Despite the recent bomb scare in Hammersmith, and despite the weather giving us anything remotely like summer sunshine, this patch of West London is still determined to have the Lyric Hammersmith Summer Party. The Lyric Hammersmith sits above the shops and chain restaurants of King Street and is a jumble of architectural periods: a cool, minimalist, glass-fronted entrance on Lyric Square leads up to the functional theatre lobby and rather bleak roof terrace. Then,......

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. Being the nation's capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they......

As if to confirm the previous post: A plane flying from London to Egypt has been diverted to the Italian airport of Brindisi due to a bomb scare, media reports say. The 767 plane, operated by charter airline Excel, was flying from Gatwick to Hurghada, Egypt. The plane landed safely in Brindisi, but there was no confirmation that a bomb was on board, reported Reuters news agency. Emergency services and anti-terrorist officers were at......

Nothing major seems to have broken in the last few hours, but let's take a moment to go over what we do know. The body count is fifty, but is expected to rise according to Sir Ian Blair, the Met's Police commissioner, who also made mention of the work going on at the four crime scenes (not six as previously reported). We like the fact that they are now 'crime scenes' because the everydayness of......