As we right the York Way area near Kings Cross has been blocked off due to a chemical spill (or according to some a lorry laden with acid). The spill is causing some delays as well as causing curious journos to hang to of the Guardian building’s windows (Kings Place) […]
There seems to be something happening in the derelict buildings that have been allowed to rot opposite Kings Cross. They have been left for so many years some of the shop fronts don’t just have the last London telephone code on them that came in, what, ten years ago – […]
Remember that scene in Harry Potter where he dodges the road works, ducks under scaffolding and then nips onto platform 9 3/4s? Well we can all now relive that moment at Kings Cross in this charming recreation. Just nip out of the station next the busy road, make your way […]
We can address cycling deaths in London, but we aren’t, argues Jim Jepps “If Transport for London’s roads were a factory it would have been closed down with this number of deaths and accidents.” So said Hampstead resident Tom Kearney at Camden Council’s Road Safety hearing on Wednesday night. The […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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