After the (non-)scandal of (un-)banned Tube posters, the works of Lucas Cranach the Elder are now well and truly on show at the Royal Academy. Painter, print-maker, illustrator, businessman, propagandist, and huge fan of the female nude, this is Cranach's first major exhibition in Britain. And while you're gazing at all the nakedness, remember; this was a mate of Martin Luther, and those erotic female nudes are all about Protestant devotion. Honest. Openings Ahoy!......

There are plenty of nice places to walk around in the posh Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC): Kensington Palace, Kings Road, Harvey Nichols... Streets, parks, palaces and shops are all a shade nicer than the rest of town but only a very select handful of privileged people get to call it local. You jammy gits. Nonetheless, this summer, the Arts Service team of the RBKC have kindly put together a lovely little......

National Express have withdrawn 12 coaches from service with immediate effect. The inquest into the Harvey Nichols shooting reopened today. Brazil will meet Portugal in London next month. And finally, Lee Evans is returning to the London stage to star in a new adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter Photo taken from Storem's photostream.......

Welcome to the future of London advertising: damn dirty apes: The7stars and outdoor media buyer Kinetic have partnered to provide 2.5m high backlit posters strapped to people's backs in a central London campaign for whisky brand Monkey Shoulder. The Moving Board mobile posters have been brought to the UK by a new company called Ambient Advertising UK. The posters are carried like a backpack by trained promotional staff and reach a height of 2.5m.......

There's the rest of today, all of tomorrow and all of Saturday. That's a little over two days to brace yourself and exercise your mental defences. When the clock strikes midnight and it officially becomes Sunday 26th March... that's it. It's going to be Mother's Day. Aren't mums lovely? That special lady who brought you into the world and looked after you, stayed up all night worrying and watching over you when you were......

The BBC is reporting that two people aged in their 30s have tonight been found dead on the ground floor of Harvey Nichols after a shooting. The Met have said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident, which would seem to suggest some kind of bizarre department store shootout. More details on this tomorrow.......