Oxford Street’s Very Important Pedestrian Day on Saturday was such a success there are calls for it to become permanently pedestrianised. The Evening Standard yesterday ran a cri de coeur to banish fume-belching, noise-throbbing, snail-crawling traffic from London’s world famous shopping district. We’ve been here …
Mind the crocodile by mondoagogo. Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.
That would be great, though, wouldn’t it? If you could get newly crowned World Champion F1 driver and all round superstar in the making Lewis Hamilton to race off against triple Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy, only Hamilton’s in a Merc and Hoy’s on his …
Photo site Someone Once Told Me, the brainchild of journalist Mario Cacciottolo, has been catching the attention of many a curious Londoner as well as web-savvy folks and photography fans from around the world. The Guardian, described it as: “Whether it was a text message …
A year’s worth of London Bloggers Meetups wrapped up last night with Hark the Herald Angels Blog at Ember near Farringdon Station. For regulars to the (not quite but usually) monthly get-togethers, last night’s mingle session presented much of the same camaraderie as previous ones, …
Seems everyone’s fired up about the Blur reunion gig set for July 3, 2009 in Hyde Park. It’s going to be one hell of a party. What this means, however, is that the scramble for tickets is going to be mercilessly gloves off, virtual elbows …
Random trivia of the week: In what role did a 5-year-old Michael Palin make his acting debut in his preparatory school’s performance of A Christmas Carol? You’ll find the answer (it’s not as obvious as you might think) – and more appearances by both Palin …
Fears are growing for a London doctor who may be facing a forced marriage in Bangladesh. X Factor? More like Why Factor as JLS fans stampede at a free Croydon gig. A dodgy sounding scheme has been hatched to wipe out NHS debt in London. …
With the ongoing saga of The Pipettes line up changes, our favourite original girl Rose Dougall tonight plays a solo gig at 229 on Great Portland Street. With a distinctively more chilled sound than the pow pow pop of The Pips, the gig will also …
Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …
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