As this Thursday’s the first Thursday, you’re likely thirsting for some First Thursday activity. Fortunately for you First Thursday thirsters, there’s a first-rate event worthy even of your chock-full diaries (you might even note it in ink, but we’ll leave that difficult decision to you): …
38. London UFOs Part Four Newspapers across the world were being bombarded by UFO reports by the time the ‘50s had glided by. On July 15th 1963 a farmer from Charlton found a crater, measuring 2 ½ metres wide and the same deep on his …
So, err, yeah. Yessss. Eddie Izzard! That’s who I’ve come to talk to you about today, mmm. He’s presenting some of his Work In Progress at the Arts Theatre on Great Newport Street each night at 11:15 between today (Friday 1st February) and Sunday. Is …
Daily Candy tweaks its culinary repertoire at a secret cooking class in Clerkenwell. Slonik at Edible London visits the Malmaison-ized Fox and Anchor twice in one week! An American in London checks out Crazy Homies in Notting Hill (she’d go back but …) Posting for …
Well, blow us down with a wrecking ball, it’s refreshing to see a piece of news about someone trying to save an old building rather than tear it down and turn it in to a pre-fab pimp palace. Don’t get us wrong, we can’t wait …
We hope you’re standing up for this: A KCL study finds that sitting on your arse all day contributes to the ageing process. Whereas regular exercise apparently makes you look like Elle MacPherson. In a wholly uncorroborated and unscientific study undertaken in the last 5 …
Just when you thought MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking sites had pretty much achieved world domination, along comes a site with even more infinite aspirations. Londoner Victoria Vanstone’s yourdeathwish.com wants to help you create the “perfect” funeral. Yes, in the time it takes to …
Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Kastner & Ovens 52 Floral Street WC2E 9DA Nearest Tube: Covent Garden 020 7836 2700 8am-5pm Lunch (Monday-Friday) Expect to pay: about £7 for a hot dish and a slice …
A conspiracy is afoot. Literary London is listless and lethargic these next few days – after back-to-back Burns Night and Australia Day outings this weekend, we can relate – yet there’s an explosion of midweek activity, leaving us paranoid that the powers-that-be are plotting to …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 28th January 1807: The gas lamps on Pall Mall are lit, making it the first street in the world to be illuminated in such a fashion. Tuesday – 29th January 1976: Twelve IRA bombs explode in the area …
News is breaking across the pond that this year’s NFL fixture in the UK will be back at Wembley Stadium after all, with the New Orleans Saints hosting this season’s losing Superbowl “semi-finalists” the San Diego Chargers on October 26th. San Diego president Dean Spanos, …
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