Anyone wanna puppy? But you’ve got to promise Londonist to look after it. Or if not dogs, howzabout some ants c/o London Zoo? Maybe birds are more your thing: check out the pair of peregrine falcons that have moved into the Houses of Parliament. The …
…nor any crime so shameful as poverty. So wrote George Farquhar a few hundred years ago, and it still applies. Only not quite the way that he meant it. For it is both a scandal and a crime that children in 21st Century London can …
Want some recognition for all that elbow bending at the bar? Well, head over to Jermyn Street’s Cavendish Hotel, sidle up to Lobby Bar and ask the bartender for the “Gold Medal”. Created by Cavendish’s head barman, Robert Gaggl, the “Gold Medal” – available now …
Norway – deep fjords, liberals. Sweden – flatpack furniture, Volvos. Finland – icy lakes, goths. Iceland – geysers, expensive drinks. Our Nordic neighbours have never seemed what you’d call hilarious. They can’t have much to laugh about, can they? All that’s about to change, with …
Despite the recent firebombing of its Islington HQ, Gibson Square announced today that they intend to continue with publication of The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones. The book, concerning the life and times of the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife A’isha, was initially snapped up …
That WRITELondon lady, poet and creative writery type, Jasmine Cooray, is appearing alongside a whole host of female performers at the launch of The Hothouse tonight, at The Cross Kings, York Way N1. It’s a spoken word fundraiser – just a round £5 entry – …
Shilpa Rajan is a Wembley-based fashion designer who recently showcased her very first collection from her House of Bilimoria label. She stands out for us not just because of her beautiful clothes, but her love of the craft involved in the process of fashion design …
The source of the Cutty Sark fire last year (one that we bombastically claimed had “destroyed” the clipper) has been identified: an industrial vacuum cleaner, missing its thermal regulator switch, was accidentally left switched on over the weekend. It subsequently overheated and sparked a blaze …
Oh Sherry, there’s no reason to be all alone anymore! “Culinary alchemist” Heston Blumenthal (of Fat Duck fame), with scientist Professor Don Mottram of Reading University, has discovered a group of compounds known as diketopiperazines (try saying that drunk without offending someone) in Sherry. Apparently, …
Happy nightmares in E1 by Dartar Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.
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