Every so often we meet up with people who are doing things a little bit out of the ordinary for a little chinwag. This time round meet Helen who’s rapidly gaining status somewhere you’d probably not expect to find anyone born after the ’50s anywhere …
If you can’t get a ticket to see France at Twickenham on Sunday then get yourself down to Blackheath on Saturday afternoon where the England Counties rugby union side, made up of amateur and semi-professional players from outside the Premiership, entertain their French counterparts. The …
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger added to his recent complaint about cup replays with some further stern words aimed in the direction of London rivals Chelsea and their just announced £80m operating loss for the most recent accounting year: They have a super sponsor. With normal …
Mama Mouse: [To her eight happy children] My darling children, how happy you all look at our Monday morning breakfast table in our beautiful home in the Cheesegrater. Did you have a good weekend? Mouslings: We had a wonderful weekend! We went to all our …
Launching this Thursday is a sparkling new free weekly email magazine featuring all the essential events, bars, restaurants and clubs around the city. Subscribers to le cool London can make the most of the positive and useful content that is promised; we like the fact …
This Day In London’s History 1976: A series of IRA bombs explode in London’s West End. During the early hours of 29th January 1976, 12 bombs exploded in the area around Oxford Street, injuring the driver of a passing taxi and starting several small fires. …
As we briefly mentioned yesterday, the owner of the Gutshot Private Members Club in Clerkenwell has been found guilty of violating the 1968 Gaming Act by organising games of poker on the premises without a licence. Throughout the trial Derek Kelly, the club’s owner, has …
It might not be a vintage season in the league, where many of the capital’s football clubs are looking nervously over their shoulders at relegation, but London seems determined to have at least one finalist in the first FA Cup showpiece at the new Wembley …
Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor …
Robin Ince is a stand up comedian and writer. By all accounts he is very good and has had his fingers in many pies. Robin is also the founder of The Book Club, a nomadic club night. The club has proved to be so successful …
Sixty seconds on BBC Radio Five Live yesterday lunchtime beautifully encapsulated what English football is currently going through. The first forty-five seconds consisted of pained hand-wringing about foreign ownership, fans becoming increasingly helpless in the face of billionaire consortia and the increasingly predictable pecking order …
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