This Week In London’s History Monday – 21st July 2005: Two weeks after the July 7th bombings, four would-be suicide bombers attempt to detonate explosive devices on London’s public transport system. None of the bombs explode fully, but widespread disruption of the transport system ensues nonetheless. Tuesday – 22nd July 1987: Palestinian political cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in the face outside his office in Chelsea. He would die of his injuries several......

London needs to go to anger management classes: a man has been arrested following the death of another in a supermarket rage incident. Fly-tipping is naughty, and might see you sent to prison. Walthamstow moves to outlaw street drinking. Harriet Harman is to attend London’s Pride again this year. UCL is to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first ever passenger train demonstration. The wife of a failed 21/7 suicide bomber gets fifteen years......

London and Delhi get in bed together. Small blast at Enfield pharma company causes injuries. Bus crime is down on last year. Put a less optimistic way, one crime is committed on London buses every 15 minutes. What price God? St Bartholomew the Great to charge entrance fees for services. Fifth would-be 21/7 bomber jailed for 33 years. Image courtesy of SooHK in lens via the Londonist flickr group.......