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Apparently, something called ‘The Premiership’ is kicking off this weekend. Bothered? Does Londonist look bothered, mate? Yes that’s right, we’re really not bothered at all. As far as we’re concerned, the Premiership doggers are going to have to wait until the Londonist’s bloggers have dragged …

Having had a little look at the possible fortunes of London’s Division 2 clubs, let us now cast a beady eye on those of the capital city’s footballing giants that operate in Divisions 3 & 4. Brentford There seems to be a definite sense of …

It is, as we’re sure you’ve noticed, summer. You can tell it’s summer, as the weather is (reasonably) decent, workmates are coming back tanned from holidays and we are smack bang in the middle of a cracking Ashes series. But watch out, the first sign …

The second Test of the Ashes series starts today at Edgbaston, but you dear reader, are most probably stuck in front of your monitor at work and not willing to risk a P45 by feigning a coughing fit, running out of your place of work …

As London gets back into her groove, it has become time to get back to what we do best. For other Londonist writers, that would involve a weekend overdosing on zombie flicks, or maybe a trip to the opera, perhaps a brisk walk around some …

“Napoleon, Francois Mitterand, Charles de Gaulle, Eric Cantona, Serge Gainsbourg, Gustave Eiffel, Johnny Halliday!!! Jacques Chirac. Can you hear me Jacques Chirac? Your boys took one hell of a beating. Your boys took one hell of a beating.” We’ve WON !!!! Seb Coe, Sir David …

Sports bars. The English just can’t do sports bars. Absoulutely rubbish at them. They first sprung up on these shores in the eighties, when a few likely lads watched ‘Cheers’, noticed that american football had become popular and resolved to open bars with a few …

Back in February, we wrote about how things were starting to look a little rosier for a West Ham side that had been enduring a frustratingly incosistent season. Alan Pardew had avoided the sack, Teddy Sheringham was beginning to drag the team up to his …

Londonist was at Highbury on Monday, listening to the Arsenal Assistant Manager Pat Rice at a question & answer session. tomorrow’s game was, naturally enough, a big topic and Pat had plenty to say about Arsenal’s relationship with the FA Cup. He told the audience …

Who is that man? Why is he sitting in the middle of a stream? Doesn’t he know that he could catch a nasty chill if he’s not careful? Perhaps he’s got a lot on his mind. Perhaps he’s wondering how he’s going to stop Wayne …