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There are times in every Londonist’s life when we question our sanity, last evening one was of those evenings. In an attempt to broaden our cultural horizons, we attended the Second London Poetry Film Night (of sorts) in Mile End. We received the press release …

In Londonist’s ever-growing effort to bring more art and culture to our readers (because we know how hard it is to really know about all of the art in London) – this week we bring you the first of many instalments of our “Pick of …

A picture may say a thousand words, a drink choice may tell a person a lot about their date, but what does a cup say about someone? We here at Londonist aren’t sure, but that won’t prevent us from attending the current exhibition on at …

As Londonist sat down to our Monday morning coffee and reading of the (internet-based) newspaper, something struck our eye: Paris culture police pull the plug on l’anglais chic. We were expecting some hot article about an English designer gone astray at Paris Fashion Week but …

A twelve-year-old boy from Highgate has put himself right up there for the title of London’s nerdiest resident after he found five errors in the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Lucian George (even his name is a bit nerdy) wrote to the editors of …

Did anyone else hear of the “almost” theft yesterday at the British Museum? It appears that a security guard tackled a man he caught trying to lift the top off a case of small artifacts from the Roman and Greek area of the museum. The …

Freeness looks to be Pop Idol minus everything but the music and with the added perk that the music is the artist’s own, not just covers – so actually, not Pop Idol at all, but keep reading anyway. Freeness is hitting Plastic People on Curtain …

While attending the London Art Fair at the weekend, we were recounting an article from The Times regarding the sale of The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living aka “The Shark” by Damien Hirst. Hirst is considered one of Britain’s leading …

If you are looking for something to do besides follow the premiership matches this weekend (which may be well impossible for a majority of our readers), you may consider making your way over to the Business Design Centre in Islington for the 17th Annual London …