If you’ve had unprotected sex lately then maybe you have but how would you know? Chlamydia is an elusive STI; easily transmitted yet slyly showing no symptoms. Undetected the infection can lead to infertility and arthritis in boys and girls alike. Under 25s are particularly …
Image by Simon Crubellier Boris gives himself six and a half out of ten for his first year in charge. Do you agree? Kate Moss is in a tiff with tradesman Swine flu: two new cases in London Roman glass bowl excavated from east London …
As part of La Linea the London Latin Music festival, Tuesday night saw the Barbican taken over by a Latin carnival with a uniquely British twist. “Spanish Bombs: Tropical Tribute to The Clash” saw some of the biggest stars from the Latin music scene take …
Alright ladies! Y’all know you need to drink more beer. It’s good for ya. Or at least, that’s what the folks behind the BitterSweet Partnership wanted us to tell you. The BitterSweet Partnership (full disclosure: it’s a biz set-up by Molson Coors Brewing Company) works …
Take your last look at Shoreditch: zone 2 / image by diamond geezer under a Creative Commons licence A couple of bits of transport news filtered out of south-east London in the last week or so: the proposed Victoria-Bellingham service has been scrapped in the …
Let’s face it, we need you. Fresh ideas and fresh voices are the lifeblood of Londonist. Without them, we end up wallowing in cliché, like using this image of Lord Kitchener for a recruitment drive. Lame, eh? So we’re looking for new writers to join …
Photo by Alex Cottrill from the Londonist Flickr pool Head to Brighton and behind the throng of daytrippers and holidaymakers, there’s a melancholic echo of days gone by: Salt air peels paint from houses. End of the pier entertainments, the ghostly voice of the old …
Image by solsken The newly-expanded Whitechapel Art Gallery opened to the public at the beginning of April, but hasn’t yet been officially blessed by the wafting finger of a Windsor. Prince William is set to do the honours: on May 11th the second in line …
From aurelien’s Flickrstream under a Creative Commons Attribution licence Everything about this show suggests that it could be a little bit special. Announced only a week ago it sold out within six minutes and, with tickets changing hands outside for £150, the thought of seeing …
It’s rather gloomy and grey today as if we had only dreamed of the sunshine and coat-less past Sunday. Was that our summer? Is it over? We hope not but just in case, we made a little film of a very summery event last weekend, …
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