Since the discovery of his torso in the Thames in September 2001, the mystery child named “Adam” by the investigation team has baffled the police and has sparked a five-year probe into possible ritual killings in London and Nigeria. The horrific discovery of such a …
Ok, enough of the teaser posts, The London Collection is a new book from Think Books which was written by four members of the Londonist staff. Basically the book is an alternative guide to the capital, with kind of a Schott’s Miscellany feel to it …
This day in London’s History 1948 The last Olympics to be held in London draw to a close. With most of Europe still under ration and all the piggybanks long smashed to pieces, it wasn’t a universally popular decision to hold the XIV Olympiad on …
We’ve had a problem before about the dead being a tad greedy, so it comes as a relief to see that finally they’re being forced to budge up a little bit: A cemetery is offering second-hand graves, with “refurbished” monuments including headstones, obelisks and crosses, …
Formed out of members of Art of Noise & The Auteurs, we first came across Infantjoy while wallowing in ‘OMG SARAH NIXEY IS BACK!!!111!!’ induced glee a few months ago. Guest starring on their working of ‘Silent Night’, we were intrigued by this duo who …
This bit of Health & Safety news already made the Extra Extra, but after mulling it over for a while we wanted to give it a little more space… Not that the dead need any more. They’re everywhere! And worse than that they still refuse …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Among the treats available to lit lovers this week are a reading in a cemetery, a reading in Shakespeare’s Globe, and if you’re willing to …
Normally when Londonist goes stalking, it’s to track down connected works of art, or famous buildings by the same architect. But we decided to take the word ‘stalk’ back to its hunting routes this week. Prompted by the news that the Beast of Bexley has …
Found Magazine is itself a real find: it’s a collection of the poignant, funny, frightening and just outright odd bits and pieces of paper that slip through life’s cracks. As the website says: We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids’ homework, to-do lists, …
Let’s face it, The Time Traveller’s Wife is a bit of ‘a tube book’. It’s been pretty much unavoidable since it came out and Londonist lost count of the number of times people have pleaded with us to read it. Which doesn’t mean it’s a …
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