The phrase “it’s PC gone mad!” usually comes from the mouths of those such as Bernard Manning, taxi drivers and the hairdresser who just cut this Londonista’s hair who used the phrase with regard to immigrant children being allowed to go to ‘our’ schools. Yikes. …
A large number of people wearing black descended on Kentish Town last night in order to see Mastodon, heavyweights of the Atlanta prog-math-tech-doom-art-metal scene, unleash their waves of intricate chords and furiously-paced drumbeats at the Forum, and Londonist was pleased to join them. After wandering …
We’re always on the lookout for a good Indian restaurant for pesky out-of-town visitors who seem to think curry’s all that’s worth exploring in the foodie fleshpots of London. So we were cooking with gas when we scored an interview with the Bombay Bicycle Club …
We love Richard Madeley. Without him there wouldn’t be Alan Partridge. Come to think of it we’re not sure there ever was a need for Partridge when you have such great Madelisms as this one to John Lydon: If I could throw a fishing rod …
Every once in a while a rock band comes along that thinks they’re something special and tries to stir things up. Lord knows the Towers of London have tried their best, but unlike The Horrors they don’t have the have the songs to boot. The …
Valentine’s Day isn’t too far off… what to get her this year? Perfume? Flowers? Why not drench her in semen? Hari’s, an upmarket beauty salon in Chelsea now offers a 45-minute “Aberdeen Organic Hair” treatment that can give your hair the ultimate shine by massaging …
In the trial of six men accused of plotting mass murder aboard London transport in July 2005, the prosecution showed photos of interesting objects in the flat of Yassin Omar, 26. These objects include a printout of Osama Bin Laden’s October 2004 address to the …
Please don’t tell us that people like this are now encouraging others : Dickon, 19, performed a poem called Setting My Hair on fire last week outside the Bentall Centre, which involved him setting fire to some strands of his hair. This was the first …
We like it when bands ask people to go along and jump about in their videos. In fact we always want to go but some pesky thing known as work seems to get in the way. In any case, if you’re not upto anything on …
Today began the trial of six African men accused of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life by bombing London public transport on 21 July, 2005. The six are accused of using flour, hydrogen peroxide and acetone to create …
We knew something strange was happening when one of Londonist’s friends who likes house music and r&b and refuses to listen to indie music started singing The Gossip’s amazing Standing In The Way of Control while doing the weekly shopping last week. It was only …
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