Cycling is good, cycling is scary

@Climaterush have just cleaned away some grime in the Rotherhithe tunnel to reveal a message encouraging people to cycle as a means of reducing pollution.

London agenda for Wednesday 21 September

Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem

Scala Forever: Adult films and B-movies are back, temporarily

Situated on the corner of Pentonville street near King’s Cross St. Pancras, there lies a monument dedicated to the less than savoury side of London’s independent film scene.

London agenda for Tuesday 20 September

Maps of every 24-hour booze shop in London

Five obscure blue plaque recipients I'd like to meet down the pub

I’ve been foraging round English Heritage’s Blue Plaques site. Some of the recipients are pretty obscure. Here are five characters from the first half of the alphabet whom I’d never heard of before. But now I’d really like to buy them a pint and pick their brains with my grasping mental claws.

Diary of the shy Londoner

Many of the 200,000 nomads who move to London each year are just as brash as the braying masses who grew up here. But at least some newcomers are introverted, self-effacing souls who approach the city gates with trepidation, if not dread.

September's 'Best of the Londonist' in Snipe

In this month’s print edition of Snipe, the fanatical Londoners at the Londonist wrote the following features.

London agenda for Monday 19 September