Londonist was gutted to realise that we’d missed Richard Lawrence at Borders on Charing Cross Road last night. He was talking about his new book Realise Your Inner Potential, which is apparently a “manual for living”, but we were too busy at home on the …
Looking for something to do tonight? Got nipples? Then why not get down to the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark for a class in the delicate art of nipple tassle twirling. Nipple tassle twirling (which is difficult enough to say, never mind do) is the …
Looking at the timetable of London-based events for next week, there’s one that seems to just jump out at us: The benefits of female promiscuity at the Imperial College on 17 November. With a title like that how can Londonist resist? For just £8 you …
Londonist can sometimes see why we journalists get a bad name. A quick surf of even today’s newspapers will see that Brian Drysdale, “48”, driver of the car involved in the rail crash in Berkshire last Saturday, drove onto the railway line, removed his clothes, …
We like it when London’s more snooty establishment go a bit populist so we were glad to read that Christie’s is aiming itself at the upper echelons of the geek community with its massive auction of “entertainment memorabilia” next month. Of all the catalogue highlights, …
At what age do you think Maurice Saatchi sold his soul to the devil? After all this is a man who, not content with being the mastermind behind of one of the country’s largest advertising agencies, decided that he’d take on the joint-chairmanship of the …
Peter Lennard is the founder of The London Bridge Museum and Educational Trust, an organisation whose aim is to create “a dedicated Museum as a worthy tribute to the world’s most famous bridge.” (And if you’re thinking ‘hang on, where are they going to put …
It sounds like the title for a classroom presentation by a socially awkward nine-year-old, but according to Prospect’s events listing for November (PDF file), tonight the Institute of Electrical Engineers is hosting a talk by the author Deborah Moggach, entitled My Fantasy Art Collection. Now, …
The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It had been in the long grass. So wrote Philip Larkin in his poem The Mower. And from today the public can view one of Larkin’s own lawnmowers (although, sadly, …
It’s bonfire night tomorrow: time to scare the pets, burn the traitor, eat sugar coated fruit on a stick and partake in some organised arson. Yay! Below we present our rough guide to bonfire nights across the capital: Clapham Common: One of the biggest, with …
Tonight, Londonist is taking the trip up to Highgate in north London to attend one of the best pub quizzes in the city. The Bigger Boat Film Quiz takes place at a pub on Archway road every month, and it’s quickly becoming a bit of …
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