• The London Buzz – 12th June 2025

    Old London – Piccadilly
    Today’s London news round-up:
    Rogue landlord receives suspended prison sentence and £20K fine for leaving tenant homeless after unlawful eviction Barnet council
    Gravy ice cream? This bizarre ice cream pop-up returns to London for 2025 Squaremeal
    A new digital art installation at West Middlesex University Hospital is aiming to bring a sense of calm to patients, staff and visitors.  Neighbournet
    Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered n
  • See the only known photos of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace at Bonhams London

    If you’re quick, there’s a rare chance to see the only known photographs of the early computing pioneer, Ada Lovelace, as they will go on display in London for a few days.
    (c) Bonhams
    Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, and is chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first person to realise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and is widely recognised
  • London Underground’s latest tube map cover offers a Cubist view of the Capital

    A preview of the new pocket tube map cover has been released ahead of it appearing in tube stations next month.
    Map Projections, Agnes Denes, 2025, Photo: Benedict Johnson
    The cuboid pattern is by the conceptual artist Agnes Denes, and is said to mirror how the London Underground map reconfigures the layout of the capital.
    The 41st pocket Tube map cover design, Denes’s Map Projections is a digital drawing that presents an alternate perception of space and time by projecting a section of th
  • VodafoneThree plans to double UK broadband business after £16.5bn merger

    Newly formed mobile market leader pledges to create thousands of jobs and urges rivals to upgrade networks
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