Archive for June, 2005

The Londonist Blog Roundup has made it into its second week, which means it has already doubled the length of its anticipated run. The first rule is that there are no rules. The second rule is never talk about Blog Roundup. The third rule is …

We are writing to you again to give you an update on young Charles just before his annual report card is sent home. Under the circumstances we thought it best to let you know what’s been going on this year. Firstly there is the matter …

Official: the dognapping saga now has all the elements of the perfect Evening Standard story. The phone lines in the news room are red hot. Journalists are being recalled from the foreign and politics desks to lend support. It’s the biggest story possible. Liz Hurley …

After the muddy excess of Glasto (have you noticed how it’s cool to shorten the word Glastonbury this year? It’s like our version of Gitmo – without the cramped horrible conditions and torture by terrible music of course) and a couple of wanky stadium style …

There will be no F1 Parade through central London this year. Last July some 400,000 people took to the streets to watch 8 of the 10 F1 teams drive rather slower than normal through central London in what was touted as a bit of a …

Is it just us that gets utterly bored with Wimbledon by mid-way through the second week? It’s not just the fact that there are no British players by this stage of the tournament; because let’s face it, if it’s a choice between the charisma-less Come-On-Tim …

I’ve just started a job that requires me to look smart and all the clothes I bought say “dry clean only”. Is dry cleaning really necessary? How often do I have to do it? I have a tight budget. Alas, like the morning commute, dry …

Recently Londonist has been looking into getting a few tee shirts made up and in our hunt for suppliers we were pointed in the direction of the fantastic Sparratease.com. Sparra publish a ridiculously wide range of nice shirt prints including this nicely subtle Larry David …

First happy-slapping, now trigger-happy dognapping – the Evening Standard reports today that dogs are being stolen from their owners at gunpoint on the streets of London. Well, perhaps the plural is going a bit far – there’s only been one incident: The warning comes after …

Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening indeed! As if having to watch Coldplay play in a different postcode from them in the less-than-lovely surroundings of Crystal Palace stadium wasn’t bad enough, the hordes were attacked last night by freak weather conditions created by some shadowy …