Four weeks till Christmas! Argh. Funds are all focused on present buying and getting through the party season but we still want to go out and about because the heating isn't working properly at home. We can't afford to go and see Gandalf drop his trousers in King Lear but, thankfully, there's lots of cheap and interesting stuff about as usual. Monday: Start the week with an event truly in the spirit of London......

…the way that apparently a lot of people have as this photo has been doing the rounds. And no, it is not part of this week’s ‘Touch Up London’ competition. It is, rather, one of the publicity shots for the much touted $30 million film, FLOOD, which is due to wash up in a cinema near you from Friday. Based on a book by Richard Doyle, it has a huge wall of water charging......

We're surprised that The Standard didn't run this as front page news with the headline WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! and a photo of Kevin Costner in his Waterworld gear driving a black cab: A film about the real-life threat of a tidal wave hitting London will begin shooting in the capital in the spring. The Flood tells the story of what would happen if the city's dam defences were breached and is based......

There's an odd story over on the Beeb at the moment about a chap who infiltrated a morning meeting at the West End Central police station dressed as a copper. He strolled in with a real police officer who was taken in by the uniform which was authentic right down to the pepper spray and handcuffs. It is understood he attended a morning meeting on 11 November which covered information about bomb threats. But......