Archive for August, 2009

It hasn’t been carnival all round this weekend as one man was shot dead and another injured at the Ministry of Sound last night… …whilst six were injured at a shooting incident in Muswell Hill. And a man has died following a stabbing in Hayes. …

Forget sliding out of summer into September; go kicking and screaming with the audacious Rockin Rollers who take on Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz in front of a home crowd this coming Saturday afternoon. Our local broads have been to the Valley Girlz home track in …

Photo by su-lin. A few weeks ago, Londonist required a pre-Prom dinner and headed to Racine on Brompton Road, only a 10 minute walk from the Royal Albert Hall. Excellent bistro style food awaits you at this most French of restaurants in South Kensington – …

Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV and radio over the coming week. Monday Book of the Week: Newton and the Counterfeiter (Radio 4, 09.45-10.00) The famous scientist is made Master of the Royal Mint. Continues at the same time each weekday morning. Framed …

You know we’re partial to the urban hike and indeed, the fanciful tour but we’re also suckers for the good cause walk. If charity events of the Vertical Rush or firewalk variety aren’t up your street, perhaps a 10 mile sponsored stroll round some of …

Picture of Richard Reynolds taken by Madeleine Rashbrooke. Standing outside the flourishing guerrilla garden at the base of his council estate block in Elephant and Castle, Richard Reynolds points to some shrubs that were once regularly flattened by a local homeless man who used them …

Our continuing, caffeine-fuelled quest to show you some of our favourite coffee shops in London. What brings a neighbourhood to life is ultimately the people. In this tiny corner of what is still officially Islington, somewhere between Dalston and Newington Green, it’s a girl, that …

Korri Leigh Crowley/Bostonist Londonist is one of thirteen in the worldwide Gothamist network. Once a week, the editors of each site – from SFist to Shanghaiist – compile some of their most interesting posts into a neat digest. Check out what’s been going on elsewhere …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been practising your rumba: Um, it’s carnival time. Although it may be a bit quieter than usual. On why McD and KFC probably won’t be donating to Cancer Research. Sad story, sad lady, sad pets: 36 cats …

Looks like another wave of Space Invaders has been unleashed upon the capital. The pixelated wall-huggers have been regular visitors to London and other cities for over a decade. We even mapped them once, but the folks at Platial seem to have bowdlerized our data. …