BBC: A woman has been taken to hospital after police were called to deal with a suspect package at premises in central London. Bomb disposal experts are at the scene in Victoria Street in Victoria after police received a call at 0940 GMT. London Ambulance …
Blakey and the rest of the RMT aren’t going to like the sound of this: Like something plucked right out of a 1960’s sci-fi flick, the model of a Driverless bus wowed visitors at the Science Museum in London – where it is currently on …
Artist and curator Robert Gordon McHarg III founded the Subway Gallery last year and on 6th of June 2006, the gallery joined the rest of London’s art scene. While some galleries like to say they are underground, this one is undeniably so. It’s in a …
Rumour has it that the SAS use the Northern Line to break new recruits. Put ‘em down the holes in High Barnet and Edgware then pick up the pieces in Morden at the end of the day. They rebuild them as unflinching fighting machines because …
We saw this movie back in 2005 at the London Film Festival and have been desperate to see it again and drag everyone we know along. Now it’s finally got a brief release in London we’ve dusted off our review… Hands up if you saw …
Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor …
We’ve interviewed all manner of Londoners in our time – musicians, authors, a strip poker champion… We bring (almost) every interview to a close with the burning inquiry, “What advice would you give to Ken Livingstone?” At the end of 2006, it seems like as …
What’s more boring than talking about the weather? Betting on it: Totesport, which has come up with a series of “global warming wagers”, is also offering odds of 50-1 that the Thames Barrier will be breached over the next decade.The company, which thought up the …
Westminster Council has unveiled what are thought to be the first two recharging points for cars in the UK. The borough suffers from the UK’s highest levels of air pollution caused by the amount of traffic flowing in and out of central London. Electric cars …
Bloomsbury might become the place to relax after a heavy shopping session in town, if new proposals go ahead. Plans are being put forward to Camden Council to pedestrianise the Bloomsbury area and evoke its old free-roaming Bohemian spirit. The constant sound of drilling, and …
alexbynature doesn’t give this photograph a title, but he does leave a very descriptive ha ha just below it. We think this may have been a test run for ken’s new powers – a little like that bit in Hellboy when he punches out traffic. …
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