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Local councils are apparently not above hiring private detectives to keep tabs on the coming and goings of certain gentleman’s clubs. It was revealed today that two London lapdancing venues were investigated last year by a council-hired PI after claims that sex was for sale …

Is the world close to discovering, once and for all, the identity of the blogger known only as Belle de Jour? Londonist has previously mused that there were more than a few holes in the call-girl-turned-blogger-turned -author-turned-TV-character’s story. Now, just when Belle looked a bit …

Londonist has just received its first Christmas present of the year: Jon Ronson’s Blog. Ronson is a firm Londonist favourite. Yes his books and his TV programmes are all very good and interesting. But we love him simply because he’s just such a weird bloke. …

Maybe we just aren’t foody enough here at Londonist, but we have to admit to having never heard of a restaurant called Zafferano. A quick search on Google tells us that it’s an expensive little Italian in Knightsbridge..which is why we’ve never heard of it. …

One Foot in the Grave didn’t work and The Office didn’t really cut it, but the Americans aren’t ones to give up, especially when it means they can make loads of money out a of a television series without really having to think about it. …

We’re on a bit of a meat mission today at Londonist. Although our ‘Londonist Loves’ post today was about the quality carnivorous collations of Bodeans, it’s a bit later now, and so maybe we’ve had a few pints and we’re hankering for something quick, cheap …

So we’ve all seen the stories that Ewan McGregor’s going to play Sky Masterson in the Michael Grandage’s upcoming production of Guys and Dolls at the Donmar. And we all know that the theatre companies have to pull in big Hollywood names these days to …