The Put People First march was held on Saturday – the first of the G20 protests. An estimated 35,000 people took to the cold and grey streets of London to demand action on climate change, poverty and jobs. All images from the Londonist Flickr pool.
Officially now in British summer time, the weekend was graced with moments of the spring sunshine and blue sky. Enjoyed by a few who headed to the parks to soak in the precious rays of light. Photo by Everita via the Londonist Flickrpool.
The world’s purportedly biggest invitation ever has been created this morning at Covent Garden. Comprised of 2,000 square feet of forty-three thousand seasonal fruits, flowers and vegetables (including more than eleven thousand parsnips and nine thousand cauliflowers), the edible invite serves as an announcement of …
Image by NiJoKeR There Will Be Blood, Gomorrah, In Bruges and No Country For Old Men are just three of the great films that readers of Empire didn’t vote for at their star-studded awards bash over the weekend. While 2008 provided some truly great works …
Image of last year’s Sex & The City premiere in Leicester Sq courtesy of clearbrian‘s Flickr photostream Six months ago it was mere rumour. Now, it’s unsubstantiated fact! The sequel to last year’s Sex & The City movie will be filming in our fair city! …
No one’s gonna save you from the beast with forty eyes. Jacko rumours continue to circulate like Marmite in milk. But how about this one, from the Telegraph of all places? “Michael Jackson will live near haunted caves during London concerts”. It’s clearly some kind …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 30th March 1979: Conservative MP Airey Neave is killed by a car-bomb in the House of Commons car park. Tuesday – 31st March 1990: Violence erupts as hundreds of thousands of anti-poll-tax protesters take to the streets in …
Beth Orton was awash with skittery nerves last night in the intimate living room space of the Slaughtered Lamb. She was struggling not only with sickness – promising not to projectile vomit over those cross legged at the front – but also the daunting prospect …
Photograph by David Velez Gothamist was intrigued by the Sad Panda seen walking around Manhattan. DCist couldn’t help but notice that the Obamas’ plan to give away tickets to the White House Easter Egg Roll entirely online didn’t go so well. Londonist discussed the ‘what’, …
Londonist Film Club looks at films with one thing in common: London. Our only rule is that the films must have either the word London or a London place name in the title. Other than that, any film is fair game. Notting Hill (1999) Director: …
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