London, UK
Daleks cross Westminster Bridge to attack Parliament. Four of the Doctor Who villains surprised on-lookers during scenes filmed at first light on Sunday morning. (via Telegraph)
London, UK
Daleks cross Westminster Bridge to attack Parliament. Four of the Doctor Who villains surprised on-lookers during scenes filmed at first light on Sunday morning. (via Telegraph)
War on Britain’s Roads - video excerpts
Footage shot by cyclists using helmet-mounted cameras is used in War on Britain’s Roads, a BBC1 documentary, to purportedly show the fraught relationship between cyclists and other road users. But motoring and cycling groups say what is presented as everyday footage actually comes from a professionally-shot commercial film of cycle couriers staging a breakneck race through central London (via guardian.co.uk)
London, UK
Workers stabilize this year’s Christmas tree, a Nordmann Fir from Dumfries, Scotland, outside Number 10 Downing Street, official residence of Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (via Reuters.com)
UK: Stand Tall, Get Snapped; an exhibition of people living with HIV - picture gallery
Edo Zollo spent the past year photographing people across the UK who are living with HIV. His pictures can be seen at the Reading Room gallery in London – the Stand Tall, Get Snapped exhibition marks 30 years after the death of Terence Higgins, the first man to die of Aids in the UK (via The Guardian)
London, UK
Protestors clash with police in Oxford Street at a demonstration held to coincide with wider action in Europe. (via BBC News)
UK: Skyfall premiere - Charles and Camilla meet James Bond film stars
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive for the royal world premiere of Skyfall at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Tuesday night. Charles and Camilla meet stars of the new James Bond film including Berenice Marlohe, Javier Bardem, Dame Judi Dench and Daniel Craig (via guardian.co.uk)
Destination Star Trek London at the ExCeL - picture gallery
Fans of the sci-fi franchise descended on the exhibition centre in the capital for a three-day celebration (via guardian.co.uk)
London, UK
A model presents a hairstyle creation by Helen Reavey at the 30th anniversary of the Alternative Hair Show at the Royal Albert Hall (via Telegraph)
UK: Occupy protesters chain themselves to pulpit at St Paul’s Cathedral
Four women from the Occupy London movement chain themselves to the base of the pulpit in St Paul’s Cathedral, disrupting Sunday’s evensong. The group accuses cathedral authorities of colluding with banks and failing to help the poor. They were marking the anniversary of the start of the Occupy camp outside St Paul’s, which lasted for four months (via guardian.co.uk)
The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow by marantzer on Flickr.
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