Elbow have long been favourites of Londonistas past present and future, so a last minute opportunity to catch Guy Garvey and his band of burly Bury boys was too good to miss. And if this show, set in the stately Victorian, chandelier decked environs of Bayswater's Porchester Hall is merely a warm up for the real thing, then the real thing could be really quite special indeed. The sound is spot on, Garvey's voice......

Every month, the folks at Fancyapint? get together to vote for their top ten favourite pubs. These are recently visited pubs that for one reason or another (the ambience, the booze, the company) stuck in their collective memory. Kindly, these booze-savvy Fancyapinters have decided to share their latest picks with Londonist and all our readers. Cheers! Here’s the current list from Fancyapint? in no particular order of merit. They assure us that all ten......

What stops you recycling? Are you lazy? Don't know where to start? Does your rubbish overwhelm you? The Rubbish Game wants to know. Then it wants to turn your rubbish around, with the help of the Binman of Love. It could get filthy. The Rubbish Game takes place on Wednesday 16 January at the Dana Centre at the Science Museum. It sounds a bit like Hungamunga crossed with the Krypton Factor and wrapped in......

It was pointed out to us, when we posted last week about rugby pubs, that somewhere else had done it better by team. Well yes, they had, but they'd got a bit lazy after the home teams and our closest European friends and bunched the rest of the world together. We know that London is the most diverse city in the world so we've made it our mission to find you, whichever rugby nation......

The fourth in our series of interviews with potential candidates for next year's Mayoral election. Previously: Victoria Borwick (Tory), Andrew Boff (Tory) and Warwick Lightfoot (Tory). Sian Berry is the Green's candidate for next year's elections. Unlike the Tory rivals we've previously interviewed, she is a strong supporter of the congestion charge. She's the only person we've ever known to use the words 'The North London Line is good'. And she's also got a......

The five images above were all contributed by members of the SkyscraperCity forums. Good, huh? Well, some of them are. We'll be giving prizes to the top three, as voted for by you. Yes, we're getting ever more like a desperate TV channel. Coming soon: Shark Week. To be followed by great battles of WWII. To register your vote (and you can vote for more than one image), go to our archive page and......

It seems you don't need to be a spy to get on the wrong side of Russia this year, merely the member of the kindest, sweetest little band you could ever meet. Two weeks ago, Razorlight had to pull a big gig in Moscow declaring: "Mysterious government agents denied permission for the band to perform unless they paid an astronomical amount of money. The band were not going to pay a bribe and tried to......

This Day in London's History Best stay at home today. 16 October seems to be a date of doom and/or gloom for the capital. (And, incidentally, it's also Davina MaCall's birthday.) 1834: Disastrous fire at Westminster. What Guy Fawkes et al. had failed to do 200 years earlier, a bundle of old tally sticks managed in 1834. The outmoded accounting tools were set for disposal. Dickens sums up what happened next: It came to......

Congratulations to Melanie, Stephen and Jason whose thorough knowledge of killer pig movies just scored them a couple of DVDs. The Australian horror classic directed by Russell (Highlander) Mulcahy was indeed Razorback. So nice that so many of you took time out to reminisce about the film. Maybe Peter Jackson should have a go at remaking it... A pat on the back to the poor lost soul who answered Cujo. Killer Saint Bernard movies......

Right, no pithy introductions this week. Let's get straight to the sensuously seductive and dirty as a tramp's trousers Goldfrapp who take to the Brixton stage on Thursday 6th October to support the forthcoming Ooh La La. We're already rubbing our thighs in anticipation. There's also still a chance to catch the Irish Nick Drake, Damien Rice who plays The London Paladium on June 20th. But hurry, tickets're going fast. Fellow troubador Tom McRae......

We like Peroni beer here at Londonist. In fact, our last Londonist get together was held at Luigi's bar on Wardour Street, specifically because it's one of the few places they have Nastro Azzurro on tap. However, their latest rebranding exercise might be doing them more harm than good as far as we're concerned. Here's what they're going to do: First they're going to open a "minimalist boutique" in Sloane Street which will be......