AIDS

London Eye, BT Tower, Trafalgar Square Fountain, Alexandra Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, County Hall, St Pancras Church will all be illuminated (RED) tonight to help raise awareness of the goal of an AIDS Free Generation by in 2015.

It would be like pissing on a grave to be overly critical of ‘Elegies’, the song cycle of AIDS victims interspersed with thirty-two heartfelt blank verse monologues charting individual experience of the fatal disease. But a little bit of wee did come out when we …

Dannii Minogue walking for life (possibly walking at speed from the gawky kids) You may have seen the London Marathon last weekend and thought “I can’t do that”. Well, setting aside the fact that we think you could (perhaps with a little more time doing …

Lolli-vision – Hillingdon crossing patrollers get cameras on sticks. Looks like Camden Passage is done for. A 25 year old man has been gunned down execution style in East Dulwich. London universities are to benefit from a grant to develop an Aids-busting gel. A 17 …

Next Saturday, Ctrl.Alt.Shift comes to the Peacock Theatre with 5 young contemporary dance companies from the UK and Africa in a new performance commissioned by Sadlers Wells, tackling the stigma surrounding HIV. Hot local talent will be represented by Blue Boy Entertainment and East London …

There are a million things to do in London this week, but if you fancy a night in, here are a few things to keep you occupied. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 9 July Britain’s Next Top Model (Living, 21:00-22:00) After the dramatic first episode …

On average, people in Britain have sex once a week. Five years ago, the Medical Research Council published findings on sex at the Millennium, the results of which were used by government departments to inform sexual health policies and to produce estimates of current levels …

All the best stuff from our sister sites around the globe: Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a rogues’ …

Tanika Gupta’s new play Sugar Mummies has opened at the Royal Court Theatre and runs until 2 September. This comedy-drama looks at female sex tourism in Jamaica – white women (usually older types) going to the islands for easy sex and companionship; the men enjoy …

Long ago, let’s say, in the 1950s and before, the gay population of London created, under unimaginable duress, a remarkably rich subculture, involving unique spaces, rituals, and languages all invisible (by necessity) to the society at large. By some accounts, all that came to an …