The last woman ever to be hanged by the British government, Ruth Ellis, is back in the news 52 years after her execution. A petition to have the Ellis case reopened is being supported by Gordon Brown after new evidence possibly exonerating Ellis was brought …
Life’s a gas, so says Marc Bolan as well as Joey Ramone. And jumpin’ jack flash it may be true: Londonist itself is a gas, albeit an unstable, inert one. Recently we explored the sublime in previewing Lou Smith and Lorraine Liyanage’s Gas Organ showing …
Huge hangover? Spent all of your money? Yep, us too. So we can’t go and watch Barbara Streisand (though we don’t think we’ll ever be that rich) and we can’t go and see Elling. But, here’s a few things you can do this week to …
Monday sees Portland, Oregon’s new indie-rock darlings The Thermals play Dingwalls with support from Siberia’s SonicFlyer. Tickets are still available from See Tickets at £8.50 each plus booking fees. Tellison play their “disarming melodies and big-hearted guitars” at the Camden Barfly, with support coming from …
This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it’s important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. …
Londonist loved Treasure Hunt. It was so exciting. Annika Rice running around in a jump suit, cameraman Graham up her arse and a shiny helicopter to scoot from one end of Wiltshire to the other solving clues, avoiding scary Wincy Willis and hunting for, what …
Rockabaret is fabulous. Dress up. Be crazy, silly, decadent, beautiful. And then dance the night away to your favourite songs! Londonist had a chat with Nikkie Amouyal, director of Rockabaret, who runs the night with Tony Maggs. The next night is on Saturday 21st July …
. It’s over. Our love affair with Free Range must sadly come to an end. Before we go, here’s one more artist you really should check out before it’s all packed away until next year. Claire Fitch is from renowned Nottingham Trent University. You can …
Previewed on here a week ago, London’s India Now season launched yesterday with a party at the London Eye and an intricate replica of the Taj Mahal floating down the Thames. As we predicted, Shilpa Shetty did indeed haul herself to the event. We hear …
Who doesn’t love the Antiques Roadshow? All those hopefuls bringing their beloved plates and porcelain figurines to be assessed, hoping that all those years of dusting Great Aunt Maud’s dancing frog doll will pay off when the kindly antique dealer cries out ‘bloody hell, that’s …
Londonist was thrilled to attend the The Chap & Hendrick’s Olympiad 2007 last Saturday, a most amusing afternoon’s entertainment in the leafy surroundings of Bedford Square Gardens. It was an absolute delight to see so many of London’s brightest young (and not so young) things …
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