This week’s London Premiership derby sees relegation-threatened Crystal Palace at home to mid-table certainties Tottenham. The reverse fixture a couple of weeks ago produced a 1-1 draw with Defoe scoring for Spurs and (quelle surprise) Andy Johnson scoring for the Eagles. Similarly both teams will …
January is known for a lot of things: dieting, being skint, the sales, resolutions. But, in our hearts at least, there’s one thing which really makes January, and that’s partwork magazines. You know the kind of thing we mean. The magazines published by people like …
Today is the ‘birthday’ of London’s most famous, fictitious detective and the most celebrated resident of Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes. The New York Sun seems to be the only paper celebrating the anniversary with this article on the Baker Street Irregulars (the contemporary society not …
Did you, like Londonist, stumble bleary-eyed to your local bus/tube stop this morning only to find that the ‘correct change’ you had fished out of whatever was left of your Christmas fund just wasn’t enough? That’s because, as of Sunday, the price of a bus …
A Russion oil tycoon holes up in London after some dodgy dealings in his home country. Sound familiar? Well it’s not Roman ‘Evening Standard London Personality of the Year 2003′ Abramovich this time. Actually this bloke’s not even Russian. He’s American. Bruce Misamore is the …
Liverpudlians might have a reputation for moaning that the world hates them, but they can’t hold a candle to Londoners when it comes to complaining about travel. Complaints about commuting, a road block on the M1, or the possibility of a rail strike over Christmas …
Time was when a visit by royalty to the official opening of a school would be accompanied by rows of white-shirted kids, smiling keenly and waving their union flags. Not any more. The Queen’s school-opening in Lambeth last week was met by placard-waving protesters and …
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