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Entries from Londonist tagged with 'jesuschrist'

February 25, 2008

Where's your sense of humour, blokes? Can't a fat, hairy-chested guy fake being crucified while wearing pink boxers anymore? Well, he can't in the tube. London Underground censors just banned posters for Fat Christ, a play showing this week at Islington's King's Head Theatre. They fear the ads in Angel station, showing the mock crucifixion of the play's writer, Gavin Davis, are "likely to offend ethnic, religious or other major groups." The author, though, apologizes......

Continue Reading "Tube Censors Pink-Boxered Christ"

October 9, 2007

Man gets 'stiff sentence' for 'accidentally' sending people pictures of his penis. He thought it would never stand up in court. Great train robber Ronnie Biggs says his life has been wasted. Not at all. Without him, we wouldn't have had that superlative 'Buster' film with Phil Collins. Grandmother dies after being disorientated my mirrors in a shop. Ramsay's treat. Celebrity chef attains his 12th Michelin star. Shortly before being shot, de Menezes alighted......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"

February 2, 2007

And we live by the river. Latest climate change news: We're fucked: Scientists have issued dire warnings about the threat from climate change, predicting average world temperatures will rise by around three degrees by the end of the century, with devastating consequences. In the UK, rising sea levels could potentially cause huge damage to low-lying areas, including London and coastal and river areas. It's not all doom and gloom though. The Independent this morning......

Continue Reading "London is drowning..."

March 29, 2006

Akira moved to London from Cambridge two years ago; are named after a cockroach; make a jagged industrial post-rock noise and enjoy walks in the park and watching sunsets with loved ones. Their bio lists their influences as: The Karate Kid, Philip K Dick, The Chapman Brothers, Derrida, Battle Of The Planets, Chaos Theory, Father John, Edward Thomas, Alan Moore, Sleepwalker, Bourdieu, Jeremy Paxman, London Underground, David Fincher, Chris Morris, The American Dream and......

Continue Reading ""We’d much prefer just to flick his ears from behind and then run away" New Band Interview: Akira"

July 22, 2005

So everyone is safe, but four idiots are on the run after yesterday's low rent sequel to the July 7th incident. Here's how events seemed to unfold yesterday: 1225: Shepherd's Bush Underground station on the Hammersmith and City line was evacuated after a man flees following a probable failed attempt to bomb a train (full details). 1230: Ambulance services are called to the Oval Underground station on the Northern Line after reports of a bang......

Continue Reading "Straight to Video Terrorists: Update"

December 1, 2004

You could say that the Evangelical Christian church took a bit of a knock yesterday as one of their preachers was ordered by a High Court Judge to "stop harassing Mormons". Now, we all know what fun it can be to tease Mormons (and they do make it pretty easy sometimes), but even we had to admit that Andrew Price of Chiswick took things a little too far: - he made thousands of calls......

Continue Reading "When Christians Attack"

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