Earlier this year Londonist contacted the parenting pressure group Fathers 4 Justice to see if we could get an interview with them. We wanted to talk to them because it seems that many of their ‘stunts’ take place in the capital and Londoners tend to …
It’s a bit tricky to figure out what to say about Nathan Barley, the new Chris Morris/Charlie Brooker sitcom which aired for the first time tonight on Channel 4. For a start, if you write for a London-based weblog, it’s not entirely obvious which would …
Even while on holiday we can’t escape the pull of London. After a nice enough flight with Mr Branson’s airline we juggled our bags to the kerb of San Francisco International airport and waited for a taxi. Imagine our surprise when we were greeted by …
Guerilla-gigging rockers The Others will feature in an event at the V&A on 25th February. According to the V&A, ‘Agitate – Educate – Organise’ is a “Social documentary on today’s everyday life voiced by young poets, novelists, artists and musicians. Poetry reading, story telling and …
Continuing our series of features on the lesser-known bands Londonist thinks should be brought to your attention, we present The Colonies. I just got born ‘cos something got died (Done Got Died) We’ve alerted you to The Colonies before. It just so happens that until …
Oh God, please forgive us for posting this but we couldn’t resist it. It’s only a little London-related, but it’s just so bloody funny we just had to share it with the world. We know you’ll understand when you read it. It’s an excerpt from …
In case you hadn’t noticed, Islington’s finest are involved in a rather big game this evening, a game with just a little bit of history . Popular opinion has it that Arsenal and Man U are fighting over second place at Highbury tonight, but try …
Some quick music news from today’s NME: the Queens of the Stone Age are going to be playing two gigs in one day in Camden this coming March. According to the report QOTSA will play the Underworld in the late afternoon/early evening and then move …
You might have read in the press today about a young man named Warrick Brownlow who has spent the past two years fighting an epic battle against ‘the man’ in the name of peace, love…and puppets. Basically Warrick has been campaigning to get the Jim …
The comedian Mark Maier brings his acclaimed show ‘Objects’ to London this month and it’s well worth checking out. Originally called ‘Fat Baby on the Rampage’ the show was well-received at the 2004 Edinburgh Festival, and now plays in Hampstead under a rather more prosaic …
If you’re in on the sofa tonight and somehow Celebrity Big Brother just didn’t deliver the huge belly-laughs you were expecting, then you could do worse than turn over to BBC1 at 10:35 for 25 Years of the Comedy Store. It’s a documentary, directed by …
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