Archive for July, 2006

The Gay Cops vs. God Cops grudge match is hotting up as things turn… well… a bit Biblical: The head of the Gay Police Association (GPA) received a death threat after a row erupted over an advert the group put in a national newspaper. The …

This week One of our favourite London bands Boy Kill Boy release new single Civil Sin today, the third single to be taken from their debut album Civilian. To celebrate the band complete with their very straight hair and swoonworthy eyeliner will be performing at …

Crime pays, apparently. Well, ok, it pays better if you’re savvy enough to nick money through ‘white-collar’ methods. Bloody bourgeoisie. Not content with stealing the full fruits of the blue-collar workers’ industry, they wangle themselves a better deal if they happen to be nicked for …

Since Alex James’ sideproject Wigwam crashed and burned, and Damon Albarn announced the end of Gorillaz, we’ve been feeling slightly more confident in claims that we’ll be seeing a new Blur album by the end of the year. Now it seems there are not one …

Going to the pub is lovely. There’s the bar, there’s the row of pumps, each one a gateway to a different beer experience. There may be games to play with your friends. There may be some entertainment laid on by the management. There’s food and …

Any Londonist readers who dream of becoming Conservative Mayor of London, you need to get your skates on. The deadline for ‘Tory Mayor Idol’ is this Friday. As the Times article says, so far there are only “two worthy but obscure” candidates who Ken would …

This day in London’s History 1703: Daniel Defoe is ordered to stand for three days in the pillory (a kind of hardcore version of the ‘stocks’) for taking the piss out of the government and the church. Good man. His satirical pamphlet ‘The Shortest Way …

Last Friday night, a 35-year-old a Brazilian man, was stabbed to death yards from his home in Fairbanks Road, Tottenham. Yesterday morning a huge fire broke out on the set of the new James Bond movie at Pinewood Studios. Thames Water is going to tap …

Hey, have you all been using our new “Recommend this” feature at the bottom of each post? This week we’re bringing you the “Most Recommended” posts from across the -ist world, as well as recommending some of our own. Phillyist thinks that readers recommended this …

For all the Londonist readers who’ve been hanging out for news of Betty the squirrel monkey, the good news is she’s back. Yes, after 12 hours roaming of roaming the treetops in Regent’s Park, Betty “voluntarily returned to her enclosure when it got dark, at …