Noah’s Ark ‘Replica’ For Olympics?
Comes with robotic lions.
christianity
Christian Driver Refuses To Board The Atheist Bus
Those deity-slaying omnibus ads continue to fill column inches. Today’s fallout concerns Christian bus driver Ron Heather who walked out on his shift last week rather than drive a bus bearing the now infamous posters for atheism. Fortunately, his managers at First Bus agreed to …
Survey Shocker – 1 In 3 Officially Nutcases
That’s probably not a fair summary of the survey in question, but hear this Londonista out. A London church commissioned a survey of people’s religious beliefs, with the results released (exclusively it seems) to the BBC. The Beeb reported, with a surprised look on its …
London On The Cheap
Last full week before Christmas, we expect your bank account’s feeling the strain. All that Christmas shopping and partying taking its toll? If you want to make the most of being out and about before Christmas cabin fever and complete exhaustion set in then we’re …
Argh, It’s A Dead Seascroll
When Londonist originally heard that the Dead Sea Scrolls were being exhibited in London, an erroneous verbal concatenation took place which caused the communication to appear as, ‘Dead Seascrolls’. We were curious – what are these Seascrolls? Are they washed-up aquatic behemoths, heaving their last …
The Londonist Literary List
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. First off, a resounding thank you to Sarah who authored this column so expertly each week and has only abdicated the role because she was …
Extra Extra
Tickets for Madonna’s Wembley Arena shows on August 1st and 3rd, go on sale at 9 and off sale at a few seconds past 14 more swans tested for avian flu. Is it time for a national panic yet? The Judas gospel: “Jesus made me …
Sequentia Sings Apocalyse at SBC
Many years ago — Londonist can’t even remember how many — we found ourselves in a tiny recital hall on a provincial university campus somewhere. Benjamin Bagby walked on stage, alone, with a six-stringed lyre. He proceeded to recite, from memory, all of Book One …
Westminster Abbey Now In Lincoln
Tourists take note: as of this week you’ll have to travel to sunny Lincoln to see Westminster Abbey. And it’s all thanks to Dan Brown. Yes the Da Vinci Code debacle continues thanks to the Hollywood version currently being filmed with Tom Hanks as the …
