As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts — okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles — now that’s a …
London went back to work this morning in a mood universally described as ‘jittery’. We must be vigilant, say the authorities, for the alert status remains ‘Critical’, and further attacks are deemed likely. The authorities are certainly being vigilant. Heathrow’s Terminal 3 was closed for …
Now I know my ABC, won’t you come and spray with me. These typographic shutters have been around the Shoreditch area for AGES, but we couldn’t resist featuring them in the wake of the Brooke Shields Alphabet mystery. The letters were created at least a …
What was that we just said? Well, that mostly wraps things up for Londonist in ’06… Yeah right. What we should have said is that mostly wraps things up for London in ’06 because according to ABC we are ho ho ho fucked. Check out …
There was a strong display of British talent at the International Emmy Awards. Graham Norton was there too. The success of Brit shows has sent the Americans into a remake frenzy according to The Times: Life on Mars, the BBC time-travel drama starring John Simm …
Josie Long was the winner of the BBC New Comedy Award in 1999 at the tender age of 17. In that year she was also a runner up in the So You Think You’re Funny? competition. She won best newcomer in the Chortle Awards 2001-2003 …
A flight from L.A. to London in February of last year is back in the headlines after it was revealed that the flight went ahead despite one of the engines catching fire only seconds after take off: Air traffic controllers monitoring a British Airways jumbo …
If you cast your mind back to the middle of August you might remember we reported on the upcoming Strip Poker Championships at the Cafe Royal. To be honest we were a little cynical about it, but we heard from a couple of people afterwards …
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. This week’s summary was brought to you with the help of Inky Circus ….thanks Inky! Event of the week Pixar: …
With the oppulent car-crash that is the Brits lingering long in the memory like the stench of a shared student bathroom, it seems appropriate that the ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulation) average monthly circulation figures for the UK’s rock mags should just be released (courtesy …
By now, Londonist’s unhealthy infatuation with The Pipettes should be no secret; there was talk of a restraining order at one point. If there’s some polka-dotted action going down in town, it’s a dead cert we’ll be there. Go ahead, we dare you: next time …
