Big blue cock statue all set for Trafalgar Square

What the world really needs - more McDonald's and more nuclear weapons

Tensions in the Falklands, tensions in Iran. Why can’t everyone just order a McFlurry, stockpile some warheads and relax, asks Mike Bonnet.

City Skills: The best places in London to drink alone

Ex-NOTW reporter Neville Thurlbeck reinvents as Kingston theatre critic

London agenda for Friday 17 February 2012

Imperial's student newspaper admits rape is not funny, struggles to work out what is

London's most affordable Michelin-starred restaurants

London agenda for Thursday 16 February

Reviewed: Song Dong's Waste Not - the objects are winning

Boris & Ken take note: Celtic and Rangers show how much rivals really need each other

For neutrals, watching big beasts like Ken and Boris slug it out is an enthralling spectator sport. But are these intense rivalries destructive, or do they raise the game of both involved? Mike Bonnet casts his eyes north of the border to see the damage that can be done when one half of a vicious rivalry throws in the towel.