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Stormbreaker

Let’s go out onto a limb here and say we don’t really understand the appeal of wanting to be a wizard. There’s the rubbish clothes, having a broomstick between your legs, having to go to boarding school, pointing small sticks at people in a threatening …

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Pussy Galore Not So Much

Bond is back. Well, on his way at any rate as filming on Casino Royale just started in Prague, but so far the world’s most well know secret agent is flying solo. There’s a problem finding the right Bond girl. “They’re talking to three to …

Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

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 Ha! No listings for you this week. Surely you’ve got better things to do in the Christmas period than sit …

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Tech Me I’m Sick: Out And About

Battersea bridge is closed and all roads that lead to the river seem to be a polluted gridlock at present. Fear not, the Londonist Tech are at hand with a few gadgets that might help those sick of the traffic. Firstly smash your piggy bank. …

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Tuesday TV News: Escape From Reality? No Thanks

Long live reality TV! Without it, this week’s schedules would look worryingly barren – aside from must-see telly like Nip/Tuck (22.50/23.50 Wed C4) and Scrubs (20.00 Fri C4), all the high points of the week’s programming are derived from members of the public making fuckwits …

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The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

Londonist busies itself with plenty of art, music, film and theatre trips, but rarely do we venture into the world of science. To correct this oversight we strode purposefully into the marbled halls of the Royal Society last night for its annual Summer Science Exhibition. …

Thrill Seeking Machinery

Of all the places that we might turn to satisfy our current thirst for daft gadgets (see the ‘bin spy’ below) the Royal College of Art would be pretty low on our list. But, lo and behold, today we read over at Wired that a …

Lost Your Phone Recently?

Right Guv, that’ll be £16 and a Powerbook please It seems that Londoners have come out on top yet again. This time we are the best in the world at forgetting to take our expensive gadgets with us when we are getting out of taxis. …

Your Blog Needs You

Just a reminder that Londonist is still looking for writers. We are looking to improve and expand the site throughout 2005 and for that we’re probably going to need a bit of help. Apart from the general newsy stuff we also need people to write …