Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) is having an unusual autumn. While most performing arts venues start September with a new programme of plays, workshops and special one-off events, BAC is bolting its main doors and sending all those who dare approach through the back door and …
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 …
Well, not quite. But in a bit. On 25 October, it’ll be three years since we started posting. And we’re throwing a massive party to celebrate. Well, again, not quite. We’re having a friendly gathering in a pub, to which you’re all invited. Some, but …
Just one day to go until the third FREE Londonist guided walk. In a nutshell, it’s a tour of the more macabre side of Bloomsbury starting at 7pm tomorrow (Fri 11 Oct) outside Atlantis Books, Museum Street. But more details here. We’ve also negotiated discount …
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 …
We’re gob-smacked we are that Brits have a bad bed rep. As far as the eye can see, quite literally, we’re about as randy as a canine on heat. Sexual sighting number one: freshers strip during freshers week – now that sure is an original …
The Mayor of London wants you to stay up late. Stay up late for the Lates October season. He wanted you to cut back on sleep and catch up on culture back in May when the first Lates season was launched, now it’s October, he …
Bored of eating your sandwich at your desk or trying to resist heading out to Oxford Street and spending more money than you have in your lunch hour? Well MINI may have the answer as over the last few weeks they’ve been instigating a series …
As we come to the end of the Jewish High Holy day season, London will be celebrating all things Jewish this Sunday (14 Oct) with the 2nd Simcha on the Square. Designed as a showcase for the UK’s Jewish culture and supported by the Mayor …
You want entertainment in London, you say? And you want it for free? Well, good sir or madam, you’ve come to the right place. Anyone who’s lived in this fair city for a while knows that free entertainment is actually all around us. From our …
Now that the improv jazz solo of Oxjam’s opening extravaganza is over, the country’s biggest music festival settles into a smooth 4/4 groove for the second week. The focus shifts away from the basement of Dalston’s Oxfam – where the likes of Norman Cook and …
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