Ahhh, it’s finally summer (try and ignore the rain for a moment). Summer in London means many things: picnics in Green Park, staying out late on a school night and students all over the capital stressing out about their exams and final year exhibitions. Enter …
If people want something to look at while they are in hospital, ask them what they would rather see: a qualified nurse approaching with a fresh bedpan or a dramatic black and white photo of the local area. Neither are particularly appealing especially if you’re …
The London Design Festival is back next month, running 15 -30 September and if you’re that way inclined, take out your Philip Starcke pen and put it in your Moleskine diary now. Established in 2003 to celebrate and promote London and the UK’s design creativity, …
And you thought the God Squad was a mere turn of phrase. If the previews for God’s Next Army (Mon 8pm C4) are right, then the Grand Old Party should be on its guard as a Trojan horse of bright young things – bright, utterly …
Over the weekend we received an email in response to our post last week about the ‘Smurf’ who was arrested for for using threatening words and behaviour at Twickenham Stadium. The email is from “a good friend” of the aforementioned Smurf (who is apparently called …
Imperial College held its vote about leaving the University of London today and, after years of mutterings, has finally served notice that it will leave the University of London. As we said a few weeks ago, losing the science, technology and medicine college is a …
“No sorry, I couldn’t buy you anything this year as I didn’t want to damage my lungs.” That could work couldn’t it? Especially if you accompanied it with a bit of wheezy breathing and the odd hacking cough. You see, those trusty researchers at Imperial …
This week seems to be the week for colleges banning things. First we had the Imperial College banning hoodies in a ridiculous attempt to ‘increase security’; and now the Royal College of Art has banned ‘camping’. Now it’s not that Kensington is a popular spot …
Debates about the future of the federal University of London have been going on since Londonist was a mere slip of a tax-dodger at the LSE, about three stones lighter and a touch over a decade ago, and we dare say those debates were taking …
If you attended any of the events which made up the Rise Festival (renamed the ‘ London United free festival’ after the bombings) back in July, you might like to know that today is the first day of the Rise Student Week. As you would …
Funny place, Holborn: it’s not the City; it’s not the West End; it refuses to be pinned down to any point of the compass. It is obscure and recondite to most people, a lesser-known and unappealing neighbour to Bloomsbury and Clerkenwell. There are diddly-squat famous …
