Populist: 9-15 May

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

In the news:

In the wake of the General Election, the new government sprung into action over Heathrow, issued a statement about Crossrail

We looked at how good our predictions for local elections were, said so long to Respect and assessed the state of BNP support Pavement reporters revealed abuse of rough sleepers on Facebook Fluffy squatters in Herne Hill got local support against their eviction

Photographers need to take care, security staff are beefing up vigilance on city snapping

See the News category for more

Other good stuff:

Shunt is back as is Richard Herring's AIOTM

Ping Pong may well be the new national sport

Have you had coffee in the railway carriage in Deptford?

Enter a team for the non-Olympic Games at Camden Green Fair, 6 June

Have a play with Museum of London's iPhone app, StreetMuseum

Don't forget to get all Scandinavian on Monday.

See the Arts & Events and Food & Drink categories for more

Comment of the week:

All the comments in this week's caption compo deserve your attention - also the ones left on our Facebook page. Thanks!