We at Londonist enjoy a shock prediction as much as the next tournament previewer, but Brazil are going to win this group. Comfortably. We just don’t think they’ll win the cup. It’s likely they will score eight or more goals in the opening three games …
We gave you the schedule for Friday and Saturday yesterday and you shouldn’t be either bored or out of pocket by the end of it (just keep an eye on the time and keep going). If you’re still thirsting for things to see and do, …
With world cup nostalgia beginning to surge across the media you might have been watching all that retina-etchingly vivid footage of Mexico ’70 and thought to yourself, “I wonder where that promising young lad, Pelé is now?” Well, dear Londonist reader, wonder no more! The …
That’s right, it’s the news you were all waiting for – your favourite London multi-contributor weblog has come out in support of the FA’s bid to hire Luiz Felipe Scolari as the new England head coach. SHAZAM! We do realise that this isn’t the kind …
The Guardian reckons that Ian Blair is a bit of a lying scumbag: The commissioner of the Metropolitan police has repeatedly said that he was unaware that the victim was not a suicide bomber until 24 hours after the Brazilian was shot on July 22 …
Here it is, the photograph of Ken Livingstone meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Buckingham Palace earlier today. Looks cosy doesn’t it? According to the reports the meeting was “warm and friendly” and the pair had much to discuss including the strengthening …
London Underground is stepping up the maintenance work over the next few months which means weekend closures of several lines starting next month. More details here. Finally the government has admitted that aircraft suspected of being used to transport detainees to ‘secret interrogation centres’ have …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Along with a wealth of events this week, new books by Margaret Atwood and Jay McInerney (pictured) are also of particular interest… Events Around London: …
The term Brazilian conjures rather limited images for us over here: a certain type of bikini wax, football, type of nut, samba… but there’s more, so much more. The Barbican is hosting a mega three month festival, presenting and celebrating Tropicalia , the movement that …
A round of applause please for the Daily Record and what must be the most contrived story of 2006 so far. BOND PLOT MIRRORS 7/7 KILLING screams the headline: The plot of James Bond’s latest movie mirrors the real life killing of the Brazilian shot …
No it’s not a satellite being launched in the rough direction of Uranus in an attempt to discover if aliens are wearing unseasonal clothing, but the more down to Earth matter of our current Terrorist-Finder General facing an investigation into exactly why he told us …
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