2011

Music Choice: 17-23 January

It's been slow going for gig going so far in the new year, but things are coming back to life. Here are our picks for the week, but please share any shows you've got lined up for yourselves that we may have missed.

Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: Isle of Dogs

Today's map shows a 'fantasy Isle of Dogs' complete with towers, forests and dragons. Sorry...bankers.

Posh Pies For A Pound At Battersea PIE Station

Thanks to our partners at Kelkoo Select, up to a thousand readers can get their hands and mouths on a posh pies for just £1, at Battersea PIE Station, Covent Garden.

Canary Wharf Ice Sculpting Festival: In Pictures

Did you attend the annual Ice Sculpting Festival at Canary Wharf?

Olympic Tickets On Sale From 15 March

You'll have six weeks to sign up, with tickets allocated by ballot and no advantage in applying early. Olympic bunfight neatly sidestepped.

Monday Miscellanea

Could an explosion in East London really have damaged the Savoy Hotel?

Weekend Round-Up

From Royal Park to Park Royal, via West Ham, Newham and Waterloo. We bring you a tour of the weekend's news.

Sunday Seasoning #61

Cloudy Kennington skies from Friday.

Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: A Cycling Diagonal

Something a little different today. Cara Rodway maps the highlights and lowlights of her commute - on bicycle between Tottenham and Aldwych.

Last Chance To See The Bike/Boat/Outdoor Show

Today’s your last chance to catch the Bike Show.

Evacuee Week on Exploring 20th Century London

A bite sized nugget of modern history to absorb this weekend.

Just Desserts: Cake Boy

Our roving search for London's best desserts takes us to SW18, where we enter the sugary lair of celebrity Cake Boy Eric Lanlard.

Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: West Hampstead

Not just a hand-drawn map of West Hampstead, but also a guide to the area's tweeters.

Extra Extra

Featuring rather more good news than bad, for once. Have a dry, safe weekend.

Smile For London Launches On Monday

Dance Preview: Laugh @ Lilian Baylis Theatre

Standing alone on stage Baehr laughs for no apparent reason, attempting to express these emotions to her bemused audience. But will the audience be amused?

Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: The Fields Of New Cross

Who knew that New Cross was so verdant? Another superb hand-drawn map to add to the collection.

Green Activists Attack 4x4s

Climate change activists targeted four-wheel drive vehicles in west London in a spate of sticker-posting over the Christmas period.