Trocadero to Troxy: Europe’s Largest Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ
The east end, art-deco Troxy takes on its sister-super-cinema’s Wurlitzer.
Trocadero
Trocadero Hotel Plan Approved
The proposal to convert the Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus into a “pod hotel” has been approved by Westminser council. 495 windowless rooms, some of them just 12sq m, will be packed into the space between the 2nd and 7th floors of the building, but for …
Trocadero To Become A Hotel?
Trocadero, the tourist-trapping West End sinkhole, could be transformed into a “pod hotel” under plans that will be considered by Westminster Council this week. The building’s late-19th century facade would be preserved, but the interior would be cleaned out, replaced by a warren of “compact …
Extra, Extra
Worker sueing because Tate Modern is too cold. Probably psychosomatic after all those white cubes what used to be there. The Big Cat of Crystal Palace. Trocodero to become 500 room pod hotel. Number of issued parking tickets drops. Man dies while pushing woman through …
Extra, Extra
A dead pensioner has been found tied up in her own home: police are treating the matter as ‘suspicious’. Handcuffs are the hottest accessory in East London, according to the local fire brigade. Cameron Mackintosh is still King of the West End. Someone should make …
Sextra, Sextra
We’re gob-smacked we are that Brits have a bad bed rep. As far as the eye can see, quite literally, we’re about as randy as a canine on heat. Sexual sighting number one: freshers strip during freshers week – now that sure is an original …
British Library Begins Tours Of Conservation Centre
The British Library is a great place to hang out. Even if you have no cause to go into the reading rooms to request any book ever published, there are an array of good talks and exhibitions to see, a fine gift shop that sell …
Interview : The World In One City
Yesterday we brought you news about the ‘World In One City’ project – two comedians, Alex Horne and Owen Powell, looking for Londoners from every country represented at the UN. We caught up with Alex and Owen to quiz them about their Herculean task. What …
TV Troll: … And Justice For All?
Some crimes are more than just crimes – the Dreyfus affair is one example that comes readily to mind. In modern Britain, no murder has had more of an impact than that of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 (was it really 13 years ago already?), the …
Big Dance Weekend
The sun is shining, the music is high… why walk when you can dance? There are loads and loads of events taking place between today and the last night of the Big Dance Festival on Sunday, so many that we can’t list them all here. …
