Archive for February, 2008

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London On The Cheap

Doesn’t sunshine make everything seem better? Alright, it’s been brass monkeys but nothing lifts the winter blues like bright skies, crisp air and early daffodils. It’s half term for most kids this week so your commute might even be more pleasant. In which case, perhaps …

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Premiership Abroad: View From The USA

As the repercussions continue around the Premiership’s shock announcement that it was going to take its brand of football around the world in a weekend, its chief executive Richard Scudamore is determined that the plan should survive in some way, shape or form. As we …

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A Little Dollop Of Mustard

From the files at mustardweb.org

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Cat Arrested Over Rubbish Attack

Red Dwarf legend, Danny John Jules, was apparently arrested in his dressing gown yesterday for allegedly threatening a bin-man outside his house in North London. Eye witnesses seem keen to confirm he brandished a samurai sword at them and went “beserk” in a dispute over …

Londonvidium: #2 Crazy Stunt Bikes

101 reasons why cycling on the pavement should be encouraged. This one’s perhaps a bit longer than it needs to be, but still impressive. Original video by coops1. If you have a London-based video, or a splendid idea for one you’d like us to film, …

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Saturday Cinema Summary

Our weekly roundup of film reviews returns, courtesy of James Bryan… After the giddy heights of last week’s reviews and the orgy of stars that it resulted in, normal service is resumed this week. We have cancer comedy The Bucket List, global action franchise to …

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The Saturday Strangeness

40. London UFOs Part Six The ‘70s began slow for UFO reports over the capital, but then things got very weird! Firstly, at Acton, a witness reported a UFO sighting to Hounslow Police Station. Then, two police officers in the same building spotted presumably the …

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Do London Like Lisa

Says Matt from SFist: I thought you might be interested in these “do lond-on like a local” tourism posters that’ve been showing up in san francisco lately. my favorite is this one… suggesting that the local custom is to be decapitated and served on a …

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Baby You’re A Rich Man…

Londonist doesn’t get the property-with-a-history thing. OK, we sure wouldn’t have wanted to live at 39, Hilldrop Crescent, and Apsley House might have a certain cachet were it to appear on the market. But buying a property because x, y, or z once picked flowers/their …

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Extra, Extra

Massive Attack to curate Meltdown London flood resilience to be tested East London super-church for KICC turned down Bloomsbury insider archive goes on display at the British Library Camden Market reopens in time for the weekend – London urged to rally round traders Image courtesy …