Archive for December, 2004

A very quick Friday Film post before we go out to an overly-crowded pub and drink over-priced drink until midnight chimes. It’s Future Film news because these are the films we’re really looking forward to in the new year. We’ve provided links to sites/trailers where …

Out with the old and in with the err…old It’s the last night of 2004 and Channel 4 has a night of looking back on three of the most popular shows it has broadcast in the last few years – Frasier, Friends and Sex in …

Well, everybody else is doing it, so why can’t we? Here we present Londonist’s favourite music of 2004, along with pointers to other sites’ lists. It might be worth bearing in mind if you’re brave enough to visit the shops during the January Sales melee. …

2004 has been the year of superhero dads chaining themselves to various things. Could 2005 be the year of the aggreived mums? If so, then Janice Crowley could be the first of many. She chained herself to the railings outside the Courts of Justice today …

Londonist isn’t sure we know anyone who actually admits to liking New Year’s Eve anymore, but we’re determined to make the best of it this year, so here’s a little rundown of some last-minute things you might want to contemplate. If you really feel like …

A couple of weeks ago we reported on the plans to use the Millennium Dome as a homeless shelter over the Christmas period. Now it’s difficult not to be cynical about anything which has something to do with the Dome, but this at least seemed …

What exactly are they making them do in The Producers? Bungee jump? Base jumping? White water rafting? First it was Richard Dreyfuss, a man who, in the past, has tackled Great White Sharks and been paralysed from the neck down. But even he was forced …

As you’ve probably noticed, Londonist has been winding down in the lead up to the Christmas holidays over the past week. Obviously we won’t be posting anything tomorrow, Boxing Day or the following Bank holidays, but we’ll be back with a ‘limited service’ (like the …

With all the predictability and regularity that they’ve never quite managed to achieve with their trains, London Underground staff have “averted” their New Year’s Eve strike by reaching a last-minute pay deal with London Transport managers. RMT general secretary Bob Vrow lived up to his …

Did you see what we did there? You see, normally it’s called Friday Film News, but for today we changed the ‘Friday’ to ‘Festive’, because it’s all about the films to watch over Xmas on the telly, and we managed to keep the alliteration. Anyway… …