Londonist has just had a late-night phone call from friends in Bow Church saying there is a “huge fire” raging somewhere in East London, “somewhere to the east as you look from Bow Church/Pudding Mill Lane area towards Canary Wharf”. We apologise for the inaccurate …
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 Dino Jaws at the Natural History Museum Nothing packs in the punters like a few animatronic …
London always goes a bit loopy in the heat. Unlikely couplings and incredulous incidents occur once the mercury creeps past a certain point, people and places begin to melt and blur into one another… Outdoor swimming pools become cinemas, banking districts become beaches… If you’re …
All the weeks highlights from our international sister sites. Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid’s Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television …
Inspired by our fab night out last night at Do Dirt, we had a quick look about to see what else is going on this weekend and this is the best we could come up with. Tonight we aren’t leaving our sofa. Sorry Big Brother! …
Big Brother (Fri 8.30pm/10pm C4): Just when we were starting to tire of Lea’s monotone Black Country whine and Nikki’s helium hyperenunciation … As everyone and her pet terrapin knows, there will be FIVE – count ‘em, FIVE – new housemates unveiled to the viewing …
For all you design nerds out there, you should know that the “largest and most exciting graduate design event in the UK” just opened today at the Business Design Centre in Islington. New Designers 06 is basically one huuuuge event, incorporating 4,000 “of the brightest …
“Stuffy” is a word often attributed to opera, due to the common misconception that opera houses are expensive, hot and airless halls for rich, hot and humourless people. Open air opera is far more appealing on a warm summer’s night, especially if attending costs nothing …
When Kelis announced a low key one off London show for June a couple of months ago, we bought some tickets, and then smugly waved them in our friends faces when they found out about it after selling out. Now we wish we hadn’t bothered. …
We hadn’t realised that the market for hitmen had become so saturated that assassins are now being forced to advertise their services. At first viewing, we had no idea what this sign was all about, but upon consultation with some learned friends, plus subsequent investigation …
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