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London On The Cheap: 28th October – 4th November

Londonist spent all of its money this week getting drunk at its 3rd birthday party. Hopefully, you were one of the many people who decided to join us. As a thank you, London On The Cheap is back (hurrah!) showing you what fun and fabulous …

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Preview: Cinema of Brazil – Literature Into Film

The Barbican’s love of all things Brazilian continues this week, as it launches into a week-long season of Brazilian cinema that picks up where last year’s Tropicalia left off. Cinema of Brazil: Literature into Film, presented in conjunction with the Embassy of Brazil, aims to …

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Premiership: The Men They Should Have Bought II(b)

In part two of our follow up to last year’s article on which player’s our Premiership clubs should buy we cover Tottenham, West Ham and Fulham. Click here to see yesterday’s piece on Chelsea and Arsenal. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR What was the problem position? Left wing. …

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Premiership: The Men They Should Have Bought II(a)

This time last year, in the final few days before the closure of the international football transfer window, we took a look at where London’s Premiership clubs needed strengthening and offered some friendly advice about a player we thought might fill a key squad gap …

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Gui Boratto At Plastic People Tonight

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 …

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How To Get Away With Shooting An Innocent Man, Mislead The Public And Keep Your Job

What we now know about the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes- * The stories that Jean Charles acted suspiciously by running away from the police and jumping the barriers at Stockwell tube are untrue. * He was not wearing a bulky jacket or a …

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What’s for Lunch? Canela Café

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Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse

LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big — really freaking big — so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart …

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Jean Charles de Menezes Movie in the Works

Well this was kind of inevitable: A drama about a Brazilian man killed by police in London is being filmed… Mango Films will focus on events before the death of Jean Charles de Menezes – mistaken for a suicide bomber – and the impact on …

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How safe is SAS safe?

This is a tricky one. Do we really need a permanent SAS unit on standby 24/7 in London? Well, we’ve got one: The basing of a unit from the elite special forces regiment “in the metropolitan area” is intended to provide the police with a …

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Londonist Live: Nouvelle Vague @ Bloomsbury Bowl : Sat 25 November

“Can we turn the lights red?” asked Nouvelle Vague singer Phoebe Killdeer during last Saturday’s concert at the Bloomsbury Ballroom. “Deep red, passionate red, blood red,” she intoned melodramatically. As the lights stayed candy pink, she replied gothically, “…or pink will do”. The quip characterises …