If you have ever longed to exorcise yourself of those dreary afternoons in chilly church halls and torturous tinned food stockpiling that seemed to be the sole remit of Harvest Festivals at primary schools two decades ago, then your chance to experience a very different …
Fake holy water seized! By God! Fake fags seized! By dog! Calls for Edgware Road station to change its name to Chapel Street Market. Which has the surreal advantage of being an anagram of The Spectral Meerkat. UPDATE: Seems it’s actually Church Street Market. Whoever …
Hard-Fi have announced a massive UK tour of arenas throughout the land, including a night at Wembley Arena. They’ll be bringing their tales of urban hell to Wembley on Tuesday 18th December, with tickets on sale tomorrow morning at 9am. For those quick off the …
Not that kind of constable, though if all missing policemen stories ended this nicely, the world would be a nicer place. A sketch by the artist John Constable, the man behind the famous Salisbury Cathedral painting, has been found after assumed missing for the last …
Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend’s annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what’s becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one of the participants. Chicagoist’s decidedly opinionated readership was also appalled that one …
If you’re feeling your age, then you’ll have fun this weekend. Two events have been noted on the Londonist radar and both concern the silver end of the social spectrum. First up for your diary is Bells of Shoreditch on Saturday, a durational performance installation …
Spitalfields Market, in case you hadn’t noticed, has been undergoing a major facelift. Last year, the revamped western end reopened with trendy boutiques and eateries, amid grumbles from some quarters that the area would lose its character (it hasn’t). Now it’s the turn of the …
Imagine the tall pipes of a church organ. Imagine each pipe is made of glass. Imagine those pipes are not connected to a keyboard but freestanding, attached to slim white metal frames, originally intended for film or theatre lighting rigs. Imagine each of those glass …
8. The Incomprehensibles ‘Zooform phenomena’ was a term coined by Fortean zoologist Jonathan Downes to categorise ‘creatures’ which even cryptozoology – the study of hidden animals – dares not to investigate. These are the forms which have animal characteristics, yet are quite simply too bizarre …
Only a fortnight to go now before central London is engulfed by the two-wheeled juggernaut of the world’s most celebrated race. “Le Grand Depart” is the title given to the weekend of sport and festivities from 6th – 8th July that marks the first visit …
Perched on the rooftops of London, there are hundreds of statues warding off pigeons and other unwanted birds. And no, we’re not talking about Antony Gormley statues. We’re talking about owls. Plastic owls that keep us safe from invading hordes of pigeons. But what happens …
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