Archive for September, 2009

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Ticket Alert: Jay-Z at the Roundhouse

If you like the idea of a bit of Jay-Z but aren’t sure about him being joined by Coldplay and Girls Aloud when he plays Wembley Stadium later in the month, then we think you’re a little bit mad. Handily though, your madness is in …

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Fall In Love at Pure Groove

Image by Clare’s Cupcakes Unless you stumble into the man of your dreams in a shared appreciation of ‘Sex on Fire’ as you jump up and down in Islington Academy, we kind of think meeting people in London is pretty hard for the single boy …

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Ice Cream Preview: Icecreamists Launch at Selfridges

Image courtesy of the Selfridges and the Icecreamists Taking inspiration from Voltaire’s quote, “Ice cream is equisite.  What a shame it isn’t illegal,” the so-called Icecreamists “subversive new ice cream brand” is to launch a “subterranean ice cream installation … offering an array of vice …

Directions to climate camp's lavs / image by ganchingabz from the Londonist Flickr pool

Naked Climate Campers Hit The Town

Directions to climate camp’s lavs / image by ganchingabz from the Londonist Flickr pool It’s been a relatively quiet weekend (so quiet the Standard are left with nothing but some hoary old crap about ‘ooo, some campers don’t like the police‘. Quick, hold the front …

Alcove in Victoria Park

Waterfall And Urban Beach For Victoria Park

Alcove in Victoria Park Designated one of the key routes into the 2012 Olympic site, Victoria Park is to benefit from a £10 million refurb, the biggest investment in the ‘park for the people of the East End’ since it was opened in the 1840s. …

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Route 521: Another Bendy Bus Bites The Dust

Image / Lady Vervaine Friday saw the last articulated bus serve the 521 route from London Bridge to Waterloo. This morning, commuters will board the 12-metre single deck Citaro vehicles that debuted on the 507 in June. The new buses are a strange hybrid of …