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It’s very easy to get caught up in this city for all of it’s music, clubs and big shiny loud stuff. Well, as much as we remain a fan of all that is big and shiny, Londonist occasionally needs some down time. Preferably with trees …

Remember remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder, treason Should ever be forgot… We know that today is Halloween and Bonfire Night is not until next week, but the truth is, most of the fireworks displays in …

Hooray! It’s nearly Halloween! Jack-o-lanterns a plenty, scary masks and annoying trick or treaters who get hyped up on way too many e-numbers (and probably a few cans of cider nowadays). Still, there’s so much stuff going on this year, you’d be a fool to …

Londonist spent all of its money this week getting drunk at its 3rd birthday party. Hopefully, you were one of the many people who decided to join us. As a thank you, London On The Cheap is back (hurrah!) showing you what fun and fabulous …

Hands up who remembers Kriss Akabusi running though Greenwich with the torch a few years back? Us too. We also remember thinking it would have been great fun to have a go. It appears that if we were still at school, me might have just …

Postal strike continues. Maybe. Possibly. Best stick to email and reading Londonist. Skinheads with a difference in Kensington. Claridge’s charge £50 for a bottle of water. Bargain. Chocolate week starts here! Celebrate by eating a Wispa bar. We like Wispa bars. Image courtesy of windscreen …

Greenwich Indoor Market is fab. There’s nothing more enjoyable than a stroll around all the little stalls on a Sunday. Thankfully, plans to knock it down and turn it into flats were scuppered after public out cry (no shock there then). But new plans have …

Sometimes, Londonist stumbles across fantastic new bands by accident. (In this case getting drunk on wine playing video games.) We were introduced to Mitch. And now we’re introducing Mitch to you. Meet Mitch. Who’s in the band? Darren – Vocals, Guitars Jason – Guitars, Vocals …

It’s been pretty quiet in London recently. Eerily so. Until today, Londonist hadn’t been able to work out what was wrong. We’re a bit slow sometimes and had completely forgotten Big Ben was being restored. Well from today we’ll be able to hear it again. …

Go. Go. Go. Never have we wanted to shout about a theatre production company more than Punch Drunk. Ever since we saw them perform Faust in an old warehouse, we were obsessed. On Friday night, we went to see their new offering, Masque of the …