It’s really all about the Olympics this week, and we’ve told you all about what to watch. But if you’re not in a sporting mood, here are a few other things you may want to take a look at. On TV, Londonist likes: Tuesday, 12 August Margaret the Tabloid Princess: Revealed (Five, 20:00-21:00)) Princess Margaret spawned the paparazzi appetite for photos of royals stumbling out of London nightclubs, and this documentary looks at her......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 4th August 1902: The Greenwich Foot Tunnel is opened, providing pedestrian access between the Isle of Dogs and Greenwich. Tuesday – 5th August 1100: Henry I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Wednesday – 6th August 1937: Barbara Windsor is born in Shoreditch in central London. She would achieve fame as an actress, notably as a ‘saucy strumpet’ in the Carry On films of the......

Ah, glorious summer! The sun is shining and we plan on spending as much time as humanly possible outside. If you’ve got your heart set on staying in, though, here are a few things you may want to take a peek at. On TV, Londonist likes: Tuesday, 15 July Send In The Dogs (ITV1, 20:00-21:00) We’ve always thought working with the dogs looked like the most fun job at the Met. Watching this show......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 6th August 1937: Barbara Windsor is born in Shoreditch in central London. She would achieve fame as an actress, notably as a ‘saucy strumpet’ in the Carry On films of the 60s and 70s and later as a major character in Eastenders. Tuesday – 7th August 2001: The Department of Health pays £27 million for a private Harley Street heart hospital, re-nationalising it and bringing it into......

Rumours are flying that veteran film director and naff commercial starlet Michael Winner may have to have a leg removed, and might even die, after picking up a mystery ailment in Barbados. Let's hope he had good insurance cover. Winner, 71, is being treated at a private Harley Street hospital after what is thought to have been a reaction to medication taken while on holiday. Some reports are suggesting that he may have already......

Londonist gets invitations to all sorts of things, in all sorts of places. Last night's outing was to hear a series of oral histories from those who experienced the 1956 Revolution in Hungary at the Hungarian Cultural Centre, Covent Garden. It got us thinking... what other cultural centres can be found in London? For such a big place filled with so many international people, languages, cuisine and arts, there must be loads of places......