London

“Thousands are being forced to leave London because their local authorities can’t find them homes and people on middle incomes can’t acquire a place where anyone would want to raise a family…. The spaces for work that are an essential part of the city’s economy are being…

Marina Abramović’s Incidental Podcast

We are now on day eight of Marina Abramović’s 512 Hours, an art project which will last just…

For a really great glimpse of a time not too long ago, take a look at these scenes from the London Underground in the 1970s and 80s. You will probably enjoy them more if you don’t consider how everyone in the pictures is either dead now or rapidly approaching that point, so try not to think about it that way.

New York v. London

This interview with Alfonso Cuarón is so great:

“There’s more a sense of a fun intellectual…

Not only is London overspending for this coming summer’s Olympics — the Guardian now estimates that the initial budget of £2.37 billion may be ten times that — but also the city will be turned into a locked-down police…

We may be recalling the Los Angeles riots of 1992 but others are looking further back. Picture it: 387 AD. “In response to an unwanted tax imposed by the Emperor Theodosius, a mob of citizens and local officials of Antioch tore down painted wooden panels and…

London should check in with Rudy Giuliani on how to crack down on criminals.Thu Aug 11 12:47:18 via web

Newt Gingrich
newtgingrich

Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton goes to London and what is there to eat at the hottest places in town? DISHES OF HORROR MOSTLY. A textural nightmare. A heart-stopping pile of Englishisms.