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Extra, Extra

What a surprise – the Christmas season has been switched on already. You don’t say – the four richest football club owners in Britain live in London. Well we never – TfL are to take over from Metronet. Goodness gracious: taking drugs can make you …

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Londonist Internet Itinerary

I’m sure someone clever once said, “all work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy”… and we all know how hard Londoners work. It seems only fair that we should have a little playtime too. In this post I’m going to share with you …

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Extra, Extra

Congestion charge leads to rise in stolen and counterfeit number plates. New study into aircraft noise finds that people don’t really like it. Keats house being restored. When the pinkie breaks: Led Zeppelin reunion delayed thanks to a broken finger. Jimmy Page presumably wearing a …

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You’re A Flyer Not A Lover

Here’s a word of advice if you’re thinking of using one of the 12 private suites on the new A380 super jumbo to indulge in some carnal activities: KEEP THE NOISE DOWN! Or use the toilets like everyone else. That’s not the word from Singapore …

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Happy Diwali

Well it’s awfully good of that nice Mr. Livingstone to organise stuff in Trafalgar Square, and we are all too sorry that we didn’t have time to go to his Diwali day on Sunday 28th October. But Londonist would remind you that Diwali isn’t actually …

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Macca Is Rubbish

As far as we are concerned, McCartney should have retired years ago, just before he started Wings and released Mull of Kintyre. Sadly he didn’t and continues to release albums to this day, such as this year’s ridiculously mediocre left-handed mandolin tinged effort that was …

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Panto Preview #3: Christmas Down The Cut

Mince pies are proliferating on supermarket shelves people. It really is time to book your festive entertainment. I mean, we told you back in August about Cinderella at The Old Vic. Stephen Fry’s “cheekily updated” script, Pauline Collins’ Fairy Godmother and Sandi Toksvig’s narrator promise …

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Preview: The Pick of Persian Pop

Fancy something completely different for the weekend? Next weekend that is? Howzabout a preening and prancing, full-blooded Persian pop concert? We thought that might grab your attention, for one reason or another. Most Londoners tend to forget that for every ex-pat community living in London, …

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The Gypsies are Coming to Town

Your mother might well have said ‘that you never should/Play with the gypsies in the wood’, and she would probably advise you to give a wide berth to the begging variety in most urban high streets today as well. But this is just so much …

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Preview: Serpentine Experiment Marathon

Strange goings-on are promised this weekend at Olafur Eliasson’s Serpentine Pavilion. Robots! Kissing booths! Out-of-body experiences! It can only mean one thing – the return of the Experiment Marathon. After an interview-heavy 2006 debut, this year’s Marathon has doubled in length, running from Saturday to …

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Taste Spain, Friday 12 to Friday 19 October

For anyone who wants to imagine they are abroad in sunnier climates while London turns damply autumnal, the flavours of Spain are coming to London for a week in Taste Spain. Being quite a sophisticated city in terms of culinary acuity, Londoners know there is …