London’s Best And Worst Christmas Decorations
And where’s the house that’s gone the most insane this year?
Lights
Preview: Molten Festival, Barking
One for the kiddywinks! A charming family festival in Barking
In Pictures: Carnaby Street Switch On
Groovy, baby! This Christmas Carnaby Street returns to its iconic 60′s roots as the theme for its festive decorations – the decade in which the street ruled Swinging London, and London swung the world. The decorations are a psychedelic trip, featuring acid-bright six metre high …
Christmas Carol Lights Switched On
By shimmeringmercury via the Londonist Flickrpool Christmas is brought to you by Disney this year with mass sponsorship of the West End Christmas Lights to promote their animated remake of the seasonal classic, A Christmas Carol. Jim Carrey and Colin Firth flicked the switches in …
Lights On All Over London’s Stations
Stratford: the station that started it all off / image by Andy Wilkes from the Londonist Flickr pool Is the greatest challenge to global warming not carbon dioxide, but bureaucracy? A month ago, the Guardian passed through Stratford station and noticed that, even though it …
Light Up Your Night
We know dragging yourself on a Monday night is hard going, but if you’re one of those people who like to say ‘I saw her first’ or are just generally into your dreamy electro-pop Lights’ London gig should be your destination tonight. The Canadian pop …
Weekend Round-Up
Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend Pedestrianisation is very popular But so is shopping online Olympic building ambitions are being scaled down due to spiralling costs. Potential 2012 Olympians, though, will be sent to Beijing to soak up the Games and fire London ambitions. Greenwich …
Golden Compass Premiere Lures Fans To Leicester Square
Hundreds of fans flocked to Leicester Square last night for the London premiere of The Golden Compass. Fans who braved the slightly rainy weather were treated to glimpses of stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, along with the thirteen year old star of the film …
Ballads Near Peckham Rye
Get thee to Peckham this week, where the good citizens are organising the inaugural Peckham Literary Festival. Apparently Dell Boy moved out a number of years ago…. It is billed as ‘2 shops, 4 days, 8 events,’ although Londonist counted 5 days, 3-4 venues and …
Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse
Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city’s attempt to …
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London Lights, by James Hamilton Londonist, as you know, can be as erudite as the next person when it suits, and so it has given us great pleasure in the last week to wade through James Hamilton’s splendid new oeuvre, LONDON LIGHTS. This book is …
