Everybody likes biscuits, maybe some people a little too much, but at least one biscuit company will have a dedicated exhibition about it at The Pumphouse Educational Museum in Rotherhithe, south-east London. Peek Frean and Co, a Bermondsey based biscuit company which closed down in …
At first glance, the fact that an R’n’B star in London on promotional duties gouged his eye out in an apparent suicide attempt, is mildly interesting, probably a good chance to make some cheap pirate gags, but have a look under the expensive sportswear attired …
Saturday sees London versus Ex-London, as Brentford take on the club formerly known as Wimbledon. Or to put it another way, the club that was awarded Wimbledon’s place in the Football League. Or to put it another way, a completely despicable franchise that should be …
In case you hadn’t noticed, Islington’s finest are involved in a rather big game this evening, a game with just a little bit of history . Popular opinion has it that Arsenal and Man U are fighting over second place at Highbury tonight, but try …
Have you ever noticed how cramped the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern feels? Well, all that’s about to change. Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota has announced plans to drastically expand the complex, increasing the existing 34,000 square metres of gallery space 50%. The new …
Londonist’s attention was caught today by an article in the Times headlined London – A Sad MP’s Guide. But, don’t be fooled, this isn’t an article written by some Tory backbencher, detailing his travels around the backstreets of Soho (if only). No, instead this is …
To be honest we expected Ray to score heavily with the critics this week. After all the Oscars and Golden Globes hoo-haa and the number of plaudits heaped on Jamie Foxx’s performance we were expecting four or five stars at least. We were wrong. The …
In what’s proving to be a fairly football heavy news day Wealthy Russian Industrialist Roman Abromavich could be facing legal action in a Swiss Court after the mysteriosu disappearance of £9 million (in footballing terms that’s 1 Arjen Robben or 3 Alexei Smertins). According to …
Rather than produce a simple list of the bands we think deserve your attention in 2005, Londonist is going that little bit further for you. Below is the first in a short series of articles on the gems you should be aware of. The Pipettes …
If you’re in on the sofa tonight and somehow Celebrity Big Brother just didn’t deliver the huge belly-laughs you were expecting, then you could do worse than turn over to BBC1 at 10:35 for 25 Years of the Comedy Store. It’s a documentary, directed by …
We spotted a couple of reviews of London-related books over the weekend that might be worth adding to the reading-list (once we’ve finished the pile of books we got over Xmas that is). The first is The Subterranean railway by Christian Wolmer. Subtitled How the …
Get the Londonist Book Of London Pub Crawls for less than the price of a pint. Available now for Kindle.
