A small Camden charity, Hare Krishna Food for All, was named Novelis Community Recycing Project of the year at The Resource Awards last week. We hadn’t heard of them before today but nosing around their website we’re really rather in awe of their humanitarian and …
Brown on Livingstone: Ken is an “inspirational figure” and a “crusading mayor”. Thank you, we’ll have none of your moral turpitude here: US immigration officials deny entry to London dandy Sebastian Horsley. Gap-owned Banana Republic opens its first UK store on Regent Street today amid …
Of the anywhere from 25,000 to 100,000 people who apply for asylum in the UK each year, Amnesty International estimates that approximately two-thirds are turned away. Once rejected, applicants are given 21 days to leave the country, at which point those without children are cut …
We all know that there is an alternative to the traditional stuck with the family and mired in food and booze Christmas we moan about on an annual basis. But it takes quite a lot to change habits and risk something new. Skilled people – …
“… Christmas turkey pie from Eat…..mmmm….. pie. Can we have a review of that too please?” So pled a Londonist reader in that Pret appreciation thread which sparked up in response to our last What’s for Lunch? post. Of course, Londonist isn’t against a little …
You may remember that we’re not exactly lukewarm about this place. We were even up for finding love here. I guess you could say we’re fans. Nothing has changed with a change in exhibition: Sleeping and Dreaming is marvellous and you must go. For a …
Four weeks till Christmas! Argh. Funds are all focused on present buying and getting through the party season but we still want to go out and about because the heating isn’t working properly at home. We can’t afford to go and see Gandalf drop his …
Regions. Are you listening? You must exploit us. London takes all the profit. Make trade and investment links with us. And soon you will be boom towns too. Richmond Council’s biofuels plan hits a snafu. Anton “butter likely to melt in mouth” Ferdinand in a …
Heathrow co-pilot arrested for being drunk. Helen Mirren’s dogs win award. Song devoted to Enfield homeless man. Henman versus Edberg in the Royal Albert Hall. Voice of Homer Simpson on stage in London Image courtesy of TwoCrabs via the Londonist flickr group.
Westminster Council, never known for grand philanthropic gestures, is now leading calls for a curb on soup runs and food distribution to the homeless. The argument, which is supported by no less than homeless champion John Bird, is that easy access to food will only …
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