Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops This week we stopped by Heywood Hill, a wonderful shop located a few steps away from Green Park. Opened in 1936 and supported by Nancy Mitford, it is not only a fun place to pop in for shelf …
Is London in possession of a lovelier outdoor space than Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre? We can’t think of many. And the cherry on top of last night’s late-sunshine-filled loveliness, was the opening night of Much Ado About Nothing, a brilliant riot of colour, comedy, …
It’s been a bad year thus far for the relationship between lorries and lady cyclists. This morning a woman was knocked off her bike by a lorry turning left into Bellendon Road in Peckham. Police at the scene say that the hospital ‘is doing all …
A very curious artist at work or it is a new style of yoga? We can’t quite tell but from this angle, his canvas balancing act has us intrigued. Photo by Wobblyturkey via the Londonist Flickrpool.
When Time Out editor Gordon Thomson resigned in February, Mark Frith was parachuted in to serve as Acting Editor. The former Heat supremo was also tasked with finding a permanent replacement for Thomson. That search is now over with news that Frith himself will front …
Image by Andy Wilkes Those 60,000 posters of work by Richard Long we told you about will be handed out to Jubilee Line passengers today and tomorrow. The giveaway is organised by Art on the Underground (naturally) and Tate Britain, where the artist’s work goes …
barGE, not Barge Barges may be seen as the recluse of eccentrics and ex-Londonistas, but thanks to some enterprising architects and their AutoCAD skills, they’re being dragged unwittingly into the modern era. The entry displayed here, which won a competition to remodel five barges for …
A review of a John Barrowman gig might not be quite what you’d expect to see pop up on Londonist, but when you’re offered tickets to go and see television’s most ubiquitous man – how could we refuse? Ending his UK tour with a mainly …
Got Twitter on your phone? Here’s something useful you can do with it instead of trying to talk to Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross. As we mentioned earlier, First Capital Connect commuters who follow @FirstCC and provide a few details about their usual journeys will …
Don’t want to worry anyone, but Terminal 5 is sinking. Boris would like us all to export more stuff. Now train delays are to be tweeted. There’s some sort of strange time-wasting symmetry in there but we can’t work it out. Postal strike imminent: question …
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