No London connection (yet), but this story caught our eye this morning: Scientists in eastern China say they have succeeded in controlling the flight of pigeons with micro electrodes planted in their brains, state media reported on Tuesday. Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research …
Londonist loves a good protest; they’re excellent for the constitution. Nothing like a nice amble all the way from Speaker’s Corner to Trafalgar Square with 60,000 (or 2,000, or 100,000, depending on who you listen to) of your fellow Londoners, while carrying an “amusingly” modified …
Muse fans are to stage a singalong in Trafalgar Square in June: The singalong will last from 6pm until 9pm on the day, and all those wishing to exercise their vocals must register with Muselive.com to attend. In March, the site will poll fans to …
This Day In London’s History 1961: Rioting outside the Belgian embassy as demonstrators protest against the killing of Patrice Lumumba, ex Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the summer of 1960, Patrice Lumumba was elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic …
It’s Chinese New Year this weekend and we will be saying goodbye to the Year of the Dog and welcoming the Year of the Pig. Pigs are considered lucky animals because all they seem to do is sleep, eat, hang around for a bit then …
This Day In London’s History 1976: A series of IRA bombs explode in London’s West End. During the early hours of 29th January 1976, 12 bombs exploded in the area around Oxford Street, injuring the driver of a passing taxi and starting several small fires. …
The ICA are teaming up with the Royal Opera House to transform Trafalgar Square from a pigeon inhabited tourist trap into something a little classier next month: Inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, FLOCK is a new interactive installation specially commissioned by the ICA (with the …
Back in November, we went down to Trafalgar Square to see comedian Tim Fitzhigham blow up the world’s largest ever man-inflated balloon to raise awareness about carbon emissions from aviation. It might be so 2006 now (“the environment? that was so last year”) but we …
Just when you thought you were done with Christmas and New Year celebrations, marking the end of the festivities by shredding your tree and wassailing your last wassails to the Green Man on 12th Night then along comes a few more New Year celebrations. It’s …
Ok. Pay attention (ignore the crappy music, but tune back in around the 2 minute 20 second mark): Talking water. Cool. That was clue number one for Vanishing Point in Las Vegas. Normally Nevada is a little further outside the M25 than we prefer, but …
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