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I Hear You’re A Racist

Crikey! Boris Johnson has been accused of being a racist – again – this time by the New Nation newspaper, who have provided a handy cut out and keep guide (pictured) to the Tory mayoral hopeful’s ‘offensive remarks’ over the years. The historic problem with …

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Londonist Interviews … Baroness Von Reichardt of the Treatment Rooms

The Treatment Rooms is a privately owned three-story house in the West London suburb of Chiswick, which over the past several years has had its exterior walls transformed into an ongoing self-contained conceptual piece of mosaic art. The vibrant and well executed mosaics, which cover …

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Londonist Interviews… West End Whingers

Anyone who has ever surfed the internet in a quest for enlightenment about British theatre will undoubtedly have come across the West End Whingers’ blog. By now, Andrew and Phil have become internet blogging stars, doing for theatre what Belle de Jour did for prostitution …

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Review: Paul Kerensa, Camden Fringe

Camden Fringe gig #3 finds us upstairs at the Liberties Bar for our first stand-up comedy show: Paul Kerensa with “Genesis”. This is his first night of 6 at the Camden Fringe before he’s off up to that other place, up there. No, not heaven. …

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City Hall Would Make A Good Venue for G-A-Y, Says Boffmeister

With the news that Boris Johnson is polling 6% ahead of Ken Livingstone among current voting intentions in the capital, were he to be selected, you might think that his rivals for the Tory nomination would just quietly throw in the towel and get behind …

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Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton’s San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan’s cab must keep its (in)famous …

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Clubwatch: Uptight

We first heard of Uptight earlier this week when the great Retro To Go blog mentioned it. Checking it out, the music policy sounded great, and the clubnight is celebrating it’s 7th birthday this weekend so if there’s ever a time to try it out, …

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Interview: Martin Stiksel, Last.fm

It wasn’t so long ago that London-based “social music revolution” website Last.fm was bought out by American media behemoth (no, not the band) CBS. We asked co-founder of Last, Martin Stiksel what it meant for the site – and what on earth is going on …

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Londonist Interviews…The Manager of Spitalfields Market

Spitalfields Market, in case you hadn’t noticed, has been undergoing a major facelift. Last year, the revamped western end reopened with trendy boutiques and eateries, amid grumbles from some quarters that the area would lose its character (it hasn’t). Now it’s the turn of the …

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Extra, Extra

Eastenders are rubbish at recycling (except when it comes to plot lines). Police raid sparked by tomato plants? Madonna’s agents go all Gestapo for Live Earth: “Eye contact must be maintained at all times. Never look down to check notes — all questions must be …

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Tour De France Prologue: Five Publicity Caravan Moments

Given that a member of Transport for London’s Special Projects Team had assured us in his interview only a couple of weeks ago that the celebrated Tour De France publicity caravan would be commencing its parade around the Prologue circuit at 1:30 pm last Saturday …