Photo by suburbanslice from the Londonist Flickr pool No, “salmon flipping” isn’t what you say when you desperately want to swear but there’s children present, it describes a method of fare dodging that we’ve probably all fallen foul of. The (artful) dodger gets right in …
Boris Johnson is backing a plan to bring Routemasters back into action, with electric motors and no emissions, and the reintroduction of drivers and conductors on each bus. With characteristic swiftness, Ken Livingstone has taken opposition to the plan and Londoners are once again torn …
Londonist went on a sojourn to Manchester recently, and loved the place. Home of iconic bands, incessant rain, pretty canals, and some of Britain’s most interesting modern architecture outside London, Manchester has a lot to offer. If only there were a way to get there …
Never knowingly underrated – his was the sole photographic contribution to a recent Phaidon book about art history – Canadian photographer Jeff Wall is best known for his imposingly large colour transparencies that evoke scenes from unmade films. For his first UK show since a …
O2, it seems, are cornering the market in progressive mobile gadegtry, already having the monopoly on the shiny smart iPhone and now the pilot phase OyPhone. Sorry, “Oyster Wallet” is the much more sensible and meaningless name for TfL’s latest technology wheeze which puts your …
This Sunday TfL take over the North London Line. Yes, the service also known as the loony line and infamous for fare dodging and criminal activity on unmanned stations is getting a rebrand. Goodbye (good riddance) Silverlink! Hello London Overground. The long neglected, feared and …
Okay, first of all, the bad news: both the opening and closing previews at the Barbican’s London Korea Film Festival are already sold out. Boo! If you were hoping to check out Park Chan-wook’s latest I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay, or the Cannes-pleasing Breath …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 22nd October 1809: The Croydon Canal, linking Croydon to Deptford via Forest Hill, is opened. Requiring 28 locks to overcome the gradients of the route, it would never become a commercial success, and would be closed just 37 …
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 …
What would you do for 10p? Probably not a whole lot if you’re like a very tired friend of ours on Saturday night. The lure of saving a couple of shillings failed to persuade her to stay for another drink: ‘Wait a half hour and …
We were bored this evening so we took pot luck, browsed the Camden Fringe and went along to the next possible show. And what were we destined for? Traditional fringe fare: a slice of Shakespeare all shook up. Our minds were open. What was definitely …
