When seven year old Charlie Simpson saw the grim  images of post-earthquake Haiti on television he reacted as most children his age would: he broke down and cried. But instead of begging his mother to change the station, the young bicycling aficionado asked how he could help. To date… Read the rest

In all the hub and bub about the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver it’s easy to forget that thousands of gold medal hopefuls across the world are packed away in warm gyms, sculpting their bodies for the 2012 summer Olympics in London. Being an Olympian means being… Read the rest

If you’re craving some Christmas pudding at High Timber in central London, be prepared to give up your right to sue. The traditional Christmas dessert is generally made out of a steamed or boiled mix of fruits and spices, as well as silver coins and charms.… Read the rest

Anyone walking along the River Thames in London is in for a surprise: there’s a polar bear floating on an ice berg. Alright, it’s only a sculpture, but the animal is very real looking, and created to symbolize a very real problem. 15 artists spent two months constructing the… Read the rest

I’m sorry for this post’s general irrelevance to everything we do at Wend, but…I mean…I couldn’t resist – could you? The gorillas in London’s Chessington Zoo were in a funk after being served a Christmas treat of brussell sprouts last week. Zoo-keepers were forced to issue an… Read the rest

Oh, what will those cheeky bastards think of next? Check out this video of what the British can do with a little bit of recycled garbage (including motorcycle parts, two Citreon 2CV engines, coffee filters and bits of broken cars) and a lot of freaky ingenuity. [Via: Uk.Gizmodo.com]

When I think of car rallies, two big names come to mind: the Mongol Rally and the Paris-Dakar Rally. Although incredibly adventurous, they don’t really evoke images of eco-friendliness. But a group of British eco-enthusiasts have recently finished up their own environmentally conscious rally… Read the rest

It’s ads like these that make you appreciate the European style of life… [Via The Goat]