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People have been banging on about doing up Oxford Street for ages, with little evidence that it was actually happening. But plans for the new and improved shopping street have finally been revealed, which aim to improve the overall ‘appearance […]
In recent years the reliably spectacular Greenwich Docklands International Festival has given us a recreation of the Northern Lights, rivers of multicoloured foam running through the streets of Greenwich and giant glowing swans in the London docks. At this stage it’s kind of […]
Calling all millennial homies, here’s a massive throwback. Remember plopping yourself in front of the telly after school, still in your uniform and catching the latest episode of The Story of Tracy Beaker? If that’s you, we’ve got exciting news. […]
Catcalling is pretty grim. For years, it’s just felt like an inevitable part of city life, much like stuffy tube carriages or omnipresent feral rodents. But finally, it looks like catcalling is on the way out, thanks to new policing measures […]
Do you remember the Trocadero? Back in the day it was a palace of arcade games, cinemas and fast food: a teenager’s heaven. The entertainment centre closed down in 2014 and London was worse for it, but the building will live […]
From The Day Today to Avenue 5 via The Thick of It, I’m Alan Partridge, The Death of Stalin and Veep, genial Scotsman Armando Iannucci is pretty much the greatest screen satirist of our age. The only reason he’s not […]
For the past six years or so, there have been grand plans to transform Oxford Circus into a pedestrian’s paradise, with shoppers frolicking down a car-free street decked out with benches and nice shrubbery. Then, last year, that scheme was […]