The wretched idiocy of the talking bins

So it’s come to this.

Famous people could be congratulating you for throwing your rubbish away responsibly in talking bins. Actress Amanda Holden has recorded a message saying “Yes! Do that again!”

London agenda for Monday 26 September

The Conspiracy Theories Day Conference is not just happening Sunday. It goes way way way up the ladder..

The Conspiracy Theories Day Conference at Conway Hall will bring together sceptics, humanists and hopefully secret agents from other planets to discuss what conspiracy theories are, why we believe them and what theories, if any, actually hold any water.

New dot London web address could play havoc with city's bloggers

London agenda for Friday 23 September

It's almost as if this city is trying to make us do something stupid

The Josh Hall Column: Oh, how Nick Clegg wishes he were President Bartlett

What a glorious pantomime the Liberal Democrat Conference was. Half cult assembly, half beautifully executed exercise in collective delusion, it made for horrific yet compulsive viewing.

Some things you notice when you catch the first tube of the day

The time is 5.35am, and London awakes. Markets are laid, pigeons peck at discarded kebabs, postmen…well actually postmen are probably still asleep. But some poor mugs set off to work. I am frequently one such mug. This is what I sleepwalk through.

London agenda for Thursday 22 September

And so the parakeets must die

It seems the Isle of Dogs just doesn’t love monk parakeets enough to save them, after the Wharf reports that only 35 people turned out to protest against a cull.