Populist: 29 August - 4 September

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

In the news

Tony Blair's autobiography revealed, among many other things, that he almost ordered a plane shot down over London on 9/11

Boris Johnson threatened to quit, according to the Times; the Mayor flatly denied the allegation

Number 10 Downing Street ran into trouble with Twitter

Football transfer deadline day came and went with relatively few big names making the move

Talks between Tube workers and management broke down, so we assessed the transport options for Tuesday's strike

See the News category for more

Other good stuff:

The Ordnance Survey identified Lambeth North as the location of the 'Go' square in Monopoly

Calling on all local bloggers: we want you An exhibition on Tube architect Charles Holden is coming to the V&A museum New play at the Jellyfish theatre didn't impress The 344th anniversary of the Great Fire of London was marked Jimi Hendrix came to Handel House

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

Comment of the week

"As a Ruislip resident, it's nice to see Zone 6 get some love. It is the LONDON borough of Hillingdon, after all"

Tanya Jones is pleased that we went for a swim in Uxbridge Lido.