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Take A Rubbish Tour Of London

New guided walks for people interested in the capital’s detritus.

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Ticket Alert: Laura Marling, Garbage, Japandroids, Blood Red Shoes

One of the biggest English folk acts around, two duos worthy of closer attention and a bunch of reformed rockers. Here’s our pick of gigs on sale this Friday.

Drink-ography: The night after… by See Wah

Photography courtesy of See Wah via the Londonist pool on Flickr. Interested in your drink-related photos appearing on Londonist? Click here.

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The Saturday Strangeness

28. Urban Legends Of The Underbelly! Urban legends are often vague, friend-of-a-friend tales (FOAFtales) similar to ‘Chinese whispers’, in that they are distorted, exaggerated and through generations of storytelling, they become myth, embedded in our society. For the last fifty or more years there has …

Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse

What with Paris Hilton’s release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we’ve been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we’re happy we’ve been …

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Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse

Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore,

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Road To V free gigs tonight and tomorrow

Last night was the first of three nights at the Islington Academy that sees 3 unsigned bands fight it out for the chance to open V Festival in August as part of the ‘Road to V’ competition. First up last night was Amy Bullman who …

News From The Ist-a-verse

All the best stuff from our sister sites around the globe: Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a rogues’ …

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Londonist’s Back Passage

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways. 3. Brydges Place Where? Connects St Martin’s Lane (next to the ENO) to Bedfordbury. What? Catherine Brydges of Chandos, wife of the Fourth Earl of Bedford, must have been delighted to have this back passage named …

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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 Event of the Week Wired Waste: Designing away gadget guilt at the Dana Centre, tonight Pretty much everyone reading these …

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Musical Top Tens: 3 of 4

After a comment yesterday saying Londonist was a bit biased towards being maybe too cool for school and rock focused with their top choices of the year, I say HOLD YOUR HORSES. It’s time for me. I’m sparkly, shiny and hate Coldplay, Keane, and the …