Sydney has been voted a spot on the playing board of the international version of Monopoly, and is situated along with London and New York on the red section of the board. Interestingly, Melbourne gained the most votes for a spot on the board among Australian voters, but Sydney managed to cross the line after international votes had been cast. While it turns out more Australians voted for Melbourne ... Read full entry

Russ Stutler has created a floorplan of Sherlock Holmes' home at 221B Baker street, in London, based on reading all the Sherlock Holmes books. Amazing. I can't work out what's in the wall cavity behind Dr Watson's desk though.

Very cool interactive animation of the views as seen from the treetop walkway at Kew Gardens, to the south west of London. Along with the nearby Richmond Park, Kew Gardens is one of my favourite outdoor places in London, a city, by the way which still has 4.5 per cent natural woodland coverage.

Vintage Motoring Maps Nice collection of vintage motoring maps, mainly of London and the United Kingdom, belonging to Jon Hicks.

After 50 years, the end of the road for the classic black cab Another London institution, the FX4 "Fairway" black cab, is about to go the way of the old double decker Routemaster buses, this time in the name of reducing carbon emissions, and providing a taxi service befitting of the "21st century". Famed for its unmistakable engine rattle and nifty 25ft turning circle, the FX4s were designed specifically to ... Read full entry

The Many Views of Abbey Road I spent four plus years in London and never once ventured out to Abbey Road... The Iain MacMillan photograph gracing the 1969 Beatles album Abbey Road made it one of the most famous album covers ever. It's such an iconic image that whenever you see a group walking single file on a zebra crossing, you automatically think of Abbey Road. It's been imitated, honored, ... Read full entry

Social Innovation Camp is like a BarCamp, but with a difference. It pits web designers and developers against various social issues, and gives them 48 hours to produce a solution. Not only does the social web enable individuals to create things for themselves, but as increasing numbers of people use the web in this way, the network that they are building becomes more than the sum of its individual ... Read full entry

How to Escape Down an Airplane Slide - and Still Make Your Connection! The crash of a British Airways aircraft on the runway at London's Heathrow airport last week saw passengers making a hasty, though mostly injury free, exit by way of the craft's emergency inflatable slides. Interestingly, or rather, alarmingly, such occurrences are somewhat more frequent than many would probably believe them to be. Emergency airplane evacuations happen more often ... Read full entry

It’s all change as that quintessential symbol of London (well one of many really), the red Routemaster double-decker bus is about to depart the bus lanes, to comply with EU disability access regulations.Transport for London is to commence progressively withdrawing the old buses from the streets after some 50 years of service.In particular the number 9 ... Read full entry