Just after seven, and we’re arriving at the Monto Water Rats, rushed and slightly late having dashed across London, expecting to see an already performing Crispin Mills et al and a small crowd of appreciative and nostalgic thirty-somethings. Instead though, there’s a sign announcing that …
We’re a little fed up of worthy awareness-raising ‘days’. National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week might be really important, but it doesn’t really turn us on. National Ammo Day in the US sounds particularly unsavoury too – not just for the subject matter, but also, for …
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 18. Social Revolution? When I was a kid, television was dominated by the game show, like The Price Is Right or Bulls Eye. I think the …
Go. Go. Go. Never have we wanted to shout about a theatre production company more than Punch Drunk. Ever since we saw them perform Faust in an old warehouse, we were obsessed. On Friday night, we went to see their new offering, Masque of the …
Londonist appears to have spent all of our money on excellent but expensive gigs and over priced taxi fares this weekend. So once again, we’ve got no money. No, before you ask, we haven’t ever heard of budgeting. We don’t need to budget when there’s …
Encased in a Victorian style, full length white dress complete with puff sleeves, high neck and crayon black scrawls, hair all crazy curls and mad bag lady styling, PJ Harvey revealed an endearingly warm and ditzy personality behind her astonishing set list at this very …
The judicial system never ceases to astonish us. We learned this week of the tale of a South London boy of twelve who has been slapped with a rap for Grievous Bodily Harm following improper use of an elastic band during some class-time high jinx. …
20. A Chronicle Of Oddness Reaching the twentieth episode in the Saturday Strangeness is somewhat of a mini-milestone for me, and so to celebrate the capital’s frequent bouts of weirdness, here’s a brief catalogue of high strangeness pertaining to the weird, wonderful and downright sinister …
It’s entirely in the nature of ducks that they can fly under the radar, but only in fairy tales do kings arrive unannounced. Nevertheless, even those who would count themselves fans of ice hockey may be surprised to learn that the O2 Arena this weekend …
Londonist only writes three posts in one day!!! Vows to try harder next week. The big tase: Police NOT getting more tasers. Gang beat up sleeping man. Historic Croydon sends out a Save Our Sausages. Image courtesy of Blech via the Londonist flickr group.
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