By artofthestate’s Flickrstream via the Londonist Flickrpool So, as a buoyant BJ sucks the glass testicle from Ken’s lap, will London find itself in a sticky mess, or stand proud for a new era? So pondered we on 2 May 2008, as Boris romped home …
The world of English football wobbled a few degrees off its axis yesterday when a club not called Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United or Liverpool won a major trophy. This hadn’t happened for four years, since Middlesbrough were victorious in the Football League Cup final against …
Ken Livingstone’s on a tap water crusade. Him and Thames Water have launched a campaign to encourage Londoners to be proud to ask for tap water, however many grannies it’s been through. Not only are they extolling the quality of the water and the clear …
News that the Met are pushing to charge London football clubs for policing outside their grounds has given us much to ponder. We see the problem. Our football supporters can be an unruly lot, inclined to flock together in pubs beforehand and roam the streets …
After an extended holiday, Saturday Cinema Summary is back, courtesy of James Bryan… This week Ridley Scott makes a bid to join the hallowed greats of gangster films with American Gangster, the naked pixelated form of Angelina Jolie drips in gold in Beowulf and Brick …
After numerous appearances on the Continent, as well as performances at such legendary festivals as MUTEK and Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, we were beginning to think perhaps we smelled bad. Why else wouldn’t Gui Boratto come to visit our lovely island? Thankfully we no longer …
Ask someone what they picture when the word “burlesque” is mentioned and chances are they’ll think of a pretty girl wearing feathers slinking about on stage. But what if Dita von Teese were a bloke? If you’d like to find out, boys and girls, head …
Call for new writers. Londonist is a collaborative blog, which means we’re always seeking out new additions to our team. Unfortunately we can’t pay our contributors because any money we do make from advertising etc generally gets ploughed right back into the site. However, there …
Welcome to the first in our short series of interviews with people running the Flora London Marathon this Sunday. If you’ve ever wondered what makes them do it, read on! More to come throughout the day. What’s your name and which part of London do …
A couple of weeks ago on Friday, the perfect antidote to a certain, unmentionable reality TV showdown was a gig at Swiss Cottage Library, of all places. For one night only, the aptly named Mr Hudson and the Library, graced the award-winning building as part …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. The Beckett Centenary Celebration continues this week with a season of his shorter works at the Bookshop Theatre, A Piece of Monologue on Tuesday (“the …
