Londonist appears to have spent all of our money on excellent but expensive gigs and over priced taxi fares this weekend. So once again, we’ve got no money. No, before you ask, we haven’t ever heard of budgeting. We don’t need to budget when there’s …
Sometimes, you’ve got to wonder how they do it. The ballet dancers, the orchestras, the actors, singers, directors and conductors – what does it take to get them into the state we see them in for the final product? Are there hissy fits, tiaras and …
If train-spotting be your bag, then you can soon enjoy it with bubbles. Set to open alongside the new London terminus for Eurostar in St Pancras Station is the ‘world’s longest champagne bar‘. The 78 m expanse – brainchild of catering company Searcy, operator of …
Once again South London demonstrates that it is at the forefront of cultural hip and happeningness. This year’s Elefest (at the Elephant and Castle – duh!) is as bright and sparkly as ever, with a range of events covering almost every conceivable cultural medium. Londonist …
And so to our final rugby watching venue post with just 4 teams remaining to accommodate. Italy play Portugal tonight in Paris, 7pm Bar Italia – where else? Japan crunch with Wales tomorrow in Cardiff at 8pm. We didn’t think Japan would be the hardest …
Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Castle Sandwich Bar 54 Paul St EC2A 4LN 0207 739 4702 6am – 4pm (Monday-Friday) Map Expect to Pay: Under £5 Rating: 9.5 out of 10 According to manager Elia …
If Londonist were really rich we’d be out every night doing LOADS of fun stuff. We’d be going to see all of the cool things at London Design Festival. We’d be drinking beer out of plastic cups and dancing at the Get Cape, Wear Cape, …
It was pointed out to us, when we posted last week about rugby pubs, that somewhere else had done it better by team. Well yes, they had, but they’d got a bit lazy after the home teams and our closest European friends and bunched the …
The Underground is running again, but how much did the strike cost? Perhaps not as much as you might think. The Press Association and many others have been bandying about a figure of £50 million a day. Unfortunately, details about where that number comes from …
If you’ve just landed a last minute date for tomorrow and were wondering where to take them to impress them with your urbanity, sensitivity, culture, quirkiness and cool then we’ve got something for you. Wilton’s Music Hall (old, delapidated, threatened Victorian icon) is hosting Schoenberg’s …
“Touch Wood” can’t help but make us think of that charming metaphor “touching cloth”. Childish, we know, but considering it’s meant to be a direct and reference to a superstitious gesture intended to ensure whatever you’ve just been talking about doesn’t go tits up, perhaps …
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