While attending the London Art Fair at the weekend, we were recounting an article from The Times regarding the sale of The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living aka “The Shark” by Damien Hirst. Hirst is considered one of Britain’s leading …
The treasures of the pharoah Tutankhamun are returning to London after more than 30 years, the BBC reports. And they’re going to be on show in the Millennium Dome. This is extremely good news. The horde is a priceless array of death-trappings that is as …
Just a quick update on the whole Jerry Springer the Opera debacle we reported on at the end of last week. There’s a report in today’s Times which shows just how out-of-hand this whole thing has got: “Yesterday security guards continued to monitor the North …
The shock of being back at work after the torpor of the Christmas holidays is a little bit like a cold that won’t quite go away, you can’t quite shift that nagging horrible feeling that’s stopping you feeling 100 per cent. To blast away the …
Is the site of somebody cycling while talking on their mobile phone a common site in the capital? Londonist can’t remember having ever seen anyone even attempting such an audacious feat, but apparently it’s so much of a problem that the Tories are tabling an …
London has more corners, and secrets, than anyone could imagine; every now and then, visionaries latch onto one neglected aspect of it and bring it to general attention, in the process transforming our view of the city we thought we knew so well. Of late, …
Mercury Rev announced tour dates via the XFM website yesterday. They play London on 12th March at the Hammersmith Apollo and tickets go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 10th November. Personally, we found the Mercury Rev live experience at Glastonbury 2002 rather dull but …
Londonist hasn’t had any interest in the word of pro-wrestling since we were about eight (and we only watched it then because all our mates did). But this story of an American wrestling ‘star’ who was convicted of “causing unnecessary suffering to a 12-foot python” …
The Young British Art Phenomenon has come in for a lot of stick over the years. Hirst, Emin and Turk et al have been accused of shallow shock tactics, cruelty to animals, and making themselves comfortable in the pocket of Charles Saatchi. But last week …
It’s a long time since we had any global warming panic (not counting the marketing campaign behind The Day After Tomorrow of course). So Londonist was pleased to see this report (PDF File), released today, which claims that “London could face summers as hot as …
It seems we haven’t been able to turn on the telly this week without catching a glimpse of Pamela Anderson. She’s been touring the chat show circuit pushing her ‘novel’ Star (by the way, according to Amazon, customers who bought books by Pamela Anderson also …
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