2012 “Friend-ship” scheme shelved before it sets sail. Is the sun setting on the Square Mile? Grape of wrath: Man slips on squashed fruit and sues M&S for “loss of confidence”. We think he’s got more chance of turning a profit by sending the video …
Had TfL existed in his time, the great Samuel Johnson may well have amended his famous aphorism to read “a man who is bored of London needs to hop on the number 19 bus”. In its perambulation from Battersea to Finsbury Park, the 19 cuts …
It’s OK to have foibles and fetishes, especially if you’re a girl. It can be kinda endearing – think Holly Golightly, or SJP and her shoe problem. Trouble is, these don’t wash so well when the public is paying for your little indulgences and you …
It may be 9.30pm on a Monday night but the Borderline is rammed with exiled-Glaswegians and suitably ‘indiefied’ Japanese fashion students, assembled to jolly along Jackie McKeown and his band, the 1990s, for the launch of their debut album ‘Cookies’. Spreading the rumour that CSS …
Monday night sees Londonist favourite Mika return to the capital for a triumphant one night stand at Shepherds Bush Empire. Tickets are sold out, but some are available for face-value exchange on Scarlet Mist Tuesday sees Interpol, the New York doom-lovers goth out Camden’s Koko …
For once we’re giving you more than five hours notice on clubbing tips for this weekend, mainly because we’ve been planning this particular Friday night for weeks and weeks. We’ve always been a fan of industrial-styled superclub Fabric and their ecletic line-ups, spending many a …
These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Hearing Colours, Seeing Sounds at the Dana Centre, tonight What flavour is Londonist? Salt and vinegar …
If you thought last weekend’s elephant extravaganza was good then you ain’t seen nothing yet. This weekend sees the arrival of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and he’s already stirring up trouble. Even though Chavez has pointedly ‘snubbed’ Blair you might still be in a chance …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. There’s not a whole lot going on this week in the way of live literary events, but there are more quality releases than we’ve seen …
Even after reading Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend, we’re still not quite sure of the difference between flotsam and jetsam. And something else we didn’t appreciate until now is just how attractive the fruit of the Thames can look when arranged in a fanciful way. So …
If you can imagine Death From Above 1979 as two twin teen sisters from Seattle playing sparkly, wiser than their meager years, power pop then you’ll be able to imagine Smoosh. Their debut She Like Electric Comes has just been released over here and from …
