Archive for March, 2008

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London On The Cheap

It’s officially Spring and by Pisces it’s lovely out there in the sunshine. Crocuses have been spotted in Highbury Fields so our biggest recommendation for expenditure light trips this week is get to the parks and into the gardens and witness the miracles of the …

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Music Choice: Monday 3rd – Friday 7th March

This week saw Londonist get incredibly excited about a few live music events. First up, was French pop sensation Yelle, who played an intimate show at the Old Blue Last. Then, we had the Camden Crawl line up which, as ever, is pretty amazing for …

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Is Poisoning Coming Back into Fashion?

It’s off to prison today for the Hendon Abortionist, Gil Magira. This is the nutter whose reaction to the news that his wife (wife, note, not mistress or maid) was pregnant was not to bestow flowers and extra hugs, but rather to lace her food …

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Tube Wins Transport Oscar

As a parochial and unglamorous antidote to the Hollywood Oscars that took place last weekend, London Underground was crowned Public Transport Operator of the Year at what LUL are desperately trying to sex up as the “transport Oscars” but are actually more prosaically known as …

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Review: Joshua Ferris, Joe Dunthorne & Richard Milward @ Bardens Boudoir

Will we please shut up about these books already? Yes, we will. But not before telling you one last time just how much we enjoyed Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris and how much we look forward to reading Apples by Richard …

Londonvidium:#4 Moore at Kew

This is the final month of the Moore at Kew exhibition, the kind of attraction that “Don’t Miss” columns were invented for. 28 monumental sculptors by Henry Moore are scattered throughout the grounds. Our very own Tiki Chris has recorded them in this video, with …

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Sporting Weekend: Women’s Eights Head of the River

While many of us will be looking forward to a very pleasant lie-in this morning 251 crews will be down by the Thames at the crack of dawn preparing themselves for the 10am start of the 2008 Womens’ Head of the River Race (WEHORR). In …