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Londonist appears to have spent all of our money on excellent but expensive gigs and over priced taxi fares this weekend. So once again, we’ve got no money. No, before you ask, we haven’t ever heard of budgeting. We don’t need to budget when there’s …

We know, it’s hardly shock anymore if you hear that underground lines have major delays. Londoners are pretty used to that. But it gets a bit more serious when it’s due to issues with the emergency brakes. This is quite scary. The lines in question …

Cameras at the ready. It’s time to get Green. That’s the theme of the Shoot Photomonth’s event being held this Saturday. But green what? Well, anything really. Traffic lights, jumpers, trees, jelly beans. Even the bit of mould you cut off the loaf of bread …

Ahhhhh, Monopoly. With its cute Scotty dog and get out of jail free cards, it’s everyone’s favourite rainy day game. But why do people have to keep tampering with it? So far, we’ve had Star Trek, The Simpson’s and a version just for Kent. Not …

We’re adamant that this week we’re going to pretend it’s still Summer. We’re not content with sitting in watching the telly. We want to go out and play. But if we’re going to do this every night this week, we’re going to have to do …

Ooooh, look at how creative we are. Which means squat if you’re an ethnic minority apparently. More foot and mouth. In Egham this time. Flytipping scandal! That’s it. Stop reading. Go dancing. Flickr image from Matt’s Pic Diary’s photostream.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggh…. Yes. We still be talkin’ like pirates. (We’ve tried but it’s hard to stop.) So we reckon we aught to get back out onto the high seas. Or, at least the Thames. So it be a good job the Bring Stuff Pirate Party is …

Londonist doesn’t care about London Fashion Week. Not really. But we’re a blog about London and it’s pretty big so we thought we’d write something about it. Here’s some of the things that might happen over the next week: Mobile phone shops will see a …

Or, stuff you think about London that’s true but is actually rubbish. 2. Dick Whittington and his cat. Everyone enjoys a good story. Especially one with a happy ending, interesting characters and familiar friends. Well this Londonista was a bit shocked and annoyed to discover …

Boris wants London to tackle bike thieves. Especially this one who’s on the run. Not cycling. Which is a little bit silly of him. Yesterday was 30 years since Mark Bolan died in Barnes. We export wax figures just as Chinese terrecotta figures arrive. Terracotta …