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Image by Chris Osborne We’re quite fond of Daddy Donkey, the Leather Lane burrito shack that we think offers arguably the best Tex-Mex fare in all of London. To celebrate the forthcoming launch of their new website, the team are holding a spicy burrito eating …

Who wants to be in the office today? Who wants to be told to take alternative routes because there aren’t enough drivers on the Circle Line? Who wants to choose the outcomes of something you have a direct investment in? If you do, head down …

Are there really any Star Wars fans left after the last trilogy of bowel movements? Apparently enough to warrant something called Star Wars Celebration Europe. To be held in quadrant OU812 of the Fanboydra System aka ExCeL London at Canary Wharf. To celebrate the 30th …

It’s been a good year for British Literature, what with the globally lauded Booker nominees and the Nobel Prize and all. But alas, it’s not quite over yet… The folks over at the Whitbread headquarters wait all the way until next year to announce their …

First up in the film reviews this week is The Aristocrats, which starts off reasonably well by picking up three stars in the Times. At just two paragraphs Wendy Ide’s review of this documentary about a legendary in-joke amongst comedians is probably shorter than the …

Everyone has fond memories of Hi De Hi. Londonist used to watch, mouth agape, dumbfounded by the idea that anyone would consider enforced jollity and strictly regimented ‘fun’ to be their idea of a good holiday. The best thing about Hi De Hi was how …

The film community has the Oscars; the muso’s have the Grammys; and British telly has…the ITV National Television Awards. This year is the tenth anniversary of the awards and ITV are pulling out all the stops for tonight’s ceremony. They’ve got Sir Trevor McDonald to …