Last week, we brought you the tale of The Man Who Collects Shopping Lists. Raynes Park resident Scott Allsop (pictured here, with lists literally coming out of his ears) has amassed hundreds of the things. Londonist caught up with him recently to find out…why? Perhaps …
We figured after yesterday’s love of The JCB Song you may be worrying that Londonist is getting a little soft. To rectify that we decided to trawl up some METAL* news for you and prove we’re still caught in the proverbial mosh. First up hands …
What are the Royal Family for? As an anachronistic reminder of our forelock-tugging, hierarchy-beholden, deferential past, they’re about as welcome in modern Britain as the sticky can of Stella you find hiding behind the sofa six months after the party. The sticky can of Stella …
Hot Stuff is a small anonymous restaurant, so small and anonymous in fact that, on first glance, it hardly seems fair to describe it as a ‘restaurant’. Anyone walking down Wilcox Road (itself a rather nondescript thoroughfare that connects the South Lambeth Road to the …
Another Wednesday, and another salvo fired in the war between those who say ‘Midweek’ is one word and those who say ‘Mid Week’ is two words. (Don’t even get us started on the ‘it’s hyphenated’ brigade.) In this week’s round up: Grass, Death, Folk and …
Right, no pithy introductions this week. Let’s get straight to the sensuously seductive and dirty as a tramp’s trousers Goldfrapp who take to the Brixton stage on Thursday 6th October to support the forthcoming Ooh La La. We’re already rubbing our thighs in anticipation. There’s …
While some would say that Camden never lost the indie rock vibe, it would be hard to deny that the goth kids and the nu-metal tweenies (yes, you there with the Staind shirt) have run rampant there for the last couple of years, and that …
We know that some of you were lucky enough to play small roles in last year’s sleeper hit comedy Shaun of the Dead, and we know that like us you’ve watched its various successes with barely restrained glee. Some of the Londonist folks were involved …
XFM have announced the line up for this year’s Camden Crawl. If you’re unfamilar with the concept, the general idea is coordinate a one day ‘festival’ whereby 40 bands play across nine different venues (In Camden obviously). The first band appear on stage at around …
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