London Blogging

Champagne Afternoon Tea at Claridges Hotel, London

Very nice tea

Me at Claridges  

Delicious little cakes

Small but mighty scones, with yummy jam and clotted cream

Blurry shot of the curtain call at end of La Fille mal gardée. (l-r) Gary Avis (Village Notary), Alastair Marriott (Widow Simone), Laura Morera (Lise), Liam Scarlett (Alain), Christopher Saunders (Thomas)

Kind of blurry but a shot of Laura Morera (Lise) and Ricardo Cervera (Colas). Curtain call at end of La Fille mal gardée, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Happy 2012!




A special New Year's message from the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station

The Failed Bomb in London



Police: car bomb may have been inspired by al-Qaida

Senior police and Whitehall sources today said the failed attempt to inflict mass murder in central London was the work of al-Qaida or those inspired by its ideology.

"You only have to read past cases of those convicted for terrorism to realise they have been plotting to blow up nightclubs and putting gas cylinder bombs in cars," one senior source said.

Counter-terrorism sources said the car bomb found in Haymarket - one of London's main nightlife districts - was similar to car bombs used in Iraq.

There is a silver lining to this, at least it shows whoever planned this does not have access to real powerful explosives, because this was a pretty crude bomb.

Just don't take what the government says at face value till all the facts are in.

Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester Square...

London Bomb - Cui Bono?

Bomb in London