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Londonist At Office Party Xmas 2007

There have been big changes at Londonist this year – we’ve had new staff, a new commenting system and a brand new tagging system installed so we had a lot to celebrate at the Christmas party. And as we’re not keen on making trouble for …

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Pigeon Vigil In Trafalgar Square

Remember the pigeon feeding turf wars of 2006? Well, the Pigeon Action Group are back in the news. A candlelit vigil was held at midday today on Trafalgar Square’s north terrace (in daylight?) to highlight the plight of the poor starving birds. Westminster City Council …

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A White Christmas? You’re Dreaming

Will London see snow this Christmas? With the big day just over a week away, we’re into that sweet spot of UK weather prediction somewhere between educated guess and wild speculation. What better time, then, to round up some of forecasters’ mulled wine-fuelled stabs in …

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A Nightmare Before Christmas?

While most will undoubtedly be snuggling up on the sofa, warmed chocolate cupped in one palm, tv remote in the other, the residents of East Barnet will be endeavouring upon a very different xmas eve: as was the tradition back in 1932, those with a …

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Music Choice: Monday 10 – Friday 15th

To be honest the rain and coldness is kind of making us not want to go to gigs at the moment, preferring instead to wrap ourselves up warmly at home. But if we did, this is what we’d be bouncing at. Monday: The biggie tomorrow …

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Weekend Round-Up

What we learned this weekend whilst you were enjoying all the fun of the fair: Weird statistic of the week: Emmas from Sutton and Evas from Kingston should not be allowed behind the wheel. How on earth do they get these stats? Two arrests have …

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Londonist Loves: The Wetlands Centre

It’s very easy to get caught up in this city for all of it’s music, clubs and big shiny loud stuff. Well, as much as we remain a fan of all that is big and shiny, Londonist occasionally needs some down time. Preferably with trees …

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Extra, Extra

The Brixton Academy rocks, but Brixton doesn’t. The buzz of yet another film premiere. Bad weather forecast for tomorrow’s climate march. TPT BMW AWOL Now immigration is an issue in footie too. Aren’t tourists fun? Piccie courtesy of Adam Tinworth’s flickr photo stream.

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Christmas KILLS!!!

OK, so maybe not kills, although it might, but it is bad for you. Details to follow. A new report shows that shopping in an area with a high volume of traffic has a worse affect on your lungs than walking around a park. For …

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It’s That Film Quiz Time Of Year

It’s that time of year again. Time for Christmas shopping, panto and end-of-year pub quizzes. Ah, December. In their last film pub quiz spectacular or the year, the You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat team has pulled out all the stops, and you’d best brush …

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Londonist Reshuffle

Regular readers, occasional visitors, the people we work with and those who end up here because of an unlikely Google search may not be aware of the team behind the scene. But we’re there, at the 21st century version of the coalface, at our keyboards, …