Right now, as we’re typing these words, we’re listening to the music that is streamed from the website of blues musician and London Underground busker Stephen Dale Petit. Normally, we would venture an opinion that despite Mr Petit’s obvious musical proficiency (Eric Clapton apparently thinks …
This just popped up on Metafilter: One of the great Radiohead tracks and drummer Phil Selway’s favourite song on “The Bends”, “Just” combines self-loathing lyrics, a particular viscous guitar riff and middle-eight to die for. For his cover Mark Ronson not only enlisted the help …
Three men in their early 20s were stabbed in the ticket hall at Holloway Road Tube station last night. One is serious but stable with stomach injuries. The other two have cuts to their hands and arms. One man has been arrested. A reporter for …
You, our faithful Londonist readers, did so well with the previous installments of this little game, in which we have asked you to identify the London location of videos featuring Kylie, Coldplay, and the Chemical Brothers, that we thought we’d give you a bit more …
Following the bombings and attempted bombings of the last month London has seen a a rise in reported hate crimes including both verbal and physical assaults as well as criminal damage to buildings including Mosques. According to Scotland Yard there were 269 “religious hate” crimes, …
Having predicted that violinist Leila Josefowicz would wear something stunning for her two Proms performances, we were momentarily taken aback when we first caught sight of her walking onstage to play the Bruch concerto in the Royal Albert Hall last Saturday. A simple turquoise skirt, …
If you missed the NorthSouthEastWest photographic exhibition at the Science Museum earlier this year then you should definitely try and catch it in Trafalgar Square this week. The project, which is currently touring the world, brings togther some of the world’s top photographers to “to …
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