Archive for December, 2005

Long ago, let’s say, in the 1950s and before, the gay population of London created, under unimaginable duress, a remarkably rich subculture, involving unique spaces, rituals, and languages all invisible (by necessity) to the society at large. By some accounts, all that came to an …

Today Londonist introduces it’s latest column: Inside Westminster. That’s not cryptic or anything, it’s a bloke who works in Westminster writing about what goes on… in Westminster. And what a day to start a regular political column? David Cameron has put on his leader’s hat …

It’s been a good year for guitar pop bands and a good year for the folk and anti-folk scenes. So how did the Londonist music dungeon find itself rediscovering the joys of good heavy thrashing noise somewhere between Maximo Park and Sufjan Stevens? No idea, …

We like our hidden bits of London, the secret and forgotten and pleasantly rediscovered bits. Did you know that there was once a swimming pool in the very heart of Soho? The Marshall Street Baths were built in 1931 for “the health and well-being of …

“No sorry, I couldn’t buy you anything this year as I didn’t want to damage my lungs.” That could work couldn’t it? Especially if you accompanied it with a bit of wheezy breathing and the odd hacking cough. You see, those trusty researchers at Imperial …

We have to say thank you to Londonist reader Martha who pointed us in the direction of London Review of Breakfasts.com a few weeks ago. Since then we’ve been monitoring this brekkie blog carefully and it’s very good indeed. In fact it could be said …

Photograph based on actual events These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Making sense of our world at the Royal Institution Most of …

No individual will face charges over the Ladbroke Grove rail crash. One of the men accused of murdering John Monckton has claimed he’s been framed and was never at the scene of the crime. A “drunken end-of-term rampage” by LSE students has caused tens of …

Here’s some good ones we’ve found: London Underground lines (stations not included unfortunately). London’s theatres (some highly predictable clustering here). London traffic cameras Panoramic images of London (nicely done, can be a bit slow though). London sports news (double click on London and press F2). …

Londonist’s record at publishing end of year polls has been a little sketchy as of late, so we thought we’d redress the balance a little bit by giving you a sneak preview of Time Out’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers list of 2005 which is …