Beginning with the idea that the alteration of consciousness is a universal human impulse, Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition, High Society takes a look at the history of drug taking across the continents. Starting with their plant origins and ending at the development of the synthetic …
Hans and Eva Rausing must be a lovely couple. Charming, in fact. Possibly the most lovely, charming and persuasive people you could possibly meet. We are sure the charm isn’t derived from the fact that they happen to be very well-off, being the heirs to …
Jury service can be a drag, we imagine (Londonist’s youthfulness precluding it from being summoned to rule over our fellow citizens). How to make the time go quickly? You could do like Homer Simpson did and wear a pair of oversized comedy glasses to surreptitiously …
London collectively yawned as Amy Winehouse was arrested then released on bail last night in her duel with Pete Doherty to become London’s most-wanted, drug-addled musician. To her credit, she did go to an east London police station voluntarily. She was called in based on …
It’s getting warmer! Ok, not really. Lazy evenings lolling about in one of the city’s grand parks are still a ways off, so keep heading inside to galleries and theatres for your (heated) culture fix. This week’s cerebral theme? Attention-grabbing names. You’ll see. Onwards! The …
News of a film installation to be unveiled at Rayners Lane and Sudbury Town stations shortly alerted us to the fact that TfL’s jolly and diverse Platform for Art programme had undergone a rebrand and will be relaunching as Art on the Underground at the …
Sir Ian Blair dismissed favouring non-white applicant recruits to the Met as “yesterday’s solution” at a National Black Police Association debate yesterday. The recruitment bus rolls into Trafalgar Square’s Diwali celebrations this weekend to demonstrate the Met’s policy of targeting their recruitment at black and …
Travis Bickle: All the animals come out at night – whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. Below is a genuine conversation this Londonista has had whilst walking …
Greenwich Indoor Market is fab. There’s nothing more enjoyable than a stroll around all the little stalls on a Sunday. Thankfully, plans to knock it down and turn it into flats were scuppered after public out cry (no shock there then). But new plans have …
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 …
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