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The Insomniac’s Ball is a strange one. You’d think it’d be something full of plush beds with soothing ocean sounds playing while the walls cycle through calming colours. Either that or just an all-night Coldplay gig. Virtual Festivals have a somewhat different interpretation, though. It’s …

The Piccadilly Backpackers Hostel opened up its ‘POD dorms’ last week, and The Observer and The Telegraph sent along a couple of lucky souls to try it out. Despite the name, the pods have nothing to do with Apple or the London Eye; it’s more …

Friends of the Earth have announced that Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood are to play a gig at Koko on 1st May. Apart from their tree-hugging credentials, why are Friends of the Earth making this announcement? Well, the Radiohead boys are playing the gig as …

When Annie Mole of London Underground Blog fame made a comment on a post earlier this week about Animunch, she knew not what damage she had just unleashed on Londonist’s waistline. Mentioning Anthony Worral Thompson’s Snickers Pie recipe, she set off the creaky cogs in …

Today sees the release of a set of stamps which marks the end of Royal Mail’s ‘British Journey’ series. The series began in 2003 and ends its journey throughout the British Isles with a set for England. Curiously, a previous set was issued for South …

We’re not sure the villagers of Sipson would agree with this but apparently Heathrow needs to expand still further. Madrid Barajas airport opened two new runways today, expanding its capacity by half so that it can cope with 120 take-offs and landings per hour. That’s …

Seems stupidly obvious, doesn’t it? You walk on burning hot coals, you burn your feet. Motivational training companies don’t get paid those massively high fees just for their ability to bullshit, though. They do, so we’re told, actually get people to walk on coals and …

We avoided using it in the headline but we can’t resist… it’s the end of the line (ho ho) for the Gatwick Express. BBC News says the government reckons it’s a little inefficient to have a half-full train clogging up the lines when you could …

It’s a rite of passage for any Londoner (or anyone who’s walked up Tottenham Court Road, at least) to be accosted by a man who trades from the back of his van, usually offering some heavily discounted speakers. Apparently, if you’re posh enough to live …

The Music Room near Bond Street plays host to the Olympus Inheritance Exhibition on 17th-18th February, plugging Olympus’s range of digital SLR cameras but also showcasing images from 22 photographers including David Bailey, Amanda de Cadenet, Mary McCartney Donald and the late Lord Lichfield. Given …