Forget London on the Cheap for a minute. If you're a true London geek with a proper taste for public transport then you need to check the piggy bank and make sure your eBay account is active. London Transport Museum if having a big ole auction with some awesome lots, if you can bid big enough. A tour of the disused Aldwych tube station - of much film fame but no longer open to......

The little slice of subcontinental bureaucracy that is the Indian High Commission in Aldwych may soon bring to an end its long history of enraging and befuddling tourists. According to this report out of India, the High Commission will shortly bid "a cheery farewell to snaking queues, complaints of graft and grumpy customers" as it modernises its procedures. The visa issuing process has been outsourced to VFS Global, an outfit based, naturally, India, which......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 18th February 1996: An IRA bomb explodes on a double-decker bus on Aldwych, killing the bomber and injuring eight members of the public. Tuesday – 19th February 1960: Prince Andrew is born in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace. Wednesday – 20th February 1913: Two suffragettes set fire to the tea pavilion at Kew Gardens at around 3am, destroying it completely. Thursday – 21st February 1946: Alan......