London Travel News 12/08/2010

Wow, and here I'd thought the winter of 2003-4 was bad…it's got nothing on 2010.

A short but brilliant London itinerary.

A beautiful photo gallery of traces from London's history, found in nooks and crannies all over the city.

Glad to know that America can share a little of our entertainment with Britain…for a change. 

The Government is set for a substantial windfall after the O2 posted record ticket sales of £60.3 million and celebrated its third year in a row as the world's most popular music venue.

A British paratrooper killed in Afghanistan while on foot patrol was a victim of “friendly fire” when an American F-18 warplane strafed the wrong area, it was revealed this afternoon.

Oh. Oh, dear.

The Scottish artist is the first person to win the £25,000 award for a sound installation. Philipsz records herself singing 16th century laments and plays them in unusual locations, including supermarket aisles and a series of bridges over the Clyde in Glasgow.

It emerged yesterday that Vladimir Putin held secret meetings with at least a third of the executive committee members of football's governing body Fifa, which last week handed Russia the right to host the 2018 World Cup. 

In answer to recent cuts in arts education funding, about about 40 students from a variety of London area universities staged a protest last night at the Tate Britain during the Turner Prize award ceremony.