A slice of sponge cake and a hearty round of "Happy Birthday" to the Rotherhithe Tunnel! Not the nearby Brunel-designed Thames Tunnel, (the world's first underwater tunnel, lest we forget) but its quieter, lesser-celebrated neighbour that ferries road traffic underneath the Thames from Southwark to Tower Hamlets. It turns 100 years old today. Opened in 1908 by the future King George V, Rotherhithe was the first road tunnel linking north London with south, and......

Back of the net! Londonist’s favourite gargantuan timepiece, Big Ben, is basking in glory this morning, after being voted Britain’s most-loved landmark. Beating off the prehistoric monument and UNESCO World Heritage site Stonehenge into second, The Clock Tower was one of six London attractions to make the top 10. Celebrating the 202nd birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the survey by construction firm Faithful and Gould held no place for any of the British engineer’s......