London agenda for Thursday 2 February

"Give me your traders, your brokers, your greedy bankers yearning to breathe free"

Boris’s French overture sounds like it is directed to a group of noble exiles unfairly penalised at home. A band of travelling mercenaries unwilling to pay their fair share is closer to the truth, says Mike Bonnet.

Reviewed: Art by Animals at the Grant Museum - an interesting load of old cobblers

The Met's stop and search webchat digested

This lunchtime Met Police Commander Tony Eastaugh held a live webchat answering questions on stop and search. As with Bernard Hogan-Howe’s Twitter debut before Christmas, the Met chose which questions to answer and there were no tricky follow ups. Here are some key exchanges.

Mayor Johnson cuts council tax by £3.10. What will you buy?

Like a needy loner trying to make friends in a bar, Mayor Johnson has just bought everyone a pint. And he’s not going to shut up about it.

This morning he announced a 1% cut in his share of council tax. For a band D home, that works out at £3.10 less per year.

London agenda for Wednesday 1 February

No-one seems to know if Ken Livingstone's 7% fare cut is achievable. But it's still good politics

London agenda for Tuesday 31 January

London agenda for Monday 30 January

Olympics blamed for another cultural closure