Archive for March, 2006

It can be so frustrating hearing that a major classical performer is scheduled to appear in London only to discover that the tickets disappeared weeks ago, minutes after the date was announced. If you feel you’ve already missed out on the summer’s big concerts you …

The Turbine Hall in Tate Modern is, to put it mildly, bloody huge. It’s… enormous. And sometimes filled with polystyrene sugar cubes, strange weather or the mutterings of millions. However, a space like that has rarely seen live performance which makes sense if you’ve been …

Seems like the American Robin isn’t the only non-native bird to be settling in town these days. The results of the RSPB’s Big Garden Survey are in and the Hendon and Finchley Times is proud to announce the increase in the numbers of rare species …

With news that Wembley’s Take That concert has been moved to Milton Keynes Bowl, 90s pop fans across London must be feeling a bit grumpy. But have no fear, for tickets have today gone on sale for what sound like two of the most unnecessary …

Guns. A big issue with our cousins across the pond. The 2nd Amendment to the constitution means that people can keep assault rifles at home, and with Bush and his cronies in the White House, it doesn’t look like there will be any changes to …

It’s a quiet Friday on the new gigs front too. Sir Tom Jones plays Wembley Arena (since no one’s now playing the Stadium) on 28th October, piano man Billy Joel does the same on the 10th July, and the aptly named Arena Tour completes our …

London always has a kind of love & hate relationship with the tube. We love it – it takes us nearly everywhere we need and does it in a much quicker way than any other form of transport. We hate it because it doesn’t take …

It’s not a great news Friday what with Wembley not being Wembley, tube lines closing and the fact that there’s going to be a huge shortage of coke this weekend. So here’s one to warm your wellies as you wait for the weekend to wash …

It’s amazing how far you could get on the American dollar back in 1942: ‘Feckless’ WWII schoolgirls with ‘lax morals’ caused concern in government by skipping school, soliciting GIs – and catching venereal disease, papers show. Letters at the National Archives in Kew show much …

The money pit known as Wembley Stadium is now not due to open until 2007. Bon Jovi, Take That, Robbie Williams and the Rolling Stones have now been cast to the four winds – they’ll probably relocate to Twickenham and erm Milton Keynes. Anyone who …