Word is out. Londonist loves cupcakes. We’re pretty partial to organic food too (as much for the ethical implications as that organic food seems to generally tastes better). Sooo … when the Organic Cupcake Company contacted us with a “Would you like to sample our cupcakes?” email we giddily got back to ‘em with “Yes please!” and, now after sampling a few of their tasty morsel we wouldn’t be against sampling a little more.......

Snaps from Stratford on Friday as one of the seven bridges was lifted into place on the Olympic Site. You can also check out this short and vaguely interesting video fly-through from the ODA showing overall progress on the Olympic site. The cupcake is taking shape! All images by Andy Wilkes......

Cupcakes? Did somebody say cupcakes? Delivered to your door between the hours of 10am and 5pm? With prices starting from £1.90 per cupcake and a delivery charge of £9.50 for a minimum order of a dozen anywhere in central London (the map they link to on their website is the London Underground’s Zone 1)? That's what new wonder-business Faircake does. Nice. What’s also nice is Faircake’s flavour variety. Londonist recently enjoyed a few of......

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been out shaking your fist at the sky: They’re joking, right? They couldn’t possibly demolish the Cupcake after 2012 to make way for a football stadium. Could they? The RMT is squaring up for a fight over plans to offer 24 hour transport during 2012. Kiddies are being paid to report anti-social behaviour on London’s streets. Half of London’s school kids are woefully ignorant about mental health......

Could EMI be moving to Croydon? No, we don’t think so either. The Cultural Olympiad is afoot: the launch on the 26th – 28th September looks set to be a weekend of pretty special events. And construction on the cupcake is proceeding apace. Fingers crossed an’ all. Specially as 9 out of 10 Brits currently verge towards pessimism on the games front. What housing slump? The super-prime end of the market is thriving, thank......

Buttercup Cake Shop 16 St. Alban’s Grove, W8 5BP Nearest Tube: High Street Kensington www.buttercupcakeshop.co.uk 020 7937 1473 Expect to Pay: £2.50 for a cupcake Buttercup Cake Shop is tucked away on a lovely wee side street in the heart of posh Kensington. From the High Street Kensington tube stop, you pass T.S. Eliot’s house on the way – there, now it’s a cultural bakery visit. See those cupcakes in that photo above? They......