Londonist has been chortling all day at the latest antics of Westminster Council. It would seem that they are so desperate to rid Soho of its last few bastions of (real) sin (as opposed to fake sin) and close down the remaining three clip joints …
The Telegraph talks about our foreign rich people and how they’d look on Booth’s poverty map. Including this wanted Russian oligarch. The London Eye – who would now dare pull it down? Memorial service marks 10th anniversary of the death of The People’s Princess. Gawd …
Damien Hirst’s most expensive piece has been sold for £50 Million. The famous diamond encrusted skull titled ‘For The Love Of God’ went for the full asking price and all we know is that it was sold to an ‘investment group’. Don’t worry. If you …
Fundraising events, for whatever cause, should always try to be novel and attention grabbing if they’re going to reap the quids in. Londonist keeps up with the best of them. Lately, we’ve had the vet in a dog bowl, the bunny rabbit taxi and bid …
When we were students, meals involved the following: Super Noodles, cheese on toast, Chinese takeaway, Indian takeaway, cheesy chips at the Student Union and beer. Oh, and more beer. Now this looks like it might change. Nutrition experts at Surrey University have put together a …
That’s right, the DLR has been going for, if you can believe it, 20 years today. This seems like forever for this Londonista’s favourite mode of transport around London. So where did it all start? Well Londonist took a little light rail trip down memory …
An occasional column on the forces behind the capital’s economy. Potemkin, a Russian-themed vodka bar on Clerkenwell Road, has unveiled an intriguing set of five cocktails whose recipes will be tied to stock prices. It’s not an entirely new idea. We (barely) remember a night …
Okay, so we hold up our hands. Yesterday we completely forgot to do “Ticket Alerts”… and thus most of you will probably have your tickets when I tell you what gigs are on sale today. Foo Fighters have announced that they’re doing a two night …
The BBC are facting us out from under the sheets this morning with a bevy of traffic stats garnered from London councils. 5 million parking tickets were issued in 12 months up to March 2007. That’s roughly one per car in the greater London area, …
BAA are cutting 2000 airport jobs. Because the major problem with Heathrow and other pull-out-your-hair-ports is the unwieldy number of staff clamouring over each other to help you at check-in and baggage reclaim. New trains are too heavy for their tracks. Or is it that …
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