Doesn't sunshine make everything seem better? Alright, it's been brass monkeys but nothing lifts the winter blues like bright skies, crisp air and early daffodils. It's half term for most kids this week so your commute might even be more pleasant. In which case, perhaps you'll be more inclined to get out after work and try something different that's light on your wallet and heavy on aceness. After all, we really can't afford good......

Right, so you're either saving up to blow the last of the December salary on one helluva NYE out or you're just stony broke after Christmas/sales shopping. Either way, unless you're happy to simply hibernate for the week here are some ideas for New Year jollity on a budget. New Year's Eve: Follow our top tips and gird your loins for the massive fireworks display along the Thames, focusing on the London Eye and......

Our friends at the South East London Folklore Society (SELFS) will be hailing and celebrating Yule tonight with a good old fashioned game of pin the tail on the Yule Cat. There will also be beer, chips, storytelling, songs and games. If you're a fan of urban legends, One Eye Grey, Jack the Ripper walks, gory London histories, oddities, nooks and crannies, the occult, paganism, Morris dancing, dragons, witchcraft and the like, you need......

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 is just really sorry that this article didn’t go up two days ago, as it means we have missed the first two days. Hey ho. We particularly like the......

A punning headline that doesn’t quite work is our stock in trade. Such is the case here, where we want to highlight a band of enthusiasts who seek out tales of London’s mysterious and arcane. The South East London Folklore Society meets every second Thursday of the month at The Old King’s Head - down one of those pokey little alleys off Borough High Street. Next Thursday (13 September) Rob Stephenson will talk about......

On Saturday we did something a little bit special. We held the first ever Londonist guided walk, and we're happy to report that it was something of a success. We and around thirty of the Londonist readers assembled in Hay's Galleria and fell into line under the guidance of Chris Roberts. We couldn't have been in better hands as Chris took us on a meandering two hour romp through London's history. Best of all......

The BBC are paying some attention to one of our own bugbears - the fact that Borough High Street just doesn't work: It is the gateway to the City of London, shrouded in history and referred to in respected literature. So why then, when you walk along Borough High Street are you more likely to spend your time dodging bins, street signs, other pedestrians and cars? The Southwark branch of the charity Living Streets......

Because there may be police officers on the way down: Armed police abseiled down a building to foil an armed robbery just as the thieves were breaking into a bank. The officers then set off stun grenades to distract the gang who were arrested as they tried to get into the HSBC in Bermondsey, south-east London. The men were found to be in possession of a taser, knives and plastic hand restraints. Three men,......

This little virtual recreation of Borough High Street is in the immortal words of Kevin Coster, neat. We had fun just wandering around getting in the way of the traffic, but by designing your own street you can: choose the nature and extent of traffic calming and traffic management position trees, cycle racks, benches and tables onto the street explore your designs in 3D save your designs to the walk2go archive comment on the......

Another chunk of the London skyline is due to change for the better (we hope): Renzo Piano's 'gem' building for the site between Borough High Street and London Bridge station has been granted planning consent by Southwark Council. Known as New London Bridge House, the scheme will involve the demolition of an existing 20-storey office tower and replacing it with a 600,000 sq ft office and retail building. This means that London Bridge station......

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com No ‘Event of the Week’ in today’s listings. Sorry. Two reasons. (1) Nothing really catches the eye this week (the big event - Richard Dawkins talking about The Selfish Gene 30 Years On - is sold out). (2) This Londonista is getting married in a few days and, frankly,......

Sitting in a pub, swapping stories with a bunch of strangers while sipping a pint is generally agreed to be a pleasant way to spend an evening. Even better if it’s a pub like the George Inn, London’s only surviving galleried coaching inn nestled behind Borough High Street in its own little cobbled courtyard. Park yourself on one of the benches outside with a tankard of foaming ale and you could well believe that......