Quite a treat this week, as we get the lowdown on the unique life of a London pigeon. The infamous Brian of Pigeon Blog fills us in on everything from why London rocks, what’s up with the squirrels and what happens when the pigeons party …
While not normally the shy and retiring types, London’s cab drivers tend to maintain a fairly low profile on matters to do with their trade, keeping things in-house. But on Thursday this week, a ‘drive-in’ protest will take place in Trafalgar Square . Organised by …
Far be it from us to snigger at someone else’s misfortune… …but we are amused at the cack-handed incident in Trafalgar Square yesterday, when a Blue Peter presenter managed to drop the star from the top of the iconic Christmas tree from Norway, causing light …
Photo site Someone Once Told Me, the brainchild of journalist Mario Cacciottolo, has been catching the attention of many a curious Londoner as well as web-savvy folks and photography fans from around the world. The Guardian, described it as: “Whether it was a text message …
As promised, images from Under Scan in Trafalgar Square at the weekend. Go get you a mismatched shadow from this installation running till Sunday. Many thanks to Max Kimber for the photographs.
The anonymous crowds of Trafalgar Square continue to provide inspiration to artists intent on introducing us to one another. Last month we were sending out smoke signals through the Memory Cloud; coming up this month, we (or the 200 of us filmed earlier at the …
At 11 o’clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the bells of St Martins in the Field sounded and all stood silent for two minutes in Trafalgar square in remembrance of Armistice Day. Today marking 90 years since the end of the First …
It’s been a full year for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlitt’s Monkey: Journey To The West. London finally got a staging of the production at the Royal Opera House in July, while an animated Monkey short served a good segue between the Beijing and London …
Hackney may be the 2012 borough, but it seems that the council still can’t afford floodlights for the London Fields Lido. That’s probably ‘cos they’ve sent 20 teachers to Arizona to learn about poverty. Chunkiness is costing Lewisham and Greenwich councils in excess of £70 …
A rare glimpse into everyday Edwardian London can be seen in a recently uncovered piece of 35mm film dating from 1904, which was unearthed by a historian combing through archives in Canberra. While footage from the inchoate beginnings of cinema often involves staged performance, the …
The atheist advert campaign has doubled in donations since we reported at midday. Over £33,000 has now been pledged towards the vehicular proselytizing. Something altogether more sinister may have traveled on our buses. Arachnophobes: avoid Brentford. More money thrown at knife problem. Michelin-starred chef turned …
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