Yesterday, Londonist went down to Trafalgar Sq. to see comedian Tim Fitzhigham attempting to inflate the world’s largest ever man-inflated balloon. By the time we arrived he had been inflating for two hours and had already fainted. Twice. The man is a loon. However, he …
Two very different music events are scheduled for this weekend and they are each so unique and original we had to put them back to back just to revel in the extreme oddness of each. We’ll go with the bloody, messy, macabre event first. Skip …
Aussies are being warned that travelling to London is ‘riskier’ than Bali – and the risk isn’t only that you’ll find more to do than get drunk on a beach and have sex with a stranger – come here and you may DIE: “The industry …
Last summer we came across The Modern – a London-based electro band – who finally were signed and began releasings singles earlier this year. Celebration turned into chaos though, when their second single Industry was disqualified from the charts due to irregular buying patterns and …
Martin Jefferson is set to ‘perform’ in London on November 15th. No no… no need to tag your children and send them off to the countryside. It’s a music thing: Michael Jackson will perform “Thriller” from his famed 1982 album in a rare public appearance …
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West Bromwich Albion 0 Arsenal 2 The Hawthorns League Cup Third Round Tuesday 24th October 2006 Last week the reserves, this week the “A” team. Still not quite the real thing, but with noticeably more experience on show than the official second string, Arsenal’s League …
Believe it or not, this Londonista has never been to the V&A Museum in Kensington. So this was definitely on our list of London attractions to explore. In fact, we were getting ready to go there last weekend – looking up directions on their website …
Lara Croft has always been ripe for a thorough going over – Douglas Coupland got there first with Lara’s Book: Once I realised how big the Lara cult was I said, “d’oh!”. I felt like I did years after leaving high school when I learned …
A few days back, we briefly mentioned the Cybersalon Artful Gaming event over at the Dana Centre. Unfortunately, given the sheer number of other sci-tech events last week, we didn’t really do it justice. Step forward Lisa Devaney, who really, really makes us wish we’d …
Want to know what Ken Livingstone’s definitive statement about the future of the capital’s transport system was earlier this week? We are all breeding like rabbits and you have to build the trains. That Ken Livingstone…sex mad. Honestly though, is that it? That sounds like …
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