Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced that new controls will be put in place to “tighten up the procedures under which the Government uses secret intelligence“. This comes of course after the intelligence suggesting that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was proved to be …
It’s mid month and funds are no doubt in short supply but if you do have a few pennies to spare Londonist recommends, for your listening pleasure, the following recently announced gigs: A group who never forget to send flowers on Mothering Sunday, Motorhead bring …
If you’re stuck for something to do tonight and you’re not put off by the terrible weather, The Bees fly into town and play Brixton Academy. Despite releasing a terrific second album, the buzz about the band hasn’t led to the promised land of commerical …
To tram or not to tram that is the question, but it seems that there’s a bit of confusion between the great people of London as to what the answer is. Is it nobler in the mind to suffer congestion, disruption to shops and displacement …
The Mail began serialising Piers Morgan’s ‘secret diary’ yesterday (couldn’t they have called it something other than a ‘secret diary’ it makes Morgan sound like a nine-year-old schoolgirl), so we thought we’d take a look and see what the broadhseets are saying about the book, …
Not a huge amount to tell you about this week by way of releases. Not anything we think is worth bringing to your attention, anyway, so we’ll concentrate on the live scene. It seems that news of the tickets still going for the Tsunami Relief …
Looking round the interweb, you sometimes get the impression that web designers are more interested in showing off their latest graphic ideas, rather than making things usable. Not so much of a problem if all you’re doing is trying to market something that can only …
Londonist spent a very pleasant evening in Brighton last night, in the company of HAL (right) and The Magic Numbers on the last night of their joint-headlining tour. The gig at Concorde2 was The Magic Numbers’ turn to headline, and a good job too, as …
People don’t need a reason to hate West London and in particular Notting Hill, but for some reason the creative community seem hell-bent on given them some. Not content with creating a film so bland and banal that it’s most iconic feature was a door …
Guerilla-gigging rockers The Others will feature in an event at the V&A on 25th February. According to the V&A, ‘Agitate – Educate – Organise’ is a “Social documentary on today’s everyday life voiced by young poets, novelists, artists and musicians. Poetry reading, story telling and …
We’ve all run into American tourists who try and cram as much culture and sightseeing into the shortest possible time frame. Big Ben in the morning, the Eiffel Tower in the afternoon and The Leaning Tower of Pisa before bed. These days of course seventeen …
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