Three suspended over Baby P case 'Ugly' barrister wins court case Footballer dies after pitch fight Londoners 'are most lonely in UK' 'Honour death' officer promoted Jury hears Boy George police tape Son was 'brutally killed in revenge' Sir Paul takes over as Met chief Watchdog warns over rail delays Beach-sex couple's return delayed Cheap-rate parking scheme adopted Dead explorer fights knife crime 'I'm a tourist, get me out of here'

Not So Much Seasonal Cheer
The season to be merry is upon us but before you start guzzling back the sherry, bear in mind these sobering ... Quartet: A Journey North
We're not quite into the season of panto and sparkly Christmas shows and as if taking a last breath of seriousness ... Lonely of London? You Are Not Alone.
London’s lonely are apparently on the increase, and we are also the loneliest city in the UK, with almost 30% of ...
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Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with ... Monday Miscellanea
This Week In London’s History Monday – 1st December 1919: In Westminster, Nancy Astor becomes the first woman MP to take her ... London's Lexicon #81
Yet another "I {heart} ..." sticker spotted on the tube. Defective by MarcusB*, who bravely put his life at risk ... Women's Sport For A Change?
Here at Londonist Towers we're not unused to receiving news of strongly branded sporting initiatives that don't always impress us on ... Cardboard Boxes, Cut Out Guns, Ketchup And Paps
It went ahead but our worst fears weren't realised; he wasn't allowed into Stockwell tube station or onto the platform, thankfully. ... Week Around the Ists
Photograph of Kermit the Frog in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by Jen Chung Gothamist was horrified when an out-of-control crowd fatally trampled ... Weekend Round-Up
Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been writing your Christmas cards: A Greenwich mother is making lots of blue ribbons ... Apprentice Star Fired After False Benefit Claims
Loughton resident Tre Azam came third in the 2007 series of the Apprentice. His success is now no surprise - this ... Lost Rivers from Above: The Tyburn Part I
The majority of London's Thames tributaries now lie beneath the urban crust, and there's more than just the Fleet down there. ... Music Choice: Monday 1st - Friday 5th December
Winter may be drawing in, but that didn't stop us from catching the amazing Jarvis Cocker at Shepherds Bush earlier in ...
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eat like a girl gets rated among the top ten food blogs in the world. Stonch’s Beer Blog ... Brownian Motion At Airport
Like a hoary vision rising out of mid-term Tony Blair´s darkest nightmare, hundreds of Gordon Browns were expected to convene today ... Populist: 23-29 November
Populist brings you a bite sized round up of the best of Londonist this week. Catch up on the coolest, quirkiest, ... Review: Jarvis Cocker @ Shepherds Bush Empire
A treat for West London on Wednesday when Jarvis Cocker bought the kind of evening only he can to the Shepherds ... The Saturday Strangeness
80. Horror at Ealing It reads like a 1960s Hammer Horror episode set in the borough of Ealing, West London. A photographer, ... Sunday Lunch: Um… Pizza, Anyone?
The award-winning Carpenters Arms is quite clearly a victim of its own success. Being the best-looking, friendliest boozer in the entirety ... London's Lexicon #80
When Soap Operas Collide by ~Misty~. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool. ... West End Streets Closed To Traffic
If you're thinking of descending to the shopping hell that is Oxford Street or Regent Street today, be aware that these ... Drink-ography: pub1
Photography courtesy of Andy Wilkes via the Londonist pool on Flickr Interested in your foodie photos appearing on Londonist? ... Help The Homeless... Wildlife
If you were inspired by myfolia.com and their industriously, ingenious, green fingered community or picked up Boris' 2012 vegetable plots ... Free Tonight?
In need of a pick me up to beat the wintry blues? Conserving cash against the credit crunch? Well it ... Preview: Herakut Airing Their Dirty Laundry in London
German boy-girl graffiti team, Herakut, are back in London with a new show, titled Dirty Laundry and running until the 7th ... London's Lexicon #79
General negation of existence, or postcode of invisible section of north London? Spotted on Canonbury Road by reader Ben Jones. Contribute ...
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Though we never knew you at all. As Sir Ian Blair 'enjoys' his last day as Met police commissioner, we ... Hampton Court Development Finally Approved
Having ummed and aaahed more than Henry VIII did over his spouse selections, authorities have approved the development opposite Hampton Court ... Food-ography: Game
Photography courtesy of amanda farah via the Londonist pool on Flickr Interested in your foodie photos appearing on ... Littlest Londonist: Hampstead And Area
For our very first Littlest Londonist, we meander to the most salubrious of localities - that of Hampstead and Belsize ... Olympic Building Work Chugging Along Nicely
Despite doom-mongering about the cost of the 2012 Olympics, construction is going rather well, thank-you. New photographs might look like ... Blake In Lambeth Festival
And did those feet in ancient time, Walk upon... south London soil, Doing the Lambeth Walk? Though reading like a specially written song to ... Imagine This: Free Tickets Via Radio 4?
Imagine This, the musical has been getting a drubbing in the reviews. Just what is the appropriate response to a musical ... Extra, Extra
While the National Gallery is trying to save the Titians, Westminster Cathedral wants to wrest The Baptism of Christ, painted ... London On The Cheap
This is more like it. Momentum is building towards the holidays, not yet to a reckless rush, but a comfortable trot.Lots ... Freight Will Be Great
London Reconnections have kindly dissected the government's announcement about a new £54 million freight rail line to run alongside London Overground ... Legible London Pilot Scheme: Helping Us Find Ourselves
Been lost in London recently? You're not alone. A new survey from a phone company says London's pretty much the worst ... Obama Coming to London. Again.
This winter isn't going to be much fun. Cold, gloomy skies and economic misery is enough to make the cheeriest ...
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No one lives here anymore by -Ronski-. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool. ... City Road Basin Going Back To Its Depths
Campaigners are calling for the southern stub of the City Road basin - drained and covered some years ago - to ...

A Quick Apology
Just a quick apology for the lack of updates towards the end of last week - unfortunately work issues intervened and ... Love at Green Park Tube station
London Underground (LU) is the setting for love in Genevieve Gaunt's prize- winning poem called 'Green Park'. ... Successful bus vandalism policing team to target pickpockets and violence against bus drivers
An anti-vandalism operation using CCTV on London's buses has chalked up nearly 3,000 arrests in its four years of operation. ... First anniversary of London Overground
London Overground has marked its first anniversary with both increased passenger satisfaction and improved performance across the entire network. ... Western extension: Londoners have spoken and the Mayor has listened
This press release was originaly issued by the Greater London Authority (GLA). ... Paving and Re-Paving at Shadwell
RW has passed on an interesting photo from Shadwell which appears to show the recently paved platform extension now sans-slab. ... TfL and Approaches to Communication
TfL were kind enough to run a short briefing session with a number of bloggers yesterday to which I found myself ... Camden Track Works Back On?
A DfT press release today seem's to suggest that the four-tracking at Camden Road that was dropped from the recent North ... New White City bus station will cater for 10,000 passengers a day
On Saturday 29 November 2008, Transport for London will open the brand new White City bus station. ... Crossrail Continued
Continuing the Crossrail theme, below are the 3D layout images for Liverpool Street and Tottenham Court Road. Both do a ... 378 To Debut on NLL Tonight
I'm reliably informed (by an anonymous source) that the first of the 378s will run between Willesden Junction and Stratford tonight ... Tube Lines get the Fitch Rating Treatment
Fitch Ratings have released an interesting review of the financial stability and outlook of Tube Lines, the remaining PPP Maintenance firm ... More Crossrail Concept Images
Crossrail have released a new selection of concept images for elements of several of the key stations on the line. ... Out of Station Interchanges: The Current List
Many thanks to everyone who commented on the last Out of Station Interchange (OSI) piece. Courtesy of TfL (and also thanks ... South West Trains and Oyster PAYG
The recent announcement that SWT have begun trials of their future ITSO national rail smartcard has once again served to highlight ... Reg Varney: 1916 - 2008
It may seem strange to run an obituary on a Transport blog, but there are some people for whom it may ... 378 Testing on the West Coast Main Line
The arrival of the new 378 Capitalstars draws ever nearer - they will shortly begin testing on the West Coast Main ... Some Tube Lines Related Updates
As part of the ongoing modernisation process, Tube Lines will begin work at Goodge Street station from this weekend onwards. ... National Rail Smartcard Trials Begin on South West Trains
Stagecoach have begun public trials of ITSO smartcards on South West Trains. The test-group includes a number of season ticket ... Inside Woolwich Arsenal
TfL have kindly provided us with some behind-the-scenes photos of Woolwich Arsenal, the new DLR station. The Station was constructed ... Blackfriars Bridgework Begins
The Port Authority has issued a notice indicating that over-the-river work (and therefore disruption to mariners) will begin on or about ... Peter Hendy’s report to the TfL Board 5th November 2008
Whilst the Mayor was attracting the headlines with his cull of Herodian proportions of politically cherished transport projects, the Commissioner updated ... TfL Business Plan: What's New
This is the third in a series of posts looking at the TfL Business Plan for 2009/10-2017/18 which can be found ... TfL Business Plan: A High-Level Overview
This is the second in a series of posts looking at the TfL Business Plan for 2009/10-2017/18 which can be found ... TfL Business Plan: The Projects Dropped
This is the first in a series of posts looking at the TfL Business Plan for 2009/10-2017/18 which can be found ... Four fucking feet
That's how much too narrow you build your railway station if you want the opening delayed by a year while they ... Moving on
You know when you're happily watching a TV show, and the credits roll, and out of nowhere the announcer says "That ... Shepherd's Bush Overground: Finished!
Well almost. These men are putting the last bits of trim onto the aluminium panels that cover the rebuilt part of ... The Thameslink Programme, illustrated
There are lots of elements to the Thameslink Programme, but at its core is a proposal to untangle the lines outside ... Imperial Wharf construction begins!
If you believe this press release or this press release, they've finally started work on site at Imperial Wharf station, just ... ELL works at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace is one of the strangest stations on the network. It's built on the apex of a triangular junction with ... East London Line phase 2 works to go ahead
According to this planning application, "funding has been secured" for enabling works for the phase 2 extension of the East ... Mudchute DLR station progressing well
The main reason service the southern branch of the DLR is messed up is to rebuild Mudchute with three platforms. Reader ... That London Overground interchange map
London Overground have quietly added walking interchanges to the London Overground network map found on trains: Oddly they don't tell ... Shepherd's Bush/White City/Wood Lane interchanges
When the new stations at Shepherd's Bush and Wood Lane open there'll be two new out-of-station interchanges, requiring a short walk ...

Highlights of the lowlands in Bruegel to Rubens
The fashion for Dutch and Flemish masters has waned in the past half century. Bruegel to Rubens reminds us of the ... Dylan is just like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan: Thin Wild Mercury exhibition is at Proud Central Gallery and all through the collection the singer is mostly effortlessly ... An Englishman all at sea with form and perspective
It is not a joke to describe Alfred Sisley as the English Impressionist, for Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Cézanne were his ... Vanvitelli brings the grandest souvenir
A Grand Tourist with an eye for excellence would have bought a view of modern Rome by Vanvitelli rather than a ... Last chance for Titian
If we are to keep the masterpiece that is Titian in Britain, the deadline for raising the £50m needed is 31 ... Warhol exhibition is gloom with no view
In Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms, the visitor searches in vain through the twilight to discover anything that even Warhol himself ... Shot in the thick of battle
To do his subjects justice, photographer Robert Capa insisted on being close enough to be killed. Brian Sewell is impressed by ... Pure force of youth in Jerwoods
Quietly surprising, the Jerwoods always encapsulate new trends at photography's border with fine art. ... Last chance for Titian
If we are to keep the masterpiece that is Titian in Britain, the deadline for raising the £50m needed is 31 ... Rich talent for Portait Prize
In the same gallery as some of the most expensive shoots in history are images by little-known photographers for the 15th ... Beauty rich with unease in Wildlife photos
As environments melt and burn, and their inhabitants come under threat, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year images are reminders of ... Relics of a Golden Empire in Byzantium 330-1453
A thousand years of Byzantine history have been crammed into the Royal Academy – but visitors looking for the wow factor ... Freud the fraudulent
A small exhibition gathers Lucian Freud’s early paintings to trace his development – but it doesn’t tell the whole story, says ... What fabulous faces
The spirit soars at the sight of so many masterpieces in the National Gallery's new show of Renaissance portraits, says Brian ... Annie turns the camera on herself
A well-designed, 150-piece collection represents Annie Leibovitz's lesser-known sides of her commercial and private work. ... Mind the classic tube logo, please
London Underground has handed its infamous roundel logo over to 100 artists to mess up as they choose. ... Tricks with Triffids at Tate
There's something missing from Gonzalez-Forster minimalist blue and yellow bunk beds at Tate Modern — comfy mattresses. ... Thank you, Mr Saatchi
We should be grateful for the opening show of the collector's new gallery — it illustrates the true mediocrity of contemporary ... Not quite up to Richter's scale
Unless you practise transcendental meditation on abstract painting, you aren't going to spend more than 15 minutes at the Gerhard Richter ... Dealer's choice for Aimé Maeght
A new show of works from Aimé Maeght's collection fails to ask where and how he got the pictures, says Brian ... Art London enters new world
Art London is spicing up life for the Chelsea Pensioners by celebrating its 10th anniversary in their grounds. ... Race for Turner Prize
Most of the time it's so obvious who's going to win the Turner Prize. But this time it's going to be ... Cartoons drawn to snobbishness
Cartoons and Coronets is smallish but has laid its hands on the originals of almost all Osbert Lancaster's best work. ... Discovering the lost City
The City's Heritage exhibition at the Guildhall tracks artefacts that began life in London but ended up elsewhere. ... Seizure is rhapsody in blue crystal
Just north of Elephant and Castle, in an unlikely housing estate, something beautiful and deadly is blooming by artist Roger Hiorns. ...