Oooohkay. Looks like it’s nearly official. I’m to be working in London from Oct onwards for 10 months or so. Thus I need to find some place to rest my weary etc. Yes, I can have a look around the flat share boards etc, and will do. I’ve got a sorta offer of a place out in Dartford

The full conference agenda for the Progressive London conference has been published today. Progressive London, launched by Ken Livingstone, has already attracted a breadth of political support rarely, if ever, seen in London. Speakers at the Progressive London conference this month include Harriet Harman, Tessa Jowell and David Lammy from the government; Susan Kramer and Mike Tuffrey from the Libe...

I attended this conference organised by the Centre for Corporate Accountability (CCA) on behalf of London UNISON regional Health & Safety Committee. It took place at the NUT headquarters in Hamilton Place, Kings Cross in its main hall and it was full. The CCA is a charity concerned with...

London gang areas Londonistan OH has been in London for the past few days. I very very rarely go there because I detest public transport (it gives you nits and bedbugs) but I had to travel around to get some shit done with a German business partner. Anyway, my point. The place is a fucking shithole. I was born in London and lived most of my young life in South London. You wouldn't recognise i...

Lebrecht writes about the place in the history of classical music of London: in the premier league of music capitals, London struggles for recognition beside Vienna, Paris and Milan. It is regarded as a bit of a parvenu, a place of skimpy traditions, capital of what Germans used to call the Land Without Music. None of the three Bs - Bach Beethoven, Brahms - ever set foot on British soil and no sym...

The prison building programme has been set back a year after the Government abandoned plans to erect a 1,500-place jail in east London.

It's getting close to the time I have to decide. Where should I place my little "X" on Thursday? The only elections in London are for the Euro-Parliament, so the outcome is irrelevant to anything. I'm not concerned about the results, it will make not a jot of difference to my life or that of anyone else in London if the eight available seats all go to the Conservatives, Labour or even th...

I’m writing to update you on the activities of Progressive London - a new coalition launched earlier this month. You can sign up for regular updates from Progressive London here. First, I am pleased to provide more details of the first Progressive London event - a conference that will take place on 24 January 2009 at

There is a Hamas Festival taking place in London today: The Palestinian Forum in Britain has called for your attendance of a festival, taking place on Sunday, in the centre of the capital city London, celebrating Gaza’s victory and solidarity with its people. Writers, thinkers and Islamic proselytisers [duwaa]  in Britain will be taking part in

It's not an investment. It's a place to hang your hat. It's a place to keep your books. It's a place to keep your clothes. It's a place to eat. It's a place to sleep. It's a place to make love. It's a place to have fun. It's a place to be happy. It's a place to be sad. It is not an investment. Or as Charlie Brooker puts it:For years, money was just...