Despite them not having a relationship of any kind, it seems Brad Pitt is looking to move to London to be nearer weirdo goth home wrecker, Angelina Jolie. According to rumours Pitt has “instructed estate agents to start searching posh parts of west London” which …
We love to champion new capital based talent, but Londonist also enjoys getting into a band at ground level as opposed to when you’ve no choice but to fork over £50 to a tout outside a sold out Brixton Academy gig, so we were eager …
In a move that screams “we’re the government, ha ha”, Labour has announced that it will not be releasing a London manifesto, claiming its national manifesto contained enough references to the capital. Anyway, let’s see what the ruling party sees fit to draw London’s attention …
Not content with driving around in their annoying little cars with urban-inspired street graphics, London’s real estate agents are now finding time in their busy schedule of fleecing renters and pushing the envelope of bad shirt-tie combinations
Are Reebok glamorising gun crime? Lucy Cope of Southwark believes so and has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority regarding an advertisement featuring 50 cent. Mrs Cope’s son was shot dead outside a London club three years ago and she considers the current Reebok advertising …
This week, if you’re thinking of going to the pictures you’ve got a choice between a crazed asssassin in Washington, gun crime in Hackney…and Matthew McConaughey taking his shirt off in the desert. At least you can’t complain that the choice isn’t ‘varied’. So first …
Did we ever mention how much we like heists here at Londonist? We like them so much we’re even thinking of having a dedicated ‘heist category’ so people can access all the archived heist news more easily. But, alas, it seems the glory days of …
Back in January, we reported on a story which claimed that “Almost half of the UK population form their opinions about crime and the police from television dramas”. In fact, a survey of 2500 people revelaed that 34% thought London was the UK’s most dangerous …
There’s nothing like a good heist, but unfortunately there hasn’t been anything like a good heist for a while now. It always seems to just be some opportunist with a blunt instrument doing a snatch and grab while the guard is taking a pee, and …
What would you say we need more of in society? What would make our lives run smoother, cut down on daily frustration, and get things done more thoroughly with less mistakes? That’s right: computers! Everyone knows computers are foolproof and are the answer to all …
In an effort to counter high levels of street crime the Watford Pubwatch scheme is now escorting pub patrons to their car, taxi or other destination. It’s been running for two months and is now due to be expanded. Pubwatch is community based initative designed …
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