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The slogan “Guinness is good for you” may no longer meet advertising standards criteria, but on visiting the Auld Shillelagh on Stoke Newington Church Street, it’s hard not to be persuaded by it.

This audio has expired. For episode pictures and other Londonist Out Loud material please see here. While the cold weather makes us dig out our woollies, N Quentin Woolf talks to Hackney knitwear designer, maker and tutor Gosia Dzik-Holden, unravelling the tradition of knitting, analysing …

4.30pm update: According to Sky News, eight arrests have been made during the protests. Six have been treated for injuries, and two police officers have been taken to hospital. 3pm update: Large numbers of students have convened on Whitehall, where things have turned violent. The …

Bang Said the Gun grabs poetry by its shoulders and shakes it until dirty, funny words fall out. As our host Dan declares, ‘Yes, we didn’t mean to do it but we’ve made poetry fun.’ Of course some will assert that poetry’s always been ‘fun’. …

Worried about raising your children on the mean streets of London? Perhaps you should consider relocating to somewhere more bucolic – like sunny Kabul, in war-torn Afghanistan.

Join Tino Sehgal’s Dance Workshop ‘What is dance?’ is a question that has been debated since the 1960s. The most recent exhibition at The Hayward Gallery takes the issue one step further, leaving us wondering ‘what is a spectator?’ and ‘who is performing?’ The Move: …

Palace of the End, a triptych of monologues by the Canadian playwright Judith Thompson, deals with the disturbing and emotive subject of the Iraq war. It’s timely coming in the wake of new Wikileak revelations of torture and abuse in the country. Told through the …

Photograph by Jacqueline Chang Venture to the Garden of Eden at A Fluid State for a boozy glimpse into immortality and a taste of the taboo. Forbidden fruit comes in the form of wild fruit and premium alcohol creations from Crussh and chocolatier Damian Allsop, with wicked combinations of …

Prince Philip suffered an unexpected — albeit brief — delay in his journey yesterday as thousands of firefighters from all over Britain filled Parliament Square to lobby MPs against swingeing cuts to the country’s fire service. Police ushered the Royal taxi through the crowds, which …

Soul singer Jamie Lidell arrives in London tomorrow night on the penultimate date of an extensive world tour. At face value Lidell is merely a brilliant funk and soul musician, channelling the ghosts of Motown with effortless zeal; his latest LP ‘Compass’ follows in a …