Archive for February, 2008

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Review: FORM @ Olympia

For those of you with a penchant for furniture with an artistic flair or pretty but undeniably useless knick-knacks, your mecca is open for this weekend only. FORM: London – which takes over Olympia National Hall until 2 March – falls somewhere between massive gallery …

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Random Graffito Of The Week: Tox08

Sorry, sorry, sorry. We just can’t help it. Tox spotting is our annual hobby. As usual, the moronic tag is plastered all along the Regents Canal, and we spotted it on the side of a Tube train the other day. This plucky yet monotonous scamp …

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Extra, Extra

Harrygate escalates: Prince pulled out of Afghanistan, whilst the media whip selves into frenzy over involvement in the news blackout/leak. Winegate averted (for now): Winehouse will not face charges in connection with husband’s alleged attempts to pervert justice. Guess which city is the world’s museum …

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Mayoral Update: Ken Concentrates On His Personality

All I do each night is pray…hoping that I’ll be electable again some day. The highlight of the mayoral election week came at the Evening Standard’s Influentials Debate at the RSA on Monday, when Ken Livingstone told LBC breakfast host Nick Ferrari why he doesn’t …

Drink-ography: bridgeen by chutney bannister

Photography courtesy of chutney bannister via the Londonist pool on Flickr. Interested in your drink-related photos appearing on Londonist? Click here.

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Hampstead House A Snip At £40 Million

Sore at missing out on the £50 million pad up in London’s own Billionaire Row that was sold last month? Well, here’s the good news – another one’s just come on the market. Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has decided to up sticks from Bishops Avenue …

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Trippier than Towing

Yesterday, we saw a strange sight in Soho: Cars are being lifted straight out of their parking spots onto trucks and being hauled away. Even more surprisingly, we heard reports of it happening again today, on Regent Street. Well, we can expect to see many …

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History in the Caffeinated Making

Time was when getting into the Guinness Book of World Records really meant something. You had to walk 130 kilometres with a milk bottle balanced on your head. Or keep on teasing the ladies with your Hot Stuff routine well into your sixties in order …

Food-ography: A Trip To The Zombie Convenience Store by MykReeve

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London Food Blog Round-Up for February

Chris at Cheese and Biscuits, lists the top ten things he hates about London restaurants. We heartily agree with point #10. Stonch’s Beer Blog takes its readers on an 1881 pub crawl in Clerkenwell. The ladies at Cupcakes Take the Cake interview the owner of …