Expect delays on the westbound Central Line after a train derailed between Mile End and Bethnal Green at approximately 9.15am. The Central Line is currently suspended between Leytonstone and Liverpool Street in both directions. The TFL website is just saying there is a “faulty train …
Wandsworth woman breaks free-diving record. Not in the Thames, stupid. Cricket hooligans! Presumably, they bowled a maiden over. Introducing…a man who collects ashtrays. First Great Western’s train service is described as ‘abysmal’. We beg to differ. 100% of journeys Londonist has made on the service …
From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here’s what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the White Stripes’ exciting new release, watched in awe as their new tallest …
Hey, check me out – I’ve got my own account for the Londonist blogging software! Look, my name’s at the bottom and everything! This level of trust is genuinely almost too much for me to handle. What if I accidentally reveal that the editor’s a …
This is a new weekend column brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 5. Testing, Testing So the Nice Movement is a political movement that aims to target and reduce anti-social behaviour. That term ‘anti social behaviour’ …
Will the real Buster Crabbe please stand up? And put one of those flippers on each foot up? We were intrigued to discover that the South London Swimming Club will this Sunday morning be hosting a race for the “Buster Crabbe Memorial Cup“. That name …
If you’ve ever boarded a Tube train after it has reached the end of its line and is preparing to make the return journey, you will have had the experience of wading knee-deep in London’s best cat tray liners – the freesheets. Folded neatly on …
In 2003, at the height of a summer of insufferably hot tube travel, Ken and TfL launched a competition “Cooling the tube” to try and draw out a brilliant, original, workable and economic solution to the annual Big Sweat. £100k was up for grabs. Nobody …
All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we’ve all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything …
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