It’s Eurovision down-time, and we’ve been a bit quiet. All the songs have been selected (they’re selected early so the CD can be made). Now we’re just waiting for Helsinki 2007 to kick off. So what to do during down-time? You could work out how …
… or both, for many of the unlucky crews who attempted to take part in last Saturday’s Men’s Head of the River Race, as high winds and tricky swells led to mass carnage on the water, with only 29 crews completing the 4.25 mile course. …
Londonist favourite Rod Thomas is preparing to release new single “Your Love Is A Tease” on April 30 and has sent us the very cute video for it. Rod is the first act on at 8pm at Barfly on Monday evening. Go down, he’s very …
We here in the Ist-A-Verse know that we’re sensational, but it’s very rare that we get a chance to be sensationalistic. This week, we’ve decided to have ourselves a little fun and try our hand at tacky tabloid headlines, using nothing more than our favorite …
Ross got in contact with us to let us know that the registration deadline for the UK Dodgeball Championships (whole teams only) had been extended until Friday. While we had him around we thought we’d ask him a few questions about his adventure sports club, …
In this new late-licence era, it is no longer the final chime of midnight that signals clocking off time for magic and wonder: more often than not, it is 3am when the carriage turns into a pumpkin, the beautiful gown turns into a ragged velour …
This week – The Spartans resist Persian domination (300) and Carmen Electra shoots a British porno (I Want Candy). First up, a film that went straight to the top of the box office chart in the USA, made a hatload and has angered some Iranians, …
We’ve all had our run-ins with Oyster. When it works, it works well. But sometimes it sucks like a felating limpit. That’s why Ben Jarvis and Tim Crook have launched badoyster, a company that makes satirical wallets for the maligned card. Commuters don’t just want …
The Optronica festival took place last week, and Londonist was lucky enough to get tickets for the sold-out session on Friday evening at the BFI IMAX, where we were treated to video mash-ups by festival programmers Addictive TV, and a reactive retelling of Peter Greenaway’s …
Billie Piper is all set to slip into Belle de Jour’s gusset! Here’s the scoop direct from the diary of a London call girl: Finally – it’s official – Billie’s on board, and you can expect to see Belle the series on ITV2 this autumn. …
With the sun out, the temperatures high, one can only think of one thing– what’s going on in the World of the -ist’s? Bostonist dug deep to uncover Barack Obama’s unpaid parking tickets, their Governor’s latest ethical lapse, and a plagarizing sports writer. Chicagoist had …
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