On Hogan-Howe being the goddamned Batman
Fun and games already for Bernard “Hulk” Hogan-Howe. The Standard ran a hagiographic story yesterday claiming London’s new top cop was in fact a comic book crime fighting hero:
14 Sept 2011
England's Lane
Just around the corner from the picturesque Primrose Hill, this bookshop is every bit as lovely as it’s surroundings. Opened in July 2010, England’s Lane Bookshop is one of three bookshops owned by the same family.
14 Sept 2011
London agenda for Wednesday 14 September
1. Watch 13 (13! Geddit!) hopefuls try out for a big role in Casting Jesus [Le Cool]
2. Learn to stop being such a slob at Charm School [Run Riot]
3. Watch a Q&A with film director Céline Sciamma at Tomboy [Don’t Panic]
4. See Mike Leigh’s new play, Grief [Time Out]
5. Oooh. A talk on transportation junctions. [Ian Visits]
6. Drink at the Blacksmith’s Arms, Cudham [Tired of London]
14 Sept 2011
11-17 (White Seas remix) by Kevin Devine
Morgan Kibby, a.k.a. White Seas, here applies the richly constructed, electro-pop aesthetic of steady employers M83 to a re-working of Kevin Devine’s (pictured) 11-17, with fine, dramatic results.
13 Sept 2011
City Sketch: Pramaggedon at Westfield Stratford's opening day
There were big prams and small prams, three wheelers and four wheel drives. There were green prams that looked like tricycles, and red prams that looked like cars. There were pram jams five vehicles deep that had pedestrians hemmed in like cattle, and speeding prams that left a trail of overrun toes.
13 Sept 2011
Miracle Fortress - Miscalculations
Here the latest video from Montreal’s Miracle Fortress. See them live in London tonight at White Heat, the long-running indie club held at Madame Jo Jo’s in Soho.
13 Sept 2011
Woolwich woes: what if you threw a riot and nobody saw?
Many London districts hit by riots got lovebombed afterwards – but one got the big stick from its council instead. Welcome to Woolwich, a beaten-up, beaten-down place that’s not likely to feature in any “new Hoxton” lists soon.
13 Sept 2011
Go see this tonight: Miracle Fortress
Our only hope now is an Indian Summer. The last weeks have been a disappointment. Rain. Darkness. Cold.
13 Sept 2011
Boris Johnson in 'The Mystery of the Missing Mayor'
As the whole world watched on in horror as criminal hordes wrecked London for three straight nights, the Mayor was nowhere to be seen. But whilst Boris Johnson was missing presumed holidaying, his re-election campaign was still fully present and correct.
13 Sept 2011
13 Sept 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
- Only 16 commuters touch in to Emirates Air Line, figures reveal
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
- Hope and despair in Woolwich town centre
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- Punk brewery just as sexist and homophobic as the industry they rail against
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
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