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It’s Chinese New Year this weekend and we will be saying goodbye to the Year of the Dog and welcoming the Year of the Pig. Pigs are considered lucky animals because all they seem to do is sleep, eat, hang around for a bit then …

Valentine’s Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don’t let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things …

Colindale shopping centre, “Oriental City”, has become the nexus of an international dispute. The beloved Edgeware Road mall, which has been called London’s “real Chinatown”, may be knocked down later this year and replaced with a B&Q home improvement superstore, some flats, a school, and …

Down in the midst of the Londonist music dungeon we’ve got our fair share of ideas as to which bands are going to be high up in our last.fm chart at the end of 2007. That said, we’ve not afraid to see what other people …

Just when you thought you were done with Christmas and New Year celebrations, marking the end of the festivities by shredding your tree and wassailing your last wassails to the Green Man on 12th Night then along comes a few more New Year celebrations. It’s …

Shown previously as part of the 2006 London Film Festival in October, there is a special screening of Nick Broomfield’s new film Ghosts at 6.30pm tonight at the Renoir, prior to the film’s general release this Friday. Ghosts is Broomfield’s second fictional film that draws …

So, have we all got used to the baffling suite of new rules for Oyster Cards yet? Oh dear, that’s too bad. Because there’s a whole fresh set of possibilities on the way, via a fantastic bit of plastic that lets you pay Oyster fares …

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. Austinist wasn’t as the NY Times dissed them and a local Tex-Mex institution sold out. Making them feel better was music, sweet music …

If you’re hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients – although …