German boy-girl graffiti team, Herakut, are back in London with a new show, titled Dirty Laundry and running until the 7th of December. That’s not a lot of time to examine their stains – so we advise getting over the 22 Wellington Street (WC2E 7DD) …
LIFE magazine and Google Images have teamed up to make millions of archive images available to the public for the first time. Within this stupendous resource are hidden thousands of pictures of a vanished London. We say ‘hidden’ because searching for ‘London’ yields no results. …
Or, Dear Martin Creed: I didn’t really want to run in your exhibition anyway Been to see the sprinters at the Tate Britain yet? Whatever are you waiting for? Whilst you’ve been working, eating, sleeping, living – they’ve been running running running: some 310 km …
Madonna wowed the crowds at Wembley Stadium on Thursday but criticisms have been levelled at stadium sound problems and transport issues upon leaving the venue. Did you go? Let us know how it was. Photos by Burak Cingi, for use only on Londonist.
Edward T. Meyer is the Vice President of Exhibits and Archives for Ripley Entertainment. He’s worked for the company since 1978, and has personally acquired more than 20,000 exhibits. He took some time to answer a few of Londonist’s questions about the new London location …
Are you getting that tight throated feeling? Is your wallet feeling lighter? Are you panicking because there simply isn’t enough time left. Well have no fear ladies and gents Harrods have come to the rescue! Last week the department store opened their Christmas department a …
A mixture of sunshine and rain helped this weekend’s Innocent Village Fete go off with a smile in Regent’s Park. A mixture of music, welly wanging and human smoothies, this was how you enjoyed it. Photos used under creative comments license from the flickr streams …
Dust down your auntie’s teapots, South Londoners, you could be sitting on a fortune! And you can find out for sure tomorrow when the Antiques Roadshow sets up store for the day at Dulwich Picture Gallery. The Picture Gallery are clearly expecting a horde of …
Soho East. That’s surely what Shoreditch has become. The Forster Gallery is one of the new breed of expensive gallery you’d normally expect to see in Mayfair, yet set in the (Nathan) Barley fields of Shoreditch. It’s similar to Eyestorm in that it goes for …
Earth shattering revelation of the day: Met Commissioner says parents key to bringing up children who don’t carry weapons. Yep, apparently so. Unlikely news of the day: Hayward Gallery goes psycho. We’ll be there later this week. Motoring news of the day: Lorries park up …
As we mentioned briefly before, Thursday brings the East 2008 Festival. For six days, a cornucopia of performances, exhibitions, workshops, food and other events ensures entertainment with emphasis on promotion of the best of East London. Here’s our pick of the mix: 6th March: F-EAST …
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