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TV Troll: Watch Lost Or Be Prepared For Social Pariah Status

We at Londonist are practically wetting ourselves with excitement at the arrival of Lost (Wed 8.30pm/10pm C4, 10.50pm E4). Especially after reading the god-like Mark Lawson’s hyperventilating piece about it in Friday’s Grauniad. We’re even prepared to believe, having talked to our American friends, that …

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Dead Man Used His Travel Card

Lots of stuff happening on the terrorist hunt front. Nine more people have been arrested under anti-terrorism laws in Tooting. Three women in Stockwell were detained on suspicion of harbouring offenders. Yasin Hassan Omar, thought to be the Warren St bomber, was arrested in Birmingham …

An Apology

As a website that is sometimes confused by those of little brain with an American product (yes we are part of the Gothamist network, no we are not an American website) we were amused yesterday to see that some of the worst home-grown telly ideas …

Pipettes Go! To Memphis

We’ve been banging on about them long enough, so it’s with great delight that we bring you the wonderful news for genuine Londonist favourites The Pipettes. Last night saw the band’s hard-gigging finally pay off when they signed to the Memphis Industries label, home to …

I Say Old Chap, What A Handy Guidebook.

Ahh, the good old days of the gentlemen spy: bowler hats, poison-tipped umbrellas, cigarette cases and, best of all, no David Shayler. What’s made us all misty-eyes for the golden years of espionage? The discovery of a KGB ‘spy’s guide to London’ in the latest …

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Sounds of 2005: The Pipettes

Rather than produce a simple list of the bands we think deserve your attention in 2005, Londonist is going that little bit further for you. Below is the first in a short series of articles on the gems you should be aware of. The Pipettes …

Eastenders Goes Stateside

One Foot in the Grave didn’t work and The Office didn’t really cut it, but the Americans aren’t ones to give up, especially when it means they can make loads of money out a of a television series without really having to think about it. …