London is nothing without its weird and wonderful facts. According to modern myth, these weird laws are still woven into the thick fabric of the UK’s historical legislation (although, admittedly, many have now act...
Just try to stay calm – it’s Christmas after all… There are certain phrases that are stop-you-in-your-tracks-terrifying for any Londoner to hear at the best of times (we’re talking ‘…...
Richmond has bagged the top spot in Rightmove’s rankings of London’s happiest places to live. An annual Rightmove study, which polls over 21,000 people in Great Britain, asks residents how they feel about wh...
You trusted it, and it LIED TO YOU. How often do you examine TfL’s official map of the Underground? Probably not as often as me, but it’s ok – I’ve done the examining for you. Now we know that th...
It’s New Year’s Eve. The big one. The night everyone else, except for you, has been waiting for. Surprise, surprise – you have no plans. You vaguely remember someone asking you (back in November) what...
The tube on New Year’s Eve is the ultimate people watching spot. God bless Transport for London. By offering free travel on New Year’s Eve, we can merrily trundle around without paying extortionate Uber fees...
We don’t ask for much this Christmas and we certainly won’t wish for snow – the trains are struggling enough as it is. We would, however, take cheap(er) rent and a pint under £4 any day. Oh, and maybe...
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream… at 10.00am on a Saturday morning. This weekend, on 4th February, Marine Ices are celebrating Ice Cream For Breakfast Day (which, in the world of the gelato-maker,...
When we previously warned you to batten down the hatches and prepare for the next wave of tube strikes due to hit in February, we were hoping (like everyone else) that they wouldn’t actually go ahead. But as Sunda...
We apologise if you can never look at the Gherkin in the same way after this. 1. “I know they’re not famed for their size, but there’s a considerable length on all of them,” I told an impr...