Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week’s collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the …
This column appears every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com OK, so we lied last week when we said the column was in summer recess. Sorry. Although there aren’t many …
I’ve had a very interesting few days. I was sent up for a couple of auditions to play bass for some pop acts last week (neither of which seem to have been successful), had a casting for an Italian watch advert where they need a …
The Gay Cops vs. God Cops grudge match is hotting up as things turn… well… a bit Biblical: The head of the Gay Police Association (GPA) received a death threat after a row erupted over an advert the group put in a national newspaper. The …
They’re back…and they’ve evolved. The spike-ridden potatoes that recently enlivened a trip along the 55 bus route seem to have mutated into a fresh strain. Reader Simon tipped us off, with an accurate description: Good news – a new generation of these ‘bus-stop potatopines’ has …
A surprising headline, to be sure, but we shouldn’t be that shocked. After all, he was first considered for the job six years ago. Then he was said to be unhappy with administrators overseeing team affairs, but now Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, Dunga to his …
We get to see a lot of high quality performing arts in London, just by going outside and hanging around. The National Theatre is hosting another Watch This Space Festival with lots of free outdoor performances to stumble across as you wander along the Thameside …
We’ve been on at Will Luke, cricketing aficionado and all-round good egg, to write something for us for ages, ever since we spoke to him ahead of the last test of THAT Ashes series. Finally, he’s relented, and given us a little snippet on where …
We hope you’ve enjoyed these few comedy interviews and recommendations. This will be the last one for a while as this particular Londonista (and all the good comedians) relocates to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for August. But fear not, Londonist comedy coverage will resume with …
Every one these days seems to have a MySpace page – Kelly Osbourne, Chuck Norris, Bruce Campbell, the Winner / Sinner guy… Of course you’re never 100% sure that the tripe written on these pages has really come from the person in question, but then …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. To start us off, 3AM Magazine has an interview with Tom McCarthy whose debut novel, Remainder, has just been published by Alma Books, and whose …
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