This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 49. Tube driver talk I was getting on the Northern Line the other morning and the young guy that speaks on the tannoy, announcing the trains, …
The trains have been re-routed, the signage amended, the tube announcements re-recorded (completed, luckily, before the woman behind them was given the heave-ho). The re-opening of St Pancras means that Waterloo’s reign as Britain’s main international train station, a duty it fulfilled without complaint for …
Londonist imagines that saying “mind the gap, “stand clear of the closing doors” and endless variations on “The next station is….” for a living can get a little wearisome. Professional voice-over artist Emma Clarke does just that. Hence, she decided to spice up her days …
We think everybody who attended Saturday’s sun-soaked Tour de France Prologue would agree that, on the whole, it was a well-organised, popular success. However, with the shadow of the Olympics hanging over every large scale sporting happening in London between now and 2012 our experiences …
Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore,
All Londonist Sport’s Christmases have come at once. It is being reported that today the NFL, the world’s premier professional league of football American-style, is about to announce that a game will be played between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants at the …
An interesting post on the Wooster Collective caught our eye this morning (and a few of yours too – thanks to everyone who dropped us an email pointing to this): The King’s Cross area is currently being knocked down, cleaned up, rebuilt and gentrified in …
While the London Film Festival was having its gala opening in Leicester Square, a decidedly less glitzy and less James McAvoy-related film gathering was taking place down at BAFTA headquarters over on Piccadilly. Just Watch Me: Award Winning Canadian Short Films brought together some classic …
Are you worried about the creeping loss of civil liberties in Britain? We are, having had our own run-in with heavy-handed police not so long ago. So when we received the following email, we thought it’d be a great idea to post it up here, …
A nationwide two-minute silence will begin at noon today. Announcements will be made on all Underground trains and platforms reminding people when it is about to start. There will also be an evening ceremony at Regent’s Park for the more than 1,000 family members and …
With a regularity only seen for bands who have a new album coming out very soon, Radiohead are in the news yet again today and this time it’s a quick head up for their fans! If you haven’t already been cheated out of a billion …
