London

When we stop dreaming of London, we will know that we are tired of life. Witness our wandering around the city by following the links below.

• Strange underwear (Belle) (Bermondsey)
• Less than satisfactory Christmas dinner (Belle) (Eltham Palace)
• The Chinese dictator and new house mates (Belle) (Southwark)
• Just another busy day for Belle (Bromley)
• Belle’s bathing beauties (New Cross Gate)
• Belle’s attempt at Impressionism (Catford)
• An ordinary meal turns strange (Belle) (River Thames)
• Criminal intent and singing (Belle) (Brick Lane)
• Tubes, trains and bathrooms (Rousse) (King’s Cross)
• Disasters in M&S, Wales, Deptford, and the house (Belle) (Deptford)
• Drag queens and dogs (Belle) (Clerkenwell)
• Belle goes Dutch with Obama
• Chimps, sheep and a dog (Belle)
• Belle’s bad hair day
• Belle’s diagnosis (Lewisham Hospital)
• Rousse in the rain
• Dr Who rescues Rousse (Bloomsbury)
• Belle lives at the shops (Deptford High Street)
• This charming man (Belle) (Waterloo Bridge)
• Rousse remembers train crash (King’s Cross)
• Rousse misses Clive Anderson – just (BBC Radio 4 reception)
• Conference calamity (Rousse)
• Belle loses out to a toddler and calls in sick (Eltham Palace)
• Removal, Radley handbags, monster Range Rovers and another rescue for Rousse
• A bendy bus trip to Diagon Alley but Harry Potter nowhere to be seen (Rousse)
• Belle and a bull
• Andy Murray innovates with new tennis game (Rousse)
• Time travel with a drum and bass soundtrack (Nunhead)
• Robot nurses, pastel ponies and a boob transplant (Belle) (Goldsmiths College)
• A bomb, a bath and a bête noire (Rousse)
• Just who is Daniel Wesserstrom? (Belle) (Goldmsiths College)
• Extortionate eatery and exhibitor costs (Rousse) (Olympia)
• Vernon Kay, Tess Daly and a mouse (Belle) (Pepys estate)
• A one-legged soldier wins Belle’s heart (Greenwich Park)
• An unhappy house swap (Belle)
• Old records, new media and Lassie (Belle) (New Cross)
• Belle keeps it in the family (Brockley)
• Life as an abandoned wife (Rousse) (Harrods)
• A stolen suitcase and Champagne for singles (Rousse)
• Recreational drugs, a sleep-over, and Kevin Whately (Rousse) (Kings Cross)
• Panto season (Belle) (Ladywell)
• Stolen sausgaes and Barry Manilow (Belle) (New Cross)
• Drug raids ruin city living (Belle) (Barbican)
• Archbishop of Canterbury reigns over Wembley and David Cameron settles into Edinburgh pied-à-terre (Rousse) (10 Downing Street, Wembley stadium)
• Belle is a defective detective (Scotland Yard)
• Tattoos, travellers and television (Rousse)
• The dead return to life at the British Library, and deer management concerns (Rousse) (British Library)
• The British Library, Radio 4, and small furry pests (Rousse) (British Library)
• Belle fails to buy bread (River Thames)
• Noël Coward’s sick sense of humour and fridges full of carcasses (Rousse) (an unspecified Georgian square)
• A campus love affair rudely interrupted, and a seaside crime (Rousse)
• Celebrating Twitter’s fifth birthday in a London skyscraper (Rousse)
• A late resolution to train for the Olympics at London 2012 (Rousse) (London Olympics 2012)
• The Thames at night with rappers (River Thames, Albert Bridge)
• A library, two socks, and a London bus (Rousse) (British Library)
• Rousse makes her choice from the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets, Ruby Wax, and Clive Anderson (Ruby Wax’s house)
• Katie Price’s (aka Jordan) career on the conference circuit, and a life of crime in Australia (Rousse)
• David Cameron’s seven-pack centrefold plus numerous other adventures, including one at Buckingham Palace (Rousse) (Buckingham Palace)
• Postcards to Prince William, a rat in the office, and in-flight washing facilities (Rousse)
• London university appoints controversial vice chancellor, conference acrobatics, and a flood (Rousse)
• Belle the heiress and a clumsy Will Young (Bermondsey tunnel)
• Rousse searches underground Theseus-style (Oxford Circus tube station)
• Belle the revolutionary
• First class to Washington with a ceilidh to organise at Buckingham Palace (Rousse) (Buckingham Palace)
• Harry Potter almost messes up Rousse’s travel plans to King’s Cross
• A visit to Gilbert and George’s pizzeria (Belle)
• BA cabin staff lay on a special treat at Heathrow airport (Rousse) (Heathrow airport)
• Kevin Towler – Olympic athlete (Belle) (Hoxton)
• How to retain staff (Rousse)
• Belle the gangsters’ moll
• George Orwell festival on the South Bank (Belle) (Millennium Wheel)
• The crossed asparagus spears of London (Belle)
• Compensation for lost luggage (Rousse)
• Checking in at the Institute of Directors (Rousse) (Institute of Directors, Pall Mall)
• Macdonald clan secrets (Rousse) (the City)
• Arson at the abbey, two weddings, a death and a strange theft (Belle) (Nunhead cemetery)
• Graeme Garden’s elasticated stockings and a railway car chase (Rousse) (BBC Radio 4 reception)
• Cruising with the poets (Belle) (Shoreditch)
• Jools Holland, Danny Baker and straneg events in London (Belle) (Islington and Deptford)
• Changing of the bride at Buckingham Palace (Rousse) (Buckingham Palace)
• Home improvement – with sheep (Rousse)
• A misguided love affair, a talking ape, a fairground murder, and three clear advantages of a prison sentence (Rousse) (the City, the Thames, the South Bank)
• Police reopen case into dolly bird disappearance (Rousse)
• Bear attacks party-goer (Rousse)
• Antique shop revelation (Belle) (Blackheath, Lewisham)
• Fried chicken and a saucy professor (Belle) (Lewisham High Street)
• Planning for university interviews by tandem (Rousse) (University College London)
• Redundancies at the V&A and a pair of curious twins (Rousse) (Victoria and Albert Museum)
• The shame of Jonathan Ross’s brother’s criminal career (Rousse) (Ealing, King’s College)
• Cousins versus a phone call at St Pancras Station (Rousse) (Betjeman Arms, Renaissance Hotel, St Pancras Station)
• Britpop and a transvestite boyfriend (Belle)
• “Friend” of royalty responsible for lost luggage (Rousse) (Kensington Palace)
• Belle and the Russian oligarch (Lewisham)
• Giving up gossip for Lent: Rousse debates the Archers rules
• Stationery heaven and an unpaid debt (Rousse) (North London, Heathrow airport)
• Death au John Peel (Rousse) (King’s Cross Station)
• Lulu in London (Belle) (Houses of Parliament)
• A bigamist and a boy (Rousse) (Novotel, St Pancras)
• A deeply regretted relocation (Rousse)
• Unwelcome distraction at the British Library (Rousse) (British Library)
• NHS failure: doctors blame patients (Belle) (London Bridge)
• Shoe shops, a suitcase, and a dodgy taxi ruin travel plans (Rousse) (Heathrow airport)
• Beware iPad cracked screen scam (Rousse)
• Summer 2012 handbags a huge hit at the British Library (Rousse) (British Library Conference Centre)
• The long walk to London and cartoon china mugs (Rousse)
• What Rousse learnt last night
• A drag act and multiple germs (Belle) (Vauxhall)
• Disney millionnaire discovers rare Morrissey album in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse) (South Kensington)
• Come dine with me – please! (Belle)
• Synchronised librarians (Belle) (Canary Wharf)
• Rousse’s winning merger marketing plan (Kings Cross station, Oxford Street)
• Conference relaunch exceeds all expectations (Rousse)
• The secret London wedding venue (Rousse)
• Harry the photographer prince (Rousse) (Olympic stadium)
• Rousse revisits Russell Square sandwich days (Russell Square)
• Gothic goings-on (Belle) (Ludgate Hill)
• ‘Men at work’ and a treasure trove (Belle) (New Gate Cross bus garage)
• A bike and a beach hut at the Queen Mother’s funeral (Rousse) (the River Thames)
• Johnny Depp at the FA cup final (Belle) (Wembley Stadium)
• A muddy medal for Team GB (Belle) (Lewisham Way)
• A lunch date in Luskentyre (Rousse) (the River Thames)
• Rousse’s encounter with the England World Cup winners
• Rousse sees off a rival
• London submerged under floods (Rousse) (River Thames)
• Chronology change at the British Council and the Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award (Rousse)
• Time travelling robot dancers (Belle) (Lewisham High Street)
• How to post a brick (Rousse)
• Braving the British Library lift system for a blip (Rousse) (British Library)
• Picked up the at the Park Lane Four Seasons (Rousse) (Park Lane Four Seasons Hotel)
• Peep Show’s Super Hans seeks new recruits to his “Moonys” cult (Rousse) (High Street Kensington tube station, Balham)
• Elton John’s red and white singalong at Covent Garden (Rousse) (Covent Garden, High Street Kensington tube station)
• Where to live in South London (Rousse)
• Intelligent bubble wrap causes Heathrow travel chaos (Rousse)
• Rousse investigates discount rail fares and a career option on the east coast line
• Sympathy and ping pong (Rousse) (British Library)
• Norwegian munitions cache explodes in central London (Rousse) (Westminster)
• iPhone mishap leads to extensive train delays (Rousse) (St Pancras)
• Parking in London (Rousse) (Oxford Street, Kensington)
• Sir Winston Churchill’s memorial statue signer (Rousse) (Westminster Abbey)
• Unwise words and a Christmas tragedy on the Thames (Rousse) (South Bank)
• A miracle escape in Sunderland (Rousse)
• Cool accommodation in Edinburgh (Rousse) (The Royal Society, and The Strand)
• London runner saved by the kindness of strangers (Rousse) (Kensington High Street, Winchester Church in the City)
• British Airways terminal 5 offers new passenger services (Rousse) (Heathrow airport)
• Kings’s College London appoints new professor (Rousse) (King’s College, London)
• Back to Online 1997 (Rousse) (London Olympia)
• Breast implants and Beatnik disappointment (Rousse) (Emirates Stadium)
• Poor business etiquette at Oracle acquisition (Rousse)
• Unshod on a London Routemaster bus (Rousse)
• Risky whisky expenses (Rousse)
• Fugitive leaves stairless London office to join Texan start-up (Rousse)
• Medical emergency at King’s Cross – Richard Curtis style (Rousse) (King’s Cross station, Bedford Square)
• A Rousse-Belle reunion (Rousse)
• Unwelcome guest on Scottish island is served yellow slime for supper (Rousse)
• A kaftan and Kew (Rousse) (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
• A sister’s fame in the Anglican community (Rousse)
• Direct flights from Edinburgh to Boston (Rousse)
• Clever words win Russell Crowe (Belle)
• University of Birmingham stages reconstruction of Manor House fire (Rousse) (Euston station)
• A spiked drink victim (Rousse) (Royal Albert Hall, Kensington)
• A confused news report (Rousse) (Heathrow airport)
• A night in the VIP suite at China White (Rousse) (China White nightclub)
• Innovation at the British Library (British Library)
• Gold accounts released for high worth Twitter users (Rousse)
• A demanding bride and the perils of a Tesco suitcase (Rousse) (the City, Heathrow airport)
• Nursery rhymes, a British Library refit, and a forgotten computer (Rousse)
• Left belongings at the British Library (Rousse)
• Unhelpful underground officials at Heathrow (Rousse) (Heathrow airport, Kings Cross railway station)
• From St Albans to South London by ancient orange Volvo estate (Rousse)
• Lost property at York (Rousse)
• An audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace (Rousse)
• Gordon Brown on a train (Rousse)
• How to avoid accountants (Rousse) (The City, the British Library)
• Sleep, stations, Swindon and Southampton (Rousse)
• Lodger lover’s identity uncovered (Rousse)
• Bare-chested business (Rousse)
• Travelling the UK by rail with suitcase insurance (Rousse)
• Cheapest fares from Edinburgh to Korea via London Heathrow (Rousse) (Heathrow airport)
• Distracted by a dishwasher, chicken liver pâté, and After Eight mints (Rousse) (London Kings Cross station)
• Wimbledon tennis star happy in retirement (Rousse) (Wimbledon)
• London to Loughborough by train (Rousse)
• A philanderer and a forgetful wife (Rousse)
• Naked housework, phone swapping, and Doctor Who accessories (Rousse)
• 1970s bed linen, out-of-reach kitchen appliances, and a gift of £1000 (Rousse)
• Wooden man wouldn’t stop (Belle)
• Mike told to take a hike (Rousse)
• Husband claims that he is God (Rousse) (River Thames)
• Competing at the cloud computing headgear championships (Rousse) (Olympia)
• Christmas cake complications (Rousse) (London Heathrow airport)
• The long route from Glasgow to Edinburgh (Rousse)
• John Craven and the Yellow Brick Road (Belle) (Farringdon Road)
• David Cameron’s red cod piece (Rousse)
• A daring flight passenger (Rousse)
• Exploding trains in London add to landfill problems (Rousse)
• A pair of shoes and a missed train (Rousse) (Kings Cross)
• A chase through the British Library (Rousse) (British Library)
• Border crossings and spy work (Belle)
• A secret agent and a sacred text (Rousse) (River Thames)
• Violence on the buses (Rousse)
• Belle and Rousse to reunite (Rousse)
• Jo Jo the poison pen email writer pushes stressed academic over the edge (Rousse)
• Lost in London and Paris (Rousse)
• Pete Murphy mistaken for Liam Neeson (Rousse) (British Library)
• A secret exit from the British Library (Rousse) (British Library)
• Apple interface problems (Rousse)
• A tidy break-in (Rousse)
• Encounters with chartered surveyors (Rousse)
• A risky revealing nightdress (Rousse)
• Kidnap victims escape captor by first class rail (Rousse)
• Anti-terrorism procedures at the Shard (Rousse) (the Shard)
• Hamleys for the depressed (Rousse) (Hamleys)
• Introducing the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort – and a skier in a Brian May wig (Rousse) (Docklands)
• Fashion disaster spots hidden features of ‘new’ British Library (Rousse) (British Library)
• Lost and found on the London Underground (Rousse)
• Cerys Matthews, fortune teller (Belle) (Brewer Street)
• Almost sacked in the City (Rousse)
• ‘Expand’ becomes ‘espand’ at the British Library (Rousse) (British Library)
• Croissant quality control (Belle)(Holburn Viaduct, Piccadilly line)
• Living with art and a skull (Belle) (National Gallery)
• Saving Sir Anthony Eden from infected flies and imprisonment (Rousse)
• Drums, an over-sized dog and true love (Belle) (Kings Cross)
• The Fringe, Finchley, and frightening fiction (Rousse)
• An exploration of Edinburgh’s infrared zone (Rousse)
• Super speedy 125 leaves passengers in canal (Rousse)
• Tube traveller thieves (Rousse)
• The British Library and Boris (Rousse)
• Disco ballet and flooded fish fingers (Belle) (Lewisham)
• Chris Packham wanders the London Tube in police disguise (Rousse)
• Pig on the tube (Belle) (Northern Line tube)
• Drug enforcer Belle
• Eminem’s fiancé (Belle) (Goldsmiths College)
• A day out in London with a Dane, an impersonator, and a baby Belle (Rousse)
• Anti-gravity children and the bonus Bakerloo line station (Belle)
• Killer Brillo pads (Belle) (Brockley Station)
• The ginger squatters of Benfica (Belle) (Goldsmiths College)
• Sleeping in reception and a London lay-over (Rousse)
• Dreamers reunite in London love nest (Rousse) (Heathrow airport)
• Rory Kinnear and Belle’s thigh-highs (British Library)
• Westminster dance and romance (Rousse)
• Reality TV dating and the joy of comfy slippers (Belle) (Blackheath)
• Drag queens of the resistance movement (Belle) (Barbican)
• David Beckham in disguise (Rousse)
• Librarians infiltrate 10 Downing Street (Rousse) (10 Downing Street)
• Prince Harry and high heels (Rousse)
• Kidnapped kept woman (Rousse)
• Funeral phone confiscation (Rousse)
• A burgundy bob and Big Ben (Rousse) (Westminster)
• British Airways drop flight safety briefings at pandemic end (Rousse) (Heathrow airport)
• On the town with Mark Kermode (Belle) (Parsons Green)
• Dangers of hitch-hiking in London (Rousse) (Islington)
• Belle rescues conference at the Hilton London Olympia (Rousse) (Kensington)
• An ancestral soup tureen (Rousse) (British Library)
• Keeping clutter in container 78 (Rousse)
• David Jason – arms dealer (Rousse)
• Music hall mice (Belle)
• Self-immolation by train (Rousse)