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Oh Snap! Beatlemania Invades Abbey Road
It was 20 40 years ago today when the Beatles sauntered across a crosswalk on Abbey Road to shoot one of the most iconic album covers of all time. Today in London, fans flocked to the famous intersection to celebrate the anniversary. A Beatles tribute band mingled with throngs of Beatlemaniacs, who posed for photos and signed the wall of Abbey Road studios.
Live Art Lights Up London
Today "One & Other" — a living monument in Trafalgar Square, London — kicked off. Sculptor Anthony Gormley invited everyday people to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth in the square, a location usually reserved for statues of kings and generals. For 24 hours a day, for 100 days straight, different people will stand on the Plinth for an hour each in an image of themselves or as a representation of all of humanity.
Call Girl Business Cards Get Their Own Art Exhibit
Wallpaper magazine has dedicated its July issue to sex and art — two things we love at Très. Tart cards, with their clever fonts and splashy colors, especially caught my eye.
Tart cards are basically business cards for sex.
Oh, Snap! Tickling the Ivories on London Streets
29 pianos, customized individually by artists, have been placed around London landmarks for the public. Signs that say "Play me. I'm yours!"
Picture It: London Flowers Popping Up, Popping Up
Londoners enjoy the warm weather in St. James' Park. Today was the warmest day so far this year in the English capital.
Briefing Book! Atheist Bus Ads Roll in London Today
- Religion: Eight-hundred buses with atheist ads, which were funded by a special campaign, hit the streets in London today. — Boing Boing
- Colbert & Colmes: Alan Colmes joined Stephen Colbert and guest-hosted the Colbert Report, Monday night. The two took on the Roland Burris appointment.
London Opera Gimmick to Bring Culture to Tabloid Masses
For a publicity stunt at London's Royal Opera House, the controversy may not be over 'til that fat lady, you know whats. It's elite vs. lowbrow, and it's hard to see who's in the right.
Britain's Libel Laws Take Piss Out of Freedom of the Press?
Are the British aiming to squash free speech? Robert Murat, an official suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, has settled his libel case against several British newspapers for overconnecting him to her disappearance with headlines like "Sex Secret of Madeleine Suspect: Briton ‘Shared’ the Wife of Pool Cleaner at Villa." His pay out is thought to be close to $1 million.
US Officials Drive and Ditch in London Leaving $4.7 Million Tab
A current diplomatic showdown between the US and its motherland involves $4.7 million of unpaid fines US diplomats owe for refusing to pay London's traffic congestion charge.
So what are the transatlantic positions? The US calls the £8 per day charge to enter the city a tax.
London Underground's Boozy Last Call Closes Six Stations
Pick your train: the Soul Train, the Crazy Train, or the gravy train, whichever you hop it would have to be a more sober journey than the London Underground saw Saturday night when a big group of booze-hounds reveled out of control celebrating the last night of legal drinking on the tube, the night before the beginning of Boris Johnson's ban on carrying or drinking from open containers of alcohol.
Police arrested 17 people for a host of drunken transgressions and closed six Underground stations. Four train drivers and three other staffers were assaulted, with another 50 further verbally abused or spat at.
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