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“Touch Wood” can’t help but make us think of that charming metaphor “touching cloth”. Childish, we know, but considering it’s meant to be a direct and reference to a superstitious gesture intended to ensure whatever you’ve just been talking about doesn’t go tits up, perhaps …

Remember the tragedy of the Thames Whale? Course you do. The massive mammal meandered up the estuary and into every vaguely animal loving Londoner’s heart like an extraordinary underwater beast from a faraway land before expiring, helpless, lost and crushed beneath its own weight, aboard …

Fundraising events, for whatever cause, should always try to be novel and attention grabbing if they’re going to reap the quids in. Londonist keeps up with the best of them. Lately, we’ve had the vet in a dog bowl, the bunny rabbit taxi and bid …

As the “summer” holidays limp to their unseasonable end, September’s looming with an alluring offer from one of London’s finest and funkiest theatres. The groovy Young Vic is offering £10 tickets to the previews of its new season production “The Member of the Wedding“. Opening …

Today, a very marvellous structure opens to the public in Kensington Gardens. The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by the Tate Modern sun maker, Olafur Eliasson, and award winning architect, Kjetil Thorsen has been described as a spinning top with mind-bogglingly complex geometries and a dark, …

In 1974 an entire army was discovered buried in a huge mausoleum constructed for the First Emperor of China. The site, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is still being excavated and was truly a chance discovery of epic and incredible proportions. But it’s in …

Emma Hutchins‘ one woman show embodies its own ethos of “having it all”. Written and performed by the woman herself, she rises to the occasion delivering 3 familiar yet absorbing Bridget Jones-esque monologues and throwing in some Japanese Butoh for good measure. Ambitious? Yes. Misguided? …

• Mayor denies ‘stop Boris‘ campaign • CCTV of a train flasher. Don’t get excited. • Olympic Stadium legacy ‘no better than Crystal Palace‘ • Capital Music in the doldrums • World’s biggest Gospel stars (reputation, not girth) converge on East London Image taken from …

We’re all going to die at some unpredictable point. However, discovering you’ve an identifiable mortality timebomb discreetly ticking away in your brain is going to make you reassess your life. You can’t ignore the fact that you’ve been dealt a rather more difficult card, highlighting …

The Aftershow. It’s got that exclusive ring to it, smacking of VIP-ness and celebrity glamour. How exciting then, when it was announced that O2 Prince shows would also have an aftershow party at nearby Indigo where you – the people, the fans – could get …