Archive for December, 2005

Since we down here in the dungeon are absolutely convinced that your New Year’s resolutions are all going to be to see more live music in 2006 we’ve kindly decided to drop you a list of some of the shows we’d like to see you …

Just a quick, special edition of the FFN this week as there’s no real cinema releases, so Instead we’re going to take a look at the films we’re really looking forward to in 2006. These aren’t necessarily the ones that we ‘guarantee’ will be great, …

If you are willing to step out tomorrow night despite the impending tube strike then you’ll probably be wanting to catch the New Year’s Eve fireworks display put on by Ken & Co. All the details are here but, as you might imagine, the fireworks …

The second part in our guide to the best holiday season art exhibitions (read Part 1). Design Museum: Robert Brownjohn Retrospective of the American graphic designer at his peak in the 50’s and 60’s. His work includes the title sequences for the James Bond films …

No progress on the New Year’s strikes, with the RMT refusing to attend talks with LU (although the Times seems hopeful.) Ken has said “A strike will do nothing other than spoil a great night out for hundreds of thousands of Londoners.” Some ‘good’ tube …

Naked calendars… hilarious aren’t they? Ok, so for the most part they’re a bunch of crap, but this one produced by the London Bike Messengers Association (in aid of the Bicycle Messenger Emergency fund) did catch our eye, and not just because “it contains nothing …

A couple of months ago we reported on the fact that Rockstar Games were opening a London office, and as part of the post we raised this question: So, could the new studio be a sign that a GTA: London is in the works? Well, …

Tired of the telly? All Playstationed out? Over the next three days we’ll bring you a guide to the best holiday season art exhibitions. So grab your coat, we’re goin’ down the galleries. National Portrait Gallery: Cornel Lucas – Shooting Stars Brings together fifty of …

Lambis Nikolau, the Greek IOC member who is said to have pressed the wrong button and handed London the 2012 Olympics, has said that the allegations are “unfounded”. As of this morning the New Year tube strike is still on, but the RMT and London …

All the leftovers eaten? Recovered from seeing every piece of glass in the Gherkin explode? Relieved that we’ve been saved from TEN terrorist attacks since 2001? Time to take a breather before all those pesky New Year’s resolutions kick in then. This is that odd …