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This Week In London’s History Monday – 10th December 1907: Anti-vivisectionists march through central London to protest at the dissection of a brown terrier dog several years earlier. The ‘anti-doggers’ clash with police at Trafalgar Square, in what would become known as the Brown Dog …

If Napoleon had won, Trafalgar Square would have been a very different place. For starters, it would have probably been called Austerlitz Square, or something. And there would be no need to employ hawks to scare off the pigeons. A set of imperial eagles would …

There have been many suggestions for women’s safety at night: travel in groups, don’t get minicabs, always walk facing traffic, carry a rape alarm, make sure you’re home before it gets dark and stay indoors until daylight. All really helpful – for putting sexual equality …

A new sculpture for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is unveiled today. Elbowing Marc Quinn’s Alison Lapper Pregnant out of the way (rudely ignoring all the current efforts of Team Nice) is German artist Thomas Schütte’s Model for a Hotel 2007 and it replaces …

Despite our hard-partying populace, London has produced only a few drinks named after it. Beer drinkers have London Pride of course, but those that fancy a cocktail – who are usually lovers of choice, after all – are limited to the London (gin and maraschino …

Well it’s awfully good of that nice Mr. Livingstone to organise stuff in Trafalgar Square, and we are all too sorry that we didn’t have time to go to his Diwali day on Sunday 28th October. But Londonist would remind you that Diwali isn’t actually …

Sir Ian Blair dismissed favouring non-white applicant recruits to the Met as “yesterday’s solution” at a National Black Police Association debate yesterday. The recruitment bus rolls into Trafalgar Square’s Diwali celebrations this weekend to demonstrate the Met’s policy of targeting their recruitment at black and …

Attention, sufferers of controller-thumb and Wii-wrist: the London Games Festival is here to make your condition even worse. From the 22nd of October to the 2nd of November organisers will be laying on talks, music and exhibitions celebrating the culture of gaming. Many of the …

Londonist was privileged enough to be able to sneak a quick interview with Gavin Pretor-Pinney in between his cloud-gazing activities and his idling. Actually, that was a very weak attempt at a clever introduction. Let’s try again with a drum roll this time. Meet Gavin …