Doesn’t sunshine make everything seem better? Alright, it’s been brass monkeys but nothing lifts the winter blues like bright skies, crisp air and early daffodils. It’s half term for most kids this week so your commute might even be more pleasant. In which case, perhaps …
Earlier this week we told you about Galaxy Zoo, where ordinary web users help astronomers by classifying the galaxies they capture in their telescopes. But Londoners are an exploratory bunch, and after sorting a few dozen of the Milky Way’s neighbours you might ask what …
As always, there are a million things to do in London this week. If you fancy a night in though, here are a few things to keep you occupied. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 16 July Building Britain (BBC1, 19:30-20:00) The first in the series, …
The Bank of England have raised interest rates for the third time in five months. This time to 5.25%. After yesterday’s confusing news from Real Madrid, it’s been confirmed that David Beckham will leave the Spanish squad for LA Galaxy at the end of the …
If you were wondering why a certain Timelord’s recent travels through time and space didn’t clock up much mileage, its all down to cash flow : Budget constraints mean the new series of Doctor Who is largely earthbound, says writer Russell T Davies. What bollocks. …
He’s only been in his job for little over a year, but Richard Bacon is already leaving Capital FM’s drivetime slot to head back to his former home, XFM. While X and Capital are both owned by Gcap and even housed in the same building …
Cybercandy in Covent Garden is one of Londonist’s favourites. We used to buy stuff from the website all the time, so imagine how pleased we were when they set up their first ‘real world’ candy store a couple of years ago. Now, whenever we return …
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 Pure Iceland at the Science Museum Given the cheesy promotional video and the long list of …
The BlogAndMagosphere is currently replete with shoddily written articles about Christmas shopping. That these articles quote ‘starting budgets of £10 per gift’, makes us burn with festive brandy rage. At this time of year, most Londoners are either a Scrooge or a Bob Cratchit: that …
You may have noticed that we skipped this week’s mid week listings post. That’s because we’ve decided to roll them into one bumper Friday post combining new tour announcements and a randomly bizarre recommendation of gigs for the week ahead. There’s a bumper crop of …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. All the big releases came out last week (Zadie Smith, Rushdie, Coetzee, etc). This week, there’s little in the way of new stuff to read, …
Get the Londonist Book Of London Pub Crawls for less than the price of a pint. Available now for Kindle.
