Good too that so many have had a chance to see Godot before it hits London.

The entire battery would be able to fire up to 10 shots a minute, capable in theory of hitting London with 600 projectiles every hour.

Especially popular in the current climate is the idea of a tax on financial transactions - which would, of course, hit London especially hard.

Nothing has yet hit London on the same scale.

If we hit London quickly, thoroughly, we could still see the king on the throne.

A sardonic crack that circulated at the time went: "They aimed for the stars and hit London instead."

Influences from the Far East are hitting London in a big way.

About 800 missiles hit London and the surrounding area.

This gave it the range to hit London.

On September 8 the first of the long-dreaded V-2 rockets hit London.