Archive for February, 2010

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Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been turning out your cupboards: Toasting the banker – to the tune of £44,000. Plus ca change… Boris: 1,700 empty/derelict properties have been recycled for affordable housing. Sounds good. West London has hosted a recruitment drive for …

‘My shoe broke before “Telephone” but I would rather die than have you see me without heels. But that’s what showbiz is all about.’ So said a rather scantily clad Gaga seated at a piano about halfway through her show this past Friday. Moments later …

From restaurants where you place your order using a tabletop touchscreen PC to bars where you select the music by text message, technologically-minded Londoners are spoiled for choice when it comes to venues in which they can play with the latest bits of circuitry. For …

With Fabio Capello’s boys about to take on the might of Egypt this week, here’s a tragic reminder that not all of England’s followers are hale and hearty with anticipation. This sorry figure was pictured slumped near a Wimbledon driveway by reader Julian Chung. It’s …

Photography by Chris Osburn Marcus Carter, cofounder of the Virtual Farmer’s Market, kindly dropped by Londonist HQ on Friday to deliver a complementary sample of his online shopping “hub’s” latest offering: the Saturday Breakfast Box. Featuring a meat fest melange of yummy morning favourites assembled …

Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates this season or time of year in London. This week, Homemade has somehow managed to make a puddle in Finsbury Square look rather elegant.

Simon Munnery is probably best known for his characters Alan Parker (Urban Warrior), a shouty wannabe-revolutionary, and The League Against Tedium, all mannered bon mots and studied superiority (as seen in Attention Scum!, shown late at night and criminally never repeated). You think Simon Munnery …

Finch on a G-string, by M@. There’s not really a lot to say about this new installation, other than get the hell down to the Barbican at your next opportunity. Even the most arts-immune cynic can’t help but find pleasure in this: a flock of …

Images clockwise from top left: Olympic memories marathon film, London Fashion Week. It’s another world. , US Embassy models at NLA and gourmet toasties in Stockwell The week’s most popular posts, and a round-up of what’s happening around town. In the news: Last week it …