Vauxhall Cross

Pair warned against taking photos.

This Week In London’s History Monday – 17th September 1961: Police arrest 1,314 demonstrators at a CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) protest in Trafalgar Square. Bertrand Russell is amongst those arrested. Tuesday – 18th September 1970: Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is found dead in his …

More details have been released regarding the fatal stabbing which occured near Vauxhall yesterday morning. The victim was 51-year-old Carmelita Tulloch. She “had two daughters, Andrea and Claudia, both in their 20s, and a three-year-old granddaughter.” Mrs Tulloch was stabbed just five minutes away from …

There’s an interview with the brilliant Alan Bennett over in the Boston Globe newspaper. Of course they’re mainly talking about the huge success of Bennett’s The History Boys on Broadway right now, but right at the end of the article there’s a mention of Bennett’s …

At the end of last month we posted about a parent’s groups who were protesting over cyclists’ behaviour at red lights in Stockwell. It’s always a controversial topic this one, and the comments we received on the post confirmed that. Andrea from the fantastic Velorution …

Is the site of somebody cycling while talking on their mobile phone a common site in the capital? Londonist can’t remember having ever seen anyone even attempting such an audacious feat, but apparently it’s so much of a problem that the Tories are tabling an …