Tanika Gupta’s new play Sugar Mummies has opened at the Royal Court Theatre and runs until 2 September. This comedy-drama looks at female sex tourism in Jamaica – white women (usually older types) going to the islands for easy sex and companionship; the men enjoy …
News has been coming in this morning that a major (and we mean planes blowing up mid-flight) terrorist attack has been foiled by the UK intelligence services. The threat concerns an attempt to smuggle explosives onto multiple US-bound planes via hand luggage. Although the plot …
The Premiership hasn’t even started but already there’s a lot to say about this season’s football in the capital. Tonight sees most of our professional clubs in competitive action as the six Football League sides are joined by Arsenal playing their Champions League qualifier away …
…but you can never leave: A US-bound plane carrying 240 passengers was turned around mid-flight for security reasons. American Airlines flight 109 left for Boston on Monday, but two hours into the journey it turned back to Heathrow Airport in west London. Apparently four people …
There will be a direct action march and demo against the invasion of Lebanon today, starting at Gilbert Street near Bond Street station, 1.00pm. This demo welcomes anyone and everyone who wants to express their feelings about the current situation in Lebanon. Instructions for those …
Horrible story via the BBC: A woman trying to conquer her fear of heights by skydiving has died after the plane she was to jump from crashed. Victoria Delacroix, 22, from Beckenham, London, was killed with five others on Saturday in Dittmer, Missouri, US. The …
A murder of crows. A shrewdness of apes. A tower of giraffes. A grosvenor of idiots. Residents living near the US embassy in London on Thursday accused British authorities of leaving them vulnerable to a terrorist attack by failing to provide adequate security measures. An …
Charity used to be about sitting in baths of beans or doing a sponsored silence. First there was Comic Relief then came Sports Relief, now comes relief of a completely different kind in the name of charity. On August 5th, hundreds of people are expected …
Yahoo News: The body of a man believed to be linked to a US probe into a financial scandal involving NatWest has been found close to his home. Neil Coulbeck had gone missing from his home in Woodford Green, east London, on Thursday. Sky News …
All the highlights from our sister sites around the globe. Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word “Jackass” in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we’re going to use it as much as possible throughout this …
This day in London’s History 1966: Arrests at Vietnam Rally in Grosvenor Square. Some 4000 people gathered to protest against the Vietnam war and things turned violent as scuffles broke out at the demonstration outside the US Embassy. The general secretary of the Communist Party, …
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