Archive for May, 2005

So that’s it then for Divisions Two, Three and Four. Except for Brentford and West Ham who have both made it into the play-offs. For West Ham it’s a case of déjâ vu. Another year in the play-offs, another year up against Ipswich Town. The …

The weekend passes all too soon but with its passing at least comes the Monday Music Review, this week brought to you in association with Paul Westerberg‘s Folker. Once upon a time, at the height of Brit Pop, an unassuming bunch of Scotsmen wrote an …

We love to champion new capital based talent, but Londonist also enjoys getting into a band at ground level as opposed to when you’ve no choice but to fork over £50 to a tout outside a sold out Brixton Academy gig, so we were eager …

The owners of the For Your Eyes Only poledancing school must be rubbing their hands with glee this morning. Why? Because, fortunately for them, their West End training academy was the one chosen by 23-year-old Stephanie Hulme, the RAF aircraftswoman who was given over two …

Strike a light! British Airways has compiled an online dictionary of London slang to help American tourists and ex-pats blend in and feel at home. Although Londonist can think of few more conspicuous things than an American tourist casually attempting to slip the words “tickety-boo” …

Who knew that the battle of the London radio station was such ‘headline news’? Look at

We weren’t really looking forward to trawling through the Kingdom of Heaven reviews this week. To be honest, historical epics are starting to bore us and we can do without seeing any more of Orlando Bloom brandishing oversized weapons while his hair gently shifts in …

Now that the clocks have changed and good weather is upon us, it feels like it’s time to work off that winter fat by engaging in some outdoor pursuits. Surely our fair city has a wealth of opportunities for those willing to shun the pub …

Well I think enough of the Londonist staff have sufficiently recovered from last night to try and make a bit of sense of what actually happened in the capital. So here we go. Overall turnout was up 3% on 2001 with 58.2% of us bothering …

At the time of writing the grand folk of this fine island nation are still deciding which venerable party is going to be responsible for late running trains and broken tube lines so as you read this you could be weeping for joy or arranging …