London’s Live Music: Alive And Thriving?
With venues closing aplenty, is London’s live music scene in dire straits?
birthdays
Westfield Turns One
Happy birthday to our favourite (and least favourite) West London shopping centre. The Westfield complex in Shepherd’s Bush opened its many doors a year ago today. In those 12 months, the centre reportedly attracted over 23 million visitors, 15% more than anticipated by developers. Despite …
Rotherhithe Tunnel Celebrates Centenary
A slice of sponge cake and a hearty round of “Happy Birthday” to the Rotherhithe Tunnel! Not the nearby Brunel-designed Thames Tunnel, (the world’s first underwater tunnel, lest we forget) but its quieter, lesser-celebrated neighbour that ferries road traffic underneath the Thames from Southwark to …
Chinese New Year: Year Of The Dog
You may have noticed London was looking a bit festive in an Oriental style over the weekend. The Chinese lunar Year of the Cockerel ended on Saturday and on Sunday the Year of the Dog was ushered in with simultaneous events in Chinatown, Leicester Square …
Ode To Camilla
Londonist has been a bit too busy digging out the best china and organising a massive street party to actually write about the forthcoming Royal nuptials, but one article did catch our eye recently: this one on Poet Laureate Andrew Motion’s task of composing “a …
