Ho hum. Londonist dropped in on the opening of the BBC Good Food Show at Olympia this morning. We sampled a few tasty treats, considered purchasing some stuff (but ended up not buying anything) and basically wondered what all the fuss was about. If you’ve …
The terrible stomach churning uncertainty that has embraced our fair city is only slightly tempered by the satisfaction that we called it right – the Office of National Statistics has spoken and the initial estimates for the third quarter of 2008 are that we dived …
On Sunday, Wood Lane station on the Hammersmith & City line opened. The first station built on an existing section of the Tube for over 70 years, Wood Lane sits between Latimer Road and Shepherd’s Bush Market, and lies a Blue Peter badge’s throw away …
We’ve long been fascinated by our childhood memories of Monkey Magic (was the monk a boy or a girl?) and were morbidly curious about Albarn’s hand in bringing Monkey: Journey to the West to the London stage earlier this year. But we never got round …
As Danny Baker prepares to enjoy a month off from his BBC London afternoon show the station have prepared a whole host of guests to take over the big man’s chair. Broadcasting on 94.9FM across London, the station has always had it’s fair share of …
While you ponder how much you would miss the Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar, consider also the well-beloved BBC Television Centre, currently in the middle of its own listing row. While the BBC itself wants to be rid of the iconic but crumbling building, …
Happy birthday to you… Happy birthday to you… Yes, Boris Johnson’s 44 today. Bet his desk’s all decorated with balloons and there’s a smashing big cake for elevenses. However, there’s no day off for the birthday boy who had to get up jolly early to …
Dust down your auntie’s teapots, South Londoners, you could be sitting on a fortune! And you can find out for sure tomorrow when the Antiques Roadshow sets up store for the day at Dulwich Picture Gallery. The Picture Gallery are clearly expecting a horde of …
It’s the question on everyone’s lips. Has Auntie’s capacious bosom, formerly so welcoming of the frosty extremities, been overly nurturing to our fiery nucleus? Or alternatively: why do they blather on about London so much on the BBC and never mention Scotland, Wales and Northern …
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will today unveil a memorial to casualties of war often ignored by the general public: reporters, journalists, photographers and their attendant translators killed whilst working. The memorial, a glass and steel cone atop the new wing of Broadcasting House in …
The Dark Lord of Musical Theatre, funny faced “genius“, Andrew Lloyd Webber, last night scooped a Classical Brit for Outstanding Achievement in Music. Andrew (as he likes to be called on his website), who was 60 this March, has been ubiquitous in the West End …
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