The Great Fire of London: Too Soon? How Londoners Joked Through History’s Worst Disasters Finding the Funny in Apocalyptic Urban Destruction Since 1666 In September 1666, London burned for four days, destroying 13,000 houses, 87 churches, and most of the medieval…
Thames Low Tide Reveals London’s Shame, Victorian Bicycle, Three Shopping Trolleys Named Keith | Annual tradition of examining what city’s been hiding under water continues
Pub Names Reveal London’s Collective Inability to Name Things Coherently | Linguistic study confirms “The Case is Altered” named by committee who gave up trying
One-Person Show Performer Admits 80% of Material Is Just Aggressively Maintaining Eye Contact | Comedy of One increasingly consists of solo performers staring down audience members until they laugh from discomfort
London Comedy Tribes Declare Territorial War After Stand-Up Crosses Into Sketch Territory at Edinburgh Fringe | Violence narrowly avoided as clown faction intervenes with balloon animals and existential dread
Performance Anxiety: The Theatre of Choosing Craft Beer You’ve Never Heard Of | Local man nods knowingly at beer description containing words “funky” and “notes of barnyard”
Cryptography Experts Called to Decode “Chef’s Specials” Board | Handwriting classified as “abstract expressionism meets shopping list”
Clean Free Public Toilet Quest Becomes Full Hero’s Journey | Man Travels Entire London Underground Before Admitting Defeat
The Market Trader’s Banter: The Art of the Sell | Borough Market stallholder admits “banter” is actually scripted corporate training
