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People of Kensington Olympia, Peckham Rye, Wandsworth Road and Denmark Hill: Greenpeace would like you to know that you have nuclear waste in your midst. A woman from east London has successfully sued her mother-in-law over “excessive and unnecessary household chores, including cleaning the toilet …

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Theatre News: Budging, Not Budging, Bugs

Budging The only fringe theatre venue in Leicester Square is to close in September. The tiny 150 seat Sound Theatre has sat shoulder to shoulder with the biggest of West End dross-peddling venues (Mama Mia is still playing at the Prince of Wales…) in the …

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Big Dance Weekend

The sun is shining, the music is high… why walk when you can dance? There are loads and loads of events taking place between today and the last night of the Big Dance Festival on Sunday, so many that we can’t list them all here. …

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Summer Film Goodness

A couple of cinema-related happenings which we thought we should make you aware of. First up, starting this Wednesday is the Short Film Summer School at the Curzon Soho. This ‘celebration of the short’ includes six screeening, a whole bunch of workshops, panel discussions, and …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Dino Jaws at the Natural History Museum Nothing packs in the punters like a few animatronic …

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The Lido Cinema And The Beach Among The Banks

London always goes a bit loopy in the heat. Unlikely couplings and incredulous incidents occur once the mercury creeps past a certain point, people and places begin to melt and blur into one another… Outdoor swimming pools become cinemas, banking districts become beaches… If you’re …

Saturday Night : Sarah Nixey’s in the house

Inspired by our fab night out last night at Do Dirt, we had a quick look about to see what else is going on this weekend and this is the best we could come up with. Tonight we aren’t leaving our sofa. Sorry Big Brother! …

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Big Brother: Meet The New Neighbours

Big Brother (Fri 8.30pm/10pm C4): Just when we were starting to tire of Lea’s monotone Black Country whine and Nikki’s helium hyperenunciation … As everyone and her pet terrapin knows, there will be FIVE – count ‘em, FIVE – new housemates unveiled to the viewing …

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Royal Opera House BP Summer Big Screens

“Stuffy” is a word often attributed to opera, due to the common misconception that opera houses are expensive, hot and airless halls for rich, hot and humourless people. Open air opera is far more appealing on a warm summer’s night, especially if attending costs nothing …

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Tory Candidate For Bromley By-election May Be Ineligible

Bob Neill, Tory candidate for tomorrow’s by-election in Bromley and Chislehurst after the death of Eric Forth last month, hasn’t had an easy campaign. He seems to be getting into lots of legal problems for a lawyer. Firstly he misused the House of Commons crest, …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, from Monday Roll up, roll up, for the premier event in …