We’ve been banging on about them long enough, so it’s with great delight that we bring you the wonderful news for genuine Londonist favourites The Pipettes. Last night saw the band’s hard-gigging finally pay off when they signed to the Memphis Industries label, home to …
It’s that time already: time for the Londonist ‘Monthly Pete Doherty Story‘ (at this rate we may have to create a special Doherty category for the archive). This time it seems that ‘Calamity Pete’ has been evicted from his flat because his neighbours aren’t too …
At the time of writing the grand folk of this fine island nation are still deciding which venerable party is going to be responsible for late running trains and broken tube lines so as you read this you could be weeping for joy or arranging …
Upper Street in Islington has now been dubbed Technology Mile after finding itself draped in lovely free Wi-Fi according to the electronics industry newspaper EE Times. The wireless mesh is up and running right now so if you’re in the area and have any kind …
Londonist hereby puts forward the Two Kinds Of Gig Theory: There are gigs you go to knowing pretty much what to expect. Then there are those gigs you go to on a whim, in the hope of seeing something genuinely unique, something that you can …
FROG have done it again, and as if to prove they’ve got more balls than that stupid annoying mobile-ringtone-toting amphibian, they’re putting on not one, not three, not fifty-seven, but two shows on for you this Saturday. The special one-off FROG Saturday Matinee features Babyshambles …
A disappointing night at the Brits for London acts, unless you count the Brummie with the faux-Cockney accent Mike Skinner aka The Streets, who won the Best British Male Solo Artist award. The Londonist office is divided on The Streets so we won’t say any …
There’s an election coming, and regardless of where your politics may lie, it does at least mean the return of the always entertaining election poster. Distilling complex political theory down into a single slogan or image may seem way too complex to achieve but luckily …
One of our first ever posts on Londonist was a piece about street drinkers in Islington and the fact that Islington council was busy installing specially constructed benches for their local alcoholic contingent. Now it seems that Twickenham is set to follow suit with Richmond …
If you thought the Islington flood was bad then just wait until all that polar ice melts and the world’s ecosystem goes to pot. It’ll take more than Thames Water to sort that mess out. The latest in eco-scares comes from the three-day international conference …
They’ll be talking about this one for years to come. Yesterday a water main burst on Upper Street turning the streets in the area into what the Standard described as “a mini-Venice”. According to reports people were trapped inside restaurants, bars and shops as “gallons” …
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