Archive for August, 2010

A series celebrating the talent of our friends over in the Londonist Flickr pool. Here, they introduce themselves and share their favourite London shots. Today, some wonderful shots from John Pryere Coleman: Like many people that I know, I have a love/hate relationship with my …

St Mary Magdalene Church front, Holloway Road St Mary Magdalene Church Garden scooped July’s ‘Sacred Spaces’ Green Corner award after starring in our Nature-ist series. A Lambeth window box, a school vegetable garden, the Union Street Urban Orchard, some sheltered accommodation in Greenwich, a cul-de-sac …

Firemen are about to vote on whether to strike. The local naming thing is catching on as London Zoo name its new penguin chicks Regents and Primrose. Want to cut crime in your hood? Trim your hedges. Struggling Lords Cricket Ground looks set to, um, …

Photography by Nic Wing If you know a little of the geography of St James’s Street you will know that behind many of the stately and anonymous buildings lining the street are some of London’s most exclusive gentleman’s clubs. You will also find many shops …

  If you’re looking to see something decidedly different over the Bank Holiday Weekend, Uncanny Valley at the Hen and Chickens Theatre is definitely worth a look-in. This show, a hit on the Brighton Fringe, is a collaboration between storytelling musicians Spacedog and Victorian wordsmith …

Emma West and Chloe Thorpe (c) Pavla Ondrova Talent shows: love them or loathe them, they’re part of British TV’s rich tapestry. In Nadia Papachronopoulou’s play, Recipe For A Perfect Wife, we’re taken away from a wet night in Highbury’s King’s Head pub and sat …

Image by Tomasz Tom Kulbowski from the Londonist Flickr pool Hackney Wick is quite possibly the most fashionable place on the planet right now, and therefore it’s no surprise that its new monthly flea market contains some seriously stylish tat. Below-the-knee vintage pencil skirts, ultra-high …

Scan of letter courtesy of Clay Harris Local paper News Shopper has rewarded an anti-gay letter with its star prize. Mrs S Fitzsimons, of Lewisham, wrote to complain about a recent front page story detailing areas in the borough listed as cruising grounds by a …

A theremin Don’t panic if you’re crossing London Bridge next week and hear an eerie, haunting, ethereal sound emanating from beneath the span, that makes you hum the Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations: it’s just a man with a theremin. Nick Franglen, of Lemon Jelly, will …

Thought the Twin Peaks weekender or the Star Trek season were excessive? Think again: the Prince Charles cinema is to host a host a Lost Marathon next month, with all 121 episodes screened in a single sitting. The show, which began in 2004, concerned a …