Visiting gardens is for middle-aged people, right? Well, yes, probably. But here at Londonist we like to be as inclusive as we can. With that in mind, we foolishly promised to try and visit all 117 gardens participating in last week’s Open Garden Squares Weekend. …
Hope you all had a fun Saturday and Sunday – pity there’s always a Monday tagged on at the end like a hidden booking fee. Nice weekend? That’ll cost you… But never mind that… what you lot need is some ROCK. And we know just …
We’ve mentioned a couple of times now that Iain Sinclair will be appearing at Patti Smith’s Meltdown, but we didn’t reveal that Londonist was invited to have a chat with him one sunny afternoon a week or so ago. What followed was a conversation that …
Whether you like it or not, the film release everyone’s talking about this week is Mr & Mrs Smith. We don’t really need to explain why do we? Unless you’ve been on Mars for the past month you can’t have missed the Brad/Angelina gossip that’s …
Ever wondered what’s tucked away in all those private gardens in the middle of London’s squares? Are they more than just spaces for toffs to engage in some al fresco humping, away from the eyes of us plebs? Well, this weekend, we get the chance …
Not much in the way of new tours this week so we’ll focus on the fine art of not getting ripped off when trying to get tickets for sold out shows. Touts are not our favourite breed of human being (if they can indeed be …
Being of an easily-pleased mien, we love our tenuous London connections here at Londonist. It gave us unbecoming pleasure, therefore, to find out that Herbaliser‘s latest album is called Take London. Herbaliser now look to prove they have trousers to go with their mouth by …
The latest tome from JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Pubed Bints Half-Blood Prince is almost upon us. As part of the inevitable media frenzy in the run up to its publication, Rowling has announced a competition to make the launch that extra bit special …
Dinosaur Jr – Forum – Wednesday 8th June Michael Azerrad describes a meeting between Lou Barlow (then ex bass player of Dinosaur Jr) and J Mascis (ongoing guitar player of Dinosaur Jr). Barlow had been sacked in the most insalubrious of circumstances; more or less …
Art Fortnight London 2005 promises to involve a little bit of everything in the art world. Their press release boasts that Art Fortnight is “a major event in the art-world timetable….[and] it has organised a comprehensive and sophisticated cultural programme for visitors to the capital, …
When the iPod Shuffle was first announced by Apple, we were a little sceptical, to say the least. “Who on earth would want to upload a random selection of songs to something that doesn’t even have an LCD screen, and then play that random selection …
Get the Londonist Book Of London Pub Crawls for less than the price of a pint. Available now for Kindle.
