This Week In London’s History Monday – 21st July 2005: Two weeks after the July 7th bombings, four would-be suicide bombers attempt to detonate explosive devices on London’s public transport system. None of the bombs explode fully, but widespread disruption of the transport system ensues nonetheless. Tuesday – 22nd July 1987: Palestinian political cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in the face outside his office in Chelsea. He would die of his injuries several......

The National Archives show that back in 1967 there was a "grave security breach" when a diplomat, Mr Murray MacLehose, left the details of correspondence between Prime Minister Wilson and US President Johnson concerning the Vietnam war in a bank on Regent Street. It probably went a bit like this - Johnson - Are you sure you don't want to come and fight for the free world in Vietnam? Wilson: No, really, we're ok.......

The Conservative Party, good to their word, have today opened the primary for selecting their candidate for the London mayoral elections in May 2008. A primary, for those of you who haven't studied US politics to degree level or caught at least a few episodes of the West Wing, is the public procedure for selecting political candidates, rather than allowing three men and a dog to do it in a draughty community centre on......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 23rd July 1986: Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. As a wedding present (of sorts), the Queen grants them the title of Duke and Duchess of York. Tuesday – 24th July 1987: At the High Court, Jeffrey Archer wins damages of £500,000 in his libel case against the Daily Star. 14 years later he would be convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice......

While we don't seem to be able to turn on the television these days without seeing Kate Thornton or Vernon Kay peering on down at us, we never thought the day would come when a member of Blur who isn't Damon Albarn would be over-exposing himself to crazy heights. Alex James has always been our favourite member of Blur. He's got cool hair, and well, he's just quite hot isn't he. But we're not......

This day in London’s History We have to admit that it can sometimes be a struggle to find a suitably interesting slice of London history. Being interesting and engaging is obviously of paramount importance, which is why we often find ourselves hoping that we can dig up something more noteworthy than say, Jeffrey Archer stubbing his toe on a coffee table in his riverside penthouse whilst taking a break from writing another cack novel......

Despite the best efforts of his lawyer to compare Ken Livingstone to Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Archer and a central argument which concentrated on the fact that Livingstone had 'been rude to journalists for years' (note to Ken: get a better lawyer), the mayor has been judged guilty of bringing his office into disrepute. The Beeb reports that "The Adjudication Panel for England ruled Ken Livingstone had acted in an 'unnecessarily insensitive' manner" when......

The Adjudication Panel for England were told today by Ken's solicitor, Tony Child, that when the mayor compared Evening Standard reporter Oliver Finegold to a concentration camp guard he damged his own reputation but not that of his office. Child also compared Ken to the likes of Profumo, Blunkett and Jeffrey Archer. Not to say that Ken is a blind, womanising criminal with a penchant for showgirls and sideline in bloody awful novels, but......

The BBC is today reporting that Jeffrey Archer has claimed to have rejoined the Conservatives via his local Tory party outpost in Vauxhall. Apparently Lord Archer made the revelation to an Australian newspaper during an interview in order to promote the latest laughable drivel he's insisting on calling a novel. The former deputy party Chairman (who, lest we forget, once campaigned to be Mayor of this city) was expelled from the Conservative Party in......

Ways to show we are not intimidated or scared by the London bombings #2756-190: by carrying all our stuff in specially designed clear plastic bags. The Freedom Bag purports to be an ideal tool to combat terror as it will allow the common tube traveller to prove that he/she is no threat. By allowing fellow travellers and the police to see exactly what you're carrying, you're easing their worries and giving them the impression......

SE1 has always been a place of cultural interest ever since those early tourists the Vikings rowed their longboats up the Thames and pulled London Bridge into the river with grappling hooks. Now a thousand years later another long haired blonde has set his sights on the area: Peter Stringfellow. We read on the SE1 Blog that Stringfellow has "moved into a £1.2 million flat at Peninsula Heights" and, get this, perjury committing justice......