Hacker News with Generative AI: London

Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing Cross rail bridge (ianvisits.co.uk)
The scaffolding surrounding the Charing Cross railway bridge has received an addition – two bales of hay/straw – because an ancient law requires it.
History, London, Law, Transportation
131 points by alexbilbie 1 day ago | 135 comments
Ask HN: Moving to London from California (ycombinator.com)
I’m moving from a smaller beach town in California to London in a month as an American. Any tips?
Moving, London, California, USA
12 points by siamese_puff 5 days ago | 16 comments
The Barbican (arslan.io)
Three years ago, while searching for Vitsoe setups, I stumbled upon Barbican. I delved deeper and discovered a building complex that that was beyond my imaginations.
Architecture, Design, London
728 points by farslan 11 days ago | 255 comments
London's National Gallery buys mysterious altarpiece for $20m (theartnewspaper.com)
The National Gallery is celebrating its bicentenary with the acquisition of a most mysterious painting, an altarpiece with the Virgin and Child and two saints, dating from 1500-10.
Art, Museums, History, London
59 points by giuliomagnifico 22 days ago | 63 comments
Minecraft: ‘We've spent five years rebuilding London’ (bbc.co.uk)
A group of Minecraft players have set an ambitious task of recreating the United Kingdom in the video game, including the entirety of London.
Video Games, Minecraft, London, Architecture
4 points by n1b0m 25 days ago | 0 comments
London Underground Station Design Idiom [pdf] (tfl.gov.uk)
Architecture, Design, Transportation, London, PDF
8 points by nhf 31 days ago | 0 comments
Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883) (publicdomainreview.org)
Between May and October of 1883, more than 2.6 million visitors travelled to see the spectacle in the grounds of the Royal Horticultural Society in London.
History, Books, Science, London
15 points by apollinaire 32 days ago | 1 comments
More details for London's new Roman Basilica museum revealed (ianvisits.co.uk)
Following the recent discovery of Roman ruins in the City of London, more details have been revealed about the plans for a new museum of Roman London’s history.
London, Museums, Archaeology, Roman History
51 points by zeristor 35 days ago | 4 comments
Waiting 100 years for a home isn't a housing crisis, it's a moral collapse (architectsjournal.co.uk)
Waiting lists for socially rented family homes in places like London are indefensible. We all need to work to fix this, argues Kunle Barker
Housing Crisis, Social Housing, London, Inequality
88 points by microflash 35 days ago | 196 comments
Gas boilers now biggest source of air pollution in central London, study shows (ianvisits.co.uk)
A new study by the University of York has revealed a significant shift away from road vehicles and what they found is that gas boilers used for heating are now the primary contributor of nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution in central London.
Air Pollution, London, Environment, Science, Climate Change
14 points by zeristor 39 days ago | 3 comments
AI used for skin cancer checks at London hospital (bbc.com)
An NHS hospital in west London is pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help check for skin cancer.
Artificial Intelligence, Health, Medicine, Cancer, London
103 points by chris_overseas 41 days ago | 88 comments
TfL bans most e-bikes on trains amid concern over igniting batteries (theguardian.com)
Most e-bikes will be banned across the London Underground and other Transport for London services, after growing safety concerns over igniting batteries.
Transportation, London, Safety, Electric Vehicles
4 points by saltysalt 58 days ago | 1 comments
An iPad dug up from the Thames solved museum thieves' murder plot (bbc.com)
A Ming vase stolen from a Swiss museum. A shooting at a comedian's house in Woodford, east London. The robbery of a luxury apartment in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Crime, History, Museums, London, Theft
10 points by vinni2 59 days ago | 2 comments
Met Police gets first permanent facial recognition cameras in London (lbc.co.uk)
Police are setting up London's first permanent facial recognition cameras, despite privacy fears.
Surveillance, Facial Recognition, London, Police
9 points by pseudolus 60 days ago | 0 comments
London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due to power outage (cnn.com)
London, Airports, Power Outages, Travel Disruptions
245 points by dfine 64 days ago | 248 comments
The Cat's Meat Man: Feeding Felines in Victorian London (publicdomainreview.org)
As cats evolved from feral ratters into beloved Victorian companions, a nascent pet-food economy arose on the carts of so-called “cat’s meat men”. Kathryn Hughes explores the life and times of these itinerant offal vendors, their intersection with a victim of Jack the Ripper, and a feast held in the meat men’s honor, chaired by none other than Louis Wain.
History, Victorian Era, London, Animals, Food
6 points by giuliomagnifico 70 days ago | 0 comments
Kitchen foil and Algerian markets: When your phone is stolen in London (londoncentric.media)
There was a lot of coverage of this week’s London Centric story on Lime bike safety, with ITV London running the reporting on its evening bulletins and national news outlets following it up. London Centric’s own documentary about the subject is now available to view on YouTube.
London, Crime, Transportation, Media, YouTube
15 points by BerislavLopac 77 days ago | 2 comments
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds (theguardian.com)
People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez), a study has found.
Air Quality, London, Environmental Policy, Urban Planning
7 points by zeristor 77 days ago | 0 comments
A waste dump is constantly on fire in London. Why will no one stop it? (theguardian.com)
Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help
Environment, Pollution, London, Politics, Waste Management
9 points by tapper 80 days ago | 0 comments
Railings Made from WWII Stretchers (wikipedia.org)
Stretcher railings are railings or fences which enclose some buildings in London, England, that were made of repurposed medical stretchers left over from the Blitz during World War II.
History, Architecture, London, Recycling
11 points by lqet 91 days ago | 1 comments
Top London restaurants adopt minimum spend to deter bots and influencers (ft.com)
Restaurants, London, Influencers, Business, Technology
14 points by mmarian 91 days ago | 5 comments
The Cat's Meat Man: Feeding Felines in Victorian London (publicdomainreview.org)
On January 10, 1901, twelve days before Queen Victoria did the unthinkable and died, 250 cat’s meat men sat down to a slap-up dinner at a restaurant in Holborn, on the edge of central London.
History, London, Animals, Victorian Era
4 points by pepys 92 days ago | 0 comments
Edgware 1924: The Making of a Suburb (modernism-in-metroland.co.uk)
One hundred years ago, the new Edgware Underground station was opened. It marked the completion of the tube extension from Golders Green, on the line we now call the Northern, but what was then the Charing Cross. Euston & Hampstead Railway, owned by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, the forerunner to London Transport.
History, London, Transportation, Suburbs
16 points by benbreen 98 days ago | 4 comments
Traces of London's first Roman basilica found beneath office basement (heritagedaily.com)
Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) have discovered traces of London’s first Roman basilica, dating back nearly 2,000-years.
Archaeology, History, London, Ancient Rome
25 points by janpot 99 days ago | 3 comments
Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement (bbc.com)
A discovery underneath the basement of an office block has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London.
Archaeology, History, London, Roman Empire
140 points by petethomas 100 days ago | 32 comments
Age of Invention: How Coal Won (ageofinvention.xyz)
Over the course of 1570-1600, people all along the eastern coast of England, and especially in the rapidly-expanding city of London, stopped using wood to heat their homes. They instead began to burn an especially crumbly, sulphurous coal from near Newcastle in Northumberland — a fuel whose thick, heavy smoke reeked, stinging their eyes, making them wheeze and cough, and tarnishing their clothes, furnishings, and skin.
History, Energy, England, Pollution, London
10 points by Khaine 100 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Built a site to find London's best art exhibitions (happenz.org)
Indonesian artist explores ancestral memory and gender through paintings, installations and scent, reclaiming traditionally male Balinese art forms.
Art, London, Exhibitions, Culture, Indonesia
22 points by bozkan 101 days ago | 10 comments
London Street Views (1840) (davidrumsey.com)
History, London, Photography
172 points by jfil 110 days ago | 23 comments
Where is London's most central sheep? (blogspot.com)
It's time to tackle one of London's great unanswered questions.
London, Geography, Humor, Trivia
247 points by GeoAtreides 120 days ago | 161 comments
The Curious Gems of the River Thames (atlasobscura.com)
On the banks of the River Thames, when the tide is low, a person walking along the shore can see all kinds of things. With a keen eye, you can spot blue-and-white shards of 19th-century pottery, delicate stems of 18th-century clay pipes, brass buttons from coats, and coins dating back to the Romans.
History, Archaeology, London, River Thames
74 points by alt227 130 days ago | 24 comments