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Some of you might recall that a few years ago the Central Line was suspended for almost three months, following a derailment at Chancery Lane. At that time, this meant that this Londonista’s daily commute often involved walking from Bank to Holborn, past St Paul’s …

Following last week’s successful attempt to look at a bit of London from the perspective of a tourist, we thought we would have another go at visiting a ‘tourist attraction’ that we’d not yet encountered. A friend had recommended HMS Belfast, and we didn’t think …

This week, in our ongoing quest to explore interesting bits of London that we’ve not yet experienced, we decided to act like tourists. No, we’re not talking about congregating in large groups and milling around aimlessly in front of ticket barriers and escalators, although that …

Following our visit to St Pancras Old Church, the next destination in our exploration of St Pancras was The British Library. Retracing our steps back through the seemingly deserted Somers Town, we walked into the spick-and-span building of the UK’s national library. The building’s contemporary …

Having spent an enjoyable couple of hours exploring leafy Holland Park last week, our next mission in our continuing quest to find out more about the city we live in was to investigate some parts of the decidedly more urban locale of St Pancras (sans …

Last week an unfortunate combination of holidays and illness thwarted our well-laid plans to bring you the Friday Film News come rain or shine. Sorry about that. But fear not, the FFN is back to something approaching normality this week as we check out Owen …

We’ve remarked before that, as London residents, we can often be rather complacent about the interesting sights and sounds that our city provides us. London is full of fascinating places and stimulating attractions, but because we know we can see them any time we want …

From some not-so-humble beginnings as an eccentric DJ double-act, Kaiser Saucy and Lord Fader have turned The Loose Cannons into a relentlessly fun-loving electro-punk-funk-camp-clash live band. Certainly when we first saw them perform a hugely energetic set at a ridiculously sweaty 93 Feet East a …

At Londonist, about half of us know full well that South London is essentially rather grim, boring and pointless. The other half secretly knows this too, but they’re in denial because they have to live there. To reinforce this, last week South London hosted the …

We imagine that once we reach retirement age, we might well consider some extensive home-improvement projects to keep us busy. Seems mostly harmless, as long as we’re careful about it. However, one pensioner in Hackney has quite ably shown that home improvement can be taken …