Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city’s attempt to …
It’s time to stand up, speak out and come together for Feminist Fightback, the annual free activist conference taking place at University of East London for it’s second year. Because fighting back is still necessary and feminism is not dead – and sadly, women’s rights …
Last week, we asked you to imagine London in the clutches of a saurian rampage. Daniel Sykes sent in this little gem. It’s Reign of Fire meets Pete’s Dragon – very much a film we don’t want to see. Daniel wins a signed copy of …
That’s right, in the computer room, with the lead piping. Guest commenting is no more. To cut down on spammers, trollers, nobbers, roarers and general troublemakers, commenting on Londonist and any other ‘ist’ blog now requires you to sign in. It’s dead easy, though. Just …
As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts — okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles — now that’s a …
Well Londonist has run two animal stories into one here, on account of not wanting to look like we’ve gone soft. And to keep all parties happy, there’s a doggy one, and a kitty one. Although the cat one is actually rather sad: the business …
You want entertainment in London, you say? And you want it for free? Well, good sir or madam, you’ve come to the right place. Anyone who’s lived in this fair city for a while knows that free entertainment is actually all around us. From our …
Some new research has been published claiming that Elephant and Castle will become a top retail destination in the next 10 years. Now, we’re as optimistic as the next blog, as demonstrated by our views on the 2012 Olympic logo. But, even for us, this …
London Street Art 2 is the sequel to, well, erm, London Street Art. The pocket sized book chronicles some of the more interesting graffiti from the past year. We asked photographer Alex MacNaughton about his latest collection of images – many, like the shot above, …
Arrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggh…. Yes. We still be talkin’ like pirates. (We’ve tried but it’s hard to stop.) So we reckon we aught to get back out onto the high seas. Or, at least the Thames. So it be a good job the Bring Stuff Pirate Party is …
London, a melting pot of immigrant cultures and strange beasts. Amongst other things of course. But none of this is anything new. Way back in October 1958 a bear arrived on a lifeboat from Darkest Peru with a suitcase full of marmalade sandwiches. Luckily he …
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