- Boris Johnson has told Channel 4 News that he will never run for Parliament again.
- The New York Times Magazine has published an issue devoted to London, including a grand essay by China Miéville, and a section on explaining Londoners. Snipe has already picked it apart.
- India may decide to boycott the Olympic opening ceremony over the Dow Chemical deal.
- Lucky escape for a 5-year old boy who fell onto the track at Finchley Road. Drivers' union Aslef has been quick to cite this as a warning against driverless trains.
- The Queen's been having a butcher's around Fortnum and Mason.
- What do you make of Carol Ann Duffy's Olympic poem, Eton Manor?
