To top off a year of switching the telly off standby, turning down the thermostat and carbon offsetting concern, you can now give a loved one 12 square metres of greenbelt land for Christmas. Yes, you can help protect London’s precious remaining circle of undeveloped …
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 …
Our friends at the South East London Folklore Society (SELFS) will be hailing and celebrating Yule tonight with a good old fashioned game of pin the tail on the Yule Cat. There will also be beer, chips, storytelling, songs and games. If you’re a fan …
We all know that there is an alternative to the traditional stuck with the family and mired in food and booze Christmas we moan about on an annual basis. But it takes quite a lot to change habits and risk something new. Skilled people – …
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 …
While most will undoubtedly be snuggling up on the sofa, warmed chocolate cupped in one palm, tv remote in the other, the residents of East Barnet will be endeavouring upon a very different xmas eve: as was the tradition back in 1932, those with a …
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 …
Langdon Park DLR station opened yesterday, to initially no fanfare, until Ken turned up with some free Oyster cards. Diamond Geezer has blogged in heartfelt detail about the “shiny alien mothership” lighting up a neglected, marginalised area. Langdon Park now easily links up with Canary …
Formally half of the much loved and missed Arab Strap, Malcolm Middleton’s solo career revealed unexpected pop sensibilities. Sure, he’s no happier, and he’s just as foul mouthed, but this time he does it with added melody and pop hooks. Tonight’s show at the Scala …
You may have noticed the streets were very crowded in central London on Saturday but this wasn’t a pre-emptive swipe at the shops for early Christmas shopping – it was London’s participation in a global rally on climate change. Coinciding with the climate change summit …
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