Populist: 28 March - 3 April

The week's most popular posts, and a round-up of what's happening around town.

In the news:

Fire and flood knocked out phone and internet for swathes of London and made cash king

Down with this sort of thing - a jolly civilised rally for BBC 6 Music

Anish Kapoor's Olympic sculpture tower provoked a torrent of comments and nicknames

Now you can gen up on your local gangs from the safety of your laptop

The PCC slapped Ron Liddle on the wrist for making things up

We remembered the Poll Tax riots twenty years on

See the News category for more

Around town:

What do you think about the campaign to rename West Hampstead tube, East Kilburn?

Do fries count as chips? Have you had your chips this weekend?

Pick things with squares around them from Huong Viet's menu

Browse the Bank of England Museum's entries for Museum of the Month Take a look back at Sundays in 1967 London Word Festival came to a close - what did you miss? Don't forget to go tumbling and watch the woman hoisting on Easter Monday See the Arts & Events and Food & Drink categories for more

Comment of the week:

A memory from the Poll Tax riots:

Gordon blimey, I remember my Mum bringing me along to our local protest, there were a few hundred of us on the corner of our street( Or so it seemed, I was 8!).... I thought we did well, until they changed the name to Council Tax and we all acccepted it.

Thanks deanfwj!