Archive for December, 2007

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NYE Extra Extra

Breakfast DJ Kevin Greening dies. Always seems that much sadder at this time of year. The New Year Honours List has been around for a few days now. When Londonist gets time, we’ll go through and pick out all the London noteworthies. There’s a surprise. …

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New Tube Map Cover To Distract From Travelcard Increases

To brighten up the New Year the tube map has got a new look as of 2 January. Art on the Underground commissioned Cornelia Parker to create the new cover art which is rather like a pretty Rorschasch splodge that looks a bit like a …

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Londonist Stays In – New Years Eve

Well, here it is. New Year’s Eve. We’ve told you where to go for fireworks, and where to go dancing, but you may not be feeling up for the whole NYE hullabaloo. If that’s the case, or if you’re feeling very ambitious and hosting your …

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2007′s Gigs of the year

We already knew London was capital of the world, but 2007 has firmly cemented us as the best city by far musically. The Millennium Dome reopened as the O2 Arena, hosting not only 21 nights of Prince, the Rolling Stones, Take That, and the Spice …

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London On The Cheap: New Year’s Edition

Right, so you’re either saving up to blow the last of the December salary on one helluva NYE out or you’re just stony broke after Christmas/sales shopping. Either way, unless you’re happy to simply hibernate for the week here are some ideas for New Year …

Week Around the -Ists

SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others. Phillyist counted down the top ten items on Philadelphia’s New Year’s wish list. Gothamist looked at the wooden bikes …

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Music Choice: 31st December 2007 – 4th January 2008

Talia has already covered the more common places to go dancing tomorrow night, but for a more alternative music New Years Eve, then wander over to Kings Cross’ Monto Water Rats to catch Brighton rockers Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play a special New Years gig …

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Dance Dance : NYE Special!

New Years Eve is a funny one. Some people think it’s the best night ever, and those who don’t are kind of forced into thinking maybe they should be thinking that and invariably end up having a rubbish night. But how about you just think …

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A Little Dollop Of Mustard

From the files at mustardweb.org

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The Saturday Strangeness

33. Big Cat Round Up 2007 was a record year for my own research into ‘big cat’ sightings – www.kentbigcats.blogspot.com – although London and the infamous ‘beast of Bexley’ was reasonably quiet, this proved to me that such animals had wider territories. In January a …