Archive for November, 2006

Ding Dong! The Ashes are back. Excited? Well, you should be. Because the test match series between Australia and England that starts tomorrow, promises to deliver more of the same gut-wrenching levels of joy and despair that illuminated the summer of 2005. This time round, …

We like quizzes here at Londonist, but we don’t go to nearly enough of them hence this being only our 4th ever quiz review. We’re rubbish. Have you been to any good ones recently? Name and location of pub The Three Kings is in fancy …

The Met have moved fast on a burglary that took place last Thursday, arresting a man the following day. The speedy result could have something to do with the fact that the crime took place right under their noses and that they themselves were the …

Last time we wrote about a list the NME had published, they tried to sue us. This time we’re actually impressed by what they’ve written. Yes, it’s time for that all important ‘how cool am i today list’ aka the NME 2006 Cool List. Instead …

alexbynature doesn’t give this photograph a title, but he does leave a very descriptive ha ha just below it. We think this may have been a test run for ken’s new powers – a little like that bit in Hellboy when he punches out traffic. …

It’s the start of a brand new column, where we’ll be taking a look at the changing face of London over the last century or so. Kind of like a time-travelling photoblog. To kick off, here are views of St James, Clerkenwell in 1906 and …

There was a strong display of British talent at the International Emmy Awards. Graham Norton was there too. The success of Brit shows has sent the Americans into a remake frenzy according to The Times: Life on Mars, the BBC time-travel drama starring John Simm …

The epic new Bloc Party single is out there on the internet. It’s called The Prayer and it’s the first single from February’s A Weekend In The City. We are glad to have heard it because we were quite frankly more than a little worried …

Londonist: Check this out: “Parents have forced a school trip to a mosque to be abandoned because they did not want their children exposed to a religion that was not their own.“ Cronenburger: Americans! Where was that? Londonist: Croydon Cronenburger: Oh for fuck’s sake. Londonist: …

If you’ve been down to Piccadilly Circus this week you might have noticed that the famous Coke advertising board has changed. Instead of being soley Coke, it’s focusing on a joint promotion with iTunes which we love the sound of: Send a text message with …