London Olympic Village
When it opens this summer a series of cuboid blocks of eight to 12 storeys, clad in prefabricated concrete panels, laid out on a rigid rectangular grid, will become home to 17,000 athletes, and after that transform into 1,400 affordable homes and another 1,400 for profit. Continue reading »
MCM London Comic Con
Joely Olsen wears a turret costume from the computer game “Portal,” Kaitie Rule wears a full “Smurfette” costume and two visitors wear “Pikmin” costumes at the “MCM London Comic Con” convention in London. Running over two days, the event will see thousands of comic, sci-fi and gaming enthusiasts coming together to buy, sell and celebrate everything from sporting heroes to Japanese “Steam Punk” characters. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) Continue reading »
Deers in Richmond Park, London
A fallow deer buck watches from the cover of a bracken thicket after sunrise during the autumn rut at Richmond Park on October 10, 2011 in London, England. Autumn sees the start of the ‘Rutting’ season where the stags and bucks bellow in an attempt to attract female does and hinds. (Dan Istitene/Getty Images) Continue reading »
Celebrating the Harvest in London
Pearly Kings and Queens gather to celebrate their annual Costermonger’s Harvest Festival at the Guildhall in London on September 25. (Ben Stansall / AFP-Getty Images) Continue reading »
Monkeys Play Soccer at the London Zoo
The Bolivian squirrel monkeys played with a toy soccer ball as photographers snapped away at the London Zoo in England on August 18. The zoo has a total of 22 squirrel monkeys, with 5 babies having been born in 2011. Male monkey Bounty has fathered eleven baby monkeys in the last three years since his arrival, enough to make up a football team. His latest offspring named Rolo was the eleventh and arrived last month. (Ben Stansall / AFP – Getty Images) Continue reading »
Alternate Logo for the 2012 London Olympic Games
Very fresh and actual. By Jon Defreest.
Arab Supercars Takes Center Stage in London
Yes. Watch out number plates. Continue reading »
