do you live in one of Boris’ proposed …
Yes, it’s true. Motor cycle nutter Robbie Maddison really did leap across an open Tower Bridge last night, just like in the movies. Actually, even better than in the movies. The Aussie stuntsmith performed a 40 mph, mid-air no-hands backflip between bascules. This is fracking …
Last week in numbers on Londonist… 15,000 items in the Met Collection (-) 805 Calories in taramasalata on The Real Greek menu (÷) 166 door number of Eastside Books as featured in Biblio-text (+) 14.98 GBP for a pair of pre-stained underpants (X) 419 category …
We’re hearing reports of an accident in one of the lift shafts in the north tower of Tower Bridge. Apparently a lift has fallen (or, according to Sky News, “plummeted”) a couple of floors, resulting in several injuries, the most serious of which seems to …
It’s four years since our favourite pub night first got heads a-scratching. The Bigger Boat film quiz takes place every first Wednesday of the month at The Boogaloo in Highgate. To celebrate two-fifths of a decade in the quizmongery business, factmaster general Simon Williams has …
A U-boat below Tower Bridge, tanks in Ludgate and the Crystal Palace still extant. Welcome to another set of rarely seen images of London (previously). The photos are drawn from a special section of Flickr known as The Commons. The project collects images from photographic …
A giant inflatable rugby ball has appeared in Potters Fields Park near Tower Bridge. It was opened today by Boris and the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. Boris was greeted by a traditional Haka performance and was presented with a Maori pendant to commemorate …
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