This Week In London’s History Monday – 8th September 1915: During the first bombing raid on London of the First World War, a Zeppelin drops incendiary bombs near Fenchurch Street. Tuesday – 9th September 1960: Hugh John Mungo Grant is born in Hammersmith. He would become a well-recognised film actor and producer. Wednesday – 10th September 1973: IRA bombs explode at King’s Cross and Euston mainline stations, injuring 13 people. Witnesses describe a teenager......

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you'd like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Wednesday If know your manga from your anime, your Akira from your Ghost in the Shell, tonight's Tokyopop Manga looks set to draw a dedicated fan-crowd with an evening of music, film and art, including a masterclass and competitions, at the Foyles Gallery, 6.30pm. Tickets are free, but reserve yours by emailing mangaATfoyles.co.uk. The......

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Seeing as M@, the Cogito Ergo Master, is sunning himself on a beach right now, us temps called in from the inkycircus felt the time was right for a slight break from tradition - this week’s Event of the Week is a TV programme. But......

The National Portrait Gallery (up there as one of our favourite London galleries) marks its 150th birthday this year and, as you'd imagine, there's a few things going on in the way of celebration. First off the NPG have installed a series of what they call 'interventions' in the various galleries, each of which is designed to "display or portrait represents a significant moment in the Gallery's development". So you've got portraits of all......