The most Londony shows on TV and radio this week. more ›

In this apocalyptic play an outsider Jesus takes on Satan for the souls of a medieval prostitute called The Goose, her street-shaman John Crow, and the wicked people of Southwark through the ages... more ›

Queen Mary, University of London plays host to a quartet (dammit, one more and we could have called it a pentathlon) of Olympics themed lectures, starting tomorrow night: more ›

I'm lovin' it by noirchick73 via the Londonist Flickrpool. more ›

It contains over 60,000 bricks and four working clocks. It took eight weeks to build. This LEGO version of St Pancras was created by Warren Elsmore, Chairman of the Brickish Association (a society for adult enthusiasts of the plastic blocks). more ›

The boys from Bristol have found themselves on the receiving end of a ban from TfL over a poster showing the cover from their new album, Heligoland. The original artwork, painted by Massive Attack's own Robert del Naja, has had to be redesigned after TfL decided it looked too much like graffiti. more ›

With a day that started off with a talk from East London collective 'Robots and Avatars' where we learned about the Uncanny Valley, EmotionA.I, pogoing robots and the sheer scope of what the future holds for our virtual selves and the mechanical company we'll keep, we were truly set for the awe inspiring digital wizardry ahead. more ›

Over 250 people took on the NSPCC's Step Change challenge yesterday to mount the 38 floors of 30 St Mary Axe and take in the view from the head of the erotic gherkin having raised plenty of quids for the kids. All good stuff but of course, it's a shadow of the event we're in training for, taking place on 25th February up what is, for a a little longer at least, the tallest completed tower in the city. Find out more and support Shelter at Team Londonist's JustGiving page. more ›

Today's date is 8/2/10 which can be written out as 8,210... and that is clearly the number of lazy London bus drivers standing in the snow, as snapped by josh is here, who was also standing in the snow, waiting for a bus. One word: brrrrrrrr. more ›

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 in the ist-a-verse:

• DCist is busy digging out of the great Snowmaggedon of 2010.
• Londonist discovered an alpine ski lodge, some abstract art, a treasure-trove of antiques and several tube-carriage offices, all in the unlikely setting of East London's rooftops and alleyways.

Films with London in the title aren't the only films about London - there are also loads of films that feature London, almost as a co-star. In this series, we'll take a look at those films - both the good and the very, very bad. more ›