Archive for September, 2005

Cripes, we not really sure where to start. So many exhibitions and only 31 days to see them all in – just remember to pack your brolly because looking outside it seems winter is here again. Tomorrow marks the opening of Edvard Munch by Himself …

Ever since Al Jolson opened his gob in the Jazz Singer the worlds of cinema and rock’n’roll have become inextricably linked. You’re going to have to go with us on the Jazz Singer rock’n’roll analogy but you know what we mean. Almost 100 years later …

Battersea bridge is closed and all roads that lead to the river seem to be a polluted gridlock at present. Fear not, the Londonist Tech are at hand with a few gadgets that might help those sick of the traffic. Firstly smash your piggy bank. …

It’s proper gig going weather now, so no ‘it’s a shame to waste the nice weather’ rubbish, get thee to a venue and immerse yourself in the glory of music. And then come back stinking of cigarette smoke because the girls next to you spend …

The 13th Raindance Film Festival is well underway and we’ve already been bowled over by the gems on offer. Yesterday we saw a cracking Swedish police thriller based on Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander novels, a snowy Japanese indie flick about three kids up to their …

Just like Arsene, we believe in bringing through fresh young talent. So whereas the Gooners might have Fabregas, Van Persie, Clichy and Flamini, we’ve got….Dave. Dave come to us through our recruitment drive , and we’d be happy to hear from any other budding sport …

There’s only one film we could kick off with this week and that film is…Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Ok, not really. Although we will get to that eventually. No, the film we’re most interested in this week is David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. It’s …

Did anyone pick up Time Out’s Eating and Drinking Guide 2006 when it came out? If you did you might have seen a little editorial comment suggesting that London is one of the most expensive cities in the world to drink wine. Ok, so it’s …

We like modern Italians so very much, what with their rich foods and fine wines, innate sense of style, glamorous crime syndicates and all that dolce vita stuff. But we love their Roman forbears, who came, saw, conquered and, most importantly for us, founded this …

The other day in the Londonist offices we sat down over a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits and realised that we were neglecting an important element of the fabric of the capital: the pub quiz. Everyone loves a pub quiz. It’s like …