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Yup, it’s voting time, folks. Head over to the LIFT site to have your say on a futuristic events space for London. The so-caled ‘New Parliament‘ will be a temporary, portable building at the heart of the 2008 LIFT biennial. It’s going to travel the …

An anonymous reader sent us this early concept image for Foster’s phallic tower. Finally, the erotic gherkin lives up to its nickname. Keep sending those lovely photoshopped London images to londonist – at- gmail – dot – com. And, please, no more gherkins for a …

This day in London’s History 1830: George IV dies. On the face of it, small potatoes as far as London is concerned. This is the George so memorably portrayed as the nitwit regent by Hugh Laurie in Blackadder III. And in real life, George IV …

Well, things are slowly drawing to a close now. If you’ve still not got your arse in gear, though, here are a few ‘must-sees’ around town. Urban Oasis: Remember that shitty He-man movie from the 1980s, with Dolph Lundgren and a juvenile Courtney Cox? Remember …

A multimedia treat this week, filmed by Pure Evil. About 1 year ago I was lurking around the East End of London searching for walls to paint where I wouldn’t get arrested by policemen and I went past a warehouse with boarded up windows…I turned …

So we enter Endgame. Architecture week and the London Architecture Biennale (LAB) draw to a close this weekend. And we still haven’t figured out how to pronounce ‘biennale’. Here’s our pick of the final flourish. Friday Walks: A bevy of novel guided walks are available …

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Taking chances at the Royal Statistical Society tonight. We cannot guarantee correct decisions at every turn…but …

Pounding the streets of London in search of obscure buildings and forgotten sculptures is far too much like hard work with the current sticky weather. So we thought we’d put together a Stalk from the comfort of the couch. Purely as a bit of fun. …

Last week we asked you to send in your photoshopped images of the capital. First off the mark was Rupert Smith with this Forbidden Planet-inspired mini-masterpiece. Think you can improve on the giant gherkin-bot? Send any and all doctored images our way. Londonist – at …

See listings here for today and here for ongoing events. Wednesday Architectural History of the Albert Hall: Pretty self-explanatory. Take a guided tour round the old, red beehive for £7.50. Tours from 11am, requires booking. Pub and Church Crawl: From holy spirits to those of …