Random trivia of the week: In what role did a 5-year-old Michael Palin make his acting debut in his preparatory school’s performance of A Christmas Carol? You’ll find the answer (it’s not as obvious as you might think) – and more appearances by both Palin …
Fiction for your Friday, courtesy our friends at Litro, London’s free monthly literary mag. In this, Litro’s debut on Londonist, we bring you an excerpt from Deborah Nash’s ‘Triumph’, published in the magazine’s recent ‘Revolutions’ issue. Although of a different era, the setting of Nash’s …
Fiction by Jono B Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.
Summer, our fickle friend – are you going to cooperate with us now? No more depriving us of our fun in the sun, our picnics, our tans, our leisurely strolls through parks and convivial afternoons spent barbequing? Because if not, look at all the other …
The fifth edition of our favourite pocket sized publication, One Eye Grey, is here. If you went on the latest Londonist walk you’ll be well aware of this as Chris Roberts was your genial guide and probably hawked it merrily in your direction. And more …
Any true London lover will, by now, have found the Victorian London web site. This virtual portemanteau of 19th Century source material is compiled by Lee Jackson, whom Londonist interviewed a few years back. We caught up with him again in the Princess Louise pub …
The book grocer’s coffers are chockfull of goodies this week, so let’s jump right in and get shopping… Monday: Crikey. Take a look at author and critic George Steiner’s publishing credits and you have to wonder whether the man has actually slept in the past …
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