Preview: The London Circle Walk
This Sunday a group of people are imposing a circle on London and walking round it.
Challenge
The Deptford X Challenge
As a trailer to the excellently quirky Deptford X arts festival local businesses and residents are being challenged to create an X for their front window. Part guerilla art activity, part viral advertising and part community outreach the Xs will raise awareness of Deptford X …
Thames Barrier To Teddington: Photography Challenge
Last year we asked you to capture the essence of Slow London for the first Londonist photography competition. This year we turn our attention to the river for a collaborative documentary project, in partnership with Shoot Experience, to create a distinctive and eclectic snapshot of …
Preview: Iron Actor Impro Challenge
Whilst we’re always up for challenges ranging from alternative pub crawls to feats of impressive physicality and meandering, historical forays we’re baulking at the concept of Iron Actor: possibly the toughest comedy impro challenge in the world. Quite simply, 12 actors start. They do impro. …
Eddie Iz Finished
Everyone’s favourite Action Transvestite proved himself that and so much more yesterday as he completed his 43rd marathon in 52 days. Missing toenails pale into blistery insignificance when you think about what that means. Most of us will barely ever limp through 1 London Marathon …
Dunwich Dynamo 2009: Pictures Of A Cycling Challenge
A few bleary-eyed and saddle-sore Londoners will have more-interesting-than-usual water cooler banter about what they did on their weekend. A big night down the pub? No, a 120 mile overnight bike ride to the Suffolk coast. The Dunwich Dynamo was run (and not won, it’s …
London’s Summer Of Cycling: Dunwich Dynamo
By junketz via the Londonist Flickrpool Seems Boris is setting up some events to encourage us all to cycle this summer. Southwark Cyclists and the London School of Cycling have been at it for at least a decade already: last year’s Dunwich Dynamo (an overnight, …
The Great Londonist Pun Hunt
We want to know: what is the most puntastic shop in London? Our friends in Toronto laid down the challenge with a truly frightening exposition of wordplay (the Hindenburger fast food joint stands out; oh the humanity). But we think London can do even better. …
The Patterson Challenge
150 years ago today, Victorian tourist, James Patterson returned to Manchester after a festivity packed sight-seeing sojourn in Camden with friends. It’s quite likely you took a post prandial walk over Christmas. Perhaps you hit Oxford Street to look at the sales, wander the deserted …
Gaming For Charity At ULU
We’ve seen you racing down Rainbow Road in the queue at Sainsbury’s. We’ve also noticed you desperately arranging tetrominoes on the tube and catching Pokémon at the bus stop, so we know you’re just as addicted to playing Nintendo DS as we are. For over …
