Archive for August, 2005

Out there in cloud cuckoo land and obviously not wanting to let Sharon Osborne’s blistering return volley at Iron Maiden (it’s like the Alien Queen versus Ripley) take all the pop column inches, pugilist, prol poet, and one time popcorn pusher (at the Prince Charles …

A couple of weeks ago we ran a couple of stories about BBC’s London news reporter Matt Barbet and what seemed to be a growing legion of ‘Barbettes’ – Barbet groupies who were watching Matt on the telly for more than his incisive reporting skills. …

A woman and child, perhaps her daughter, have died after being hit by the Heathrow Express according to the BBC. Another child, a two year old boy, survived and has been taken to Ealing Hospital. It looks like the three jumped from the platform at …

Mr. Bronson has gone to the teacher’s lounge in the sky. Michael Sheard the actor who brought to life the dreaded Grange Hill teacher Mr Bronson has died from cancer aged 65. Londonist has fond memories of Bronson and his indescribable hairpiece attempting to teach …

If you went anywhere near the Notting Hill Carnival or the other one this weekend, you may have acquired a taste for Caribbean food. The Caribbean is a broad group of countries and islands – though there is much good eating out there in London …

Ah, the property market. Very difficult for first-time buyers… Slump in house prices… Yadda, yadda and, indeed, yadda. It’s the conversational crutch that so often helps us get from perfunctory smalltalk to a meaningful, if repetitious, conversation. So if you find yourself sipping pinot amongst …

I’m reluctant to admit this, but I’m still afraid to ride the Tube. I feel guilty about it because I wasn’t near the attacks and didn’t suffer as so many did. But I can’t stop being nervous whenever I leave my house. It seems like …

Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Remixed The bank holiday took a little longer than expected, hence the late delivery of your friendly neighbourhood album review slot. So without further ado… Remix albums are a strange beast that sits in a pen marked Fans And Purists …

It remains unshakable, confident, sprawling, determined. There is a spirit and a soul here not found in other places, a remarkable spirit that makes London so special and civilized, even when things go terribly wrong like yesterday. Bertis Downs, occasionally known as the fourth member …

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Now that we are inching towards autumn, the book world seems to be emerging from its annual August slumber. And nowhere is this more evident …