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Yahoo Picks Of The Year

Londonist was interested to see the results of Yahoo’s 2004 Finds of the Year: “the annual awards that celebrate the best websites of the year”. Yahoo make their selections from their ‘daily picks’ which are then narrowed down by a panel of judges including Gary …

Crosstown Drug Traffic

A quick TV tip for this evenings viewing is the BBCs Drugland showing on BBC2 at 9pm. Apparently it’s “an inside look at an industry that employs 20,000 people in London“, no, not the Sale Sign holding industry (though that is long overdue an expose), …

Live By The Book, Die By The Book

Yesterday was day three of Capital FM’s ‘Live by the Book‘ torture regime, whereby two members of the public are placed in Perspex boxes in Covent Garden and are given daily tasks by Johnny Vaughan. And the news from yesterday is: Jess has eaten some …

Selfridges Christmas Site

As you get older and you read more Naomi Klein books the whole commercialisation of Christmas thing seems to get more and more prominent (as opposed to when you’re a kid and it’s just the presents that matter…we’re completely over that whole present thing now…we …

I Saw Reversi’s Visage In My Mind

The World Othello Championships come to the UK on November 13, More than two dozen teams will be taking part, with the USA, the UK, France and Japan the leading contenders for the team title. Othello is a curious game, since it shot to fame …

London: City of Amore

Take that Paris. In your face Venice. Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough Rome. Because London is the new city of luuurve. According to a survey by Yahoo Personals, we go on more dates than anyone else in the UK; …