Over And Over
The second Test of the Ashes series starts today at Edgbaston, but you dear reader, are most probably stuck in front of your monitor at work and not willing to risk a P45 by feigning a coughing fit, running out of your place of work …
Lawrence
The Iain Sinclair Interview
We’ve mentioned a couple of times now that Iain Sinclair will be appearing at Patti Smith’s Meltdown, but we didn’t reveal that Londonist was invited to have a chat with him one sunny afternoon a week or so ago. What followed was a conversation that …
When Two Worlds Collide
Lawrence Dallagio and Martin Johnson share some pretty special memories. Be it in Lions or England shirts, together they’ve conquered pretty much every peak that rugby union has to offer and along they way they have both thrown themselves into every single physical encounter with …
What Would Orwell Say?
Wednesday marked the third performance of “1984″ at the Royal Opera House. “1984″ is American composer Lorin Maazel’s first attempt at opera and after a failed production attempt at another opera house, he and his production company (Big Brother Productions) brought it to Covent Garden …
Capital Lions
The squad for this year’s British Lions tour to New Zealand has just been announced , and five London-based players have made the cut. Josh Lewesy, Matt Dawson and Lawrence Dallaglio of Wasps, Richard Hill of Saracens and Will Greenwood of Harlequins will all be …
Farrell For Wasps?
After England’s sorry capitulation to France in the Six Nations on Sunday, many in the rugby union community are coming round to the idea that the defection of Great Britain captain Andy Farrell from League to Union would be no bad thing. So, assuming that …
Talking Books
Londonist was gutted to realise that we’d missed Richard Lawrence at Borders on Charing Cross Road last night. He was talking about his new book Realise Your Inner Potential, which is apparently a “manual for living”, but we were too busy at home on the …
