Raleigh’s blood flows through our veins. Summer’s on it’s way and that means a return to our heritage as thousands of us hurl ourselves into the nearest available sailing vessel for floating frolics ahoy. Most will do little more than get a little drunk, drive …
So, at the end of the ultimately unsatisfying 2006 RBS 6 Nations tournament, France have emerged as the slightly unconvincing champions, edging ahead of Triple Crown winners Ireland with a superior points difference. And was the final weekend a good one for the tournament’s London-based …
If you go down to Trafalgar Square today, you’re in for a big, icy, 10 foot high surprise. To alert the public to the beginning of the two-month Canadian seal hunting season and to raise awareness around the barbaric practices involved, the International Fund for …
Well, with one weekend of the 2006 RBS 6 Nations tournament remaining, the field is beginning to narrow, with France or Ireland looking favourites to lift the trophy following defeats for Scotland and England this weekend. So how did last weekend shape up for the …
When talk turns to the football stars of the future the spotlight always falls on attacking talent such as Theo Walcott who recently joined Arsenal in a multi-million pound deal. But playing in the same England U17 side as Walcott this season is a young …
You see an enormous, hairy-legged bug land on your desk. It seems sluggish and is moving lazily. Do you: a) roll up your newspaper and swat it as quickly and violently as you can b) trap the bug under a glass and release it back …
It’s a big week for the ladies – starting from tomorrow until the following Saturday (4 -11 March) it’s International Women’s Week, incorporating International Women’s Day on the 8th. It’s a week to celebrate all that women have achieved, are achieving now and will go …
It is a sensitive group of souls that inhabit the Londonist sports desk and we felt that it was a little too parky last night to be venturing out last night to have a look at the latest game of international football to grace West …
Londonist aims to give you a concise yet informative idea of the daily goings on at Westminster (and the rest of London’s political sphere) with this, the Westminster Daily post. Speaker Martin has Heart Op The first big story so far this week is the …
Ever so occasionally we’ll hear of an event that is well off the London radar, but we quite fancy anyway. If it’s within the catchment area of the Ist network we’ll pass it along, but at the time of writing, Manchesterist is nothing but a …
Thursday’s Tube strike has been called off after “provisional outline agreements” were made. An inquiry into the murder of John Monckton is expected to aim criticism at the probation system. Ken has announced that London is to get 67 more green, hydrogen buses over the …
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