Image by J_I_M__D Much like the War on Terror, the freesheet war keeps defying predictions that an end to hostilities is nigh. A new weekly London newspaper is on course for a launch in the New Year, according to The Guardian. Backed by unnamed investors …
Man breaks record for pulling bus with hair. Presumably now has more room on top. Pens at the ready, punning tabloid headline writers, as Harry Potter star denies smoking cannabis at a London party. Cabbies angry at bus lane misuse start taking pictures. Farewell London …
Image by D I C K S D A I L Y from the Londonist Flickr pool The following article is best appreciated while sitting at a grand piano, with a certain tune playing in the background and perhaps one or two candles in the …
Image / Jon Smalldon Barely three years after it began, London’s afternoon freesheet war has ended: in a not unsurprising move, Associated Newspapers have announced that they are to close the London Lite. Launched in 2006 as a spoiler to News International’s The London Paper, …
Blimey. This isn’t quite what we expected from the brave new Standard when it was taken over by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev. London’s “quality” evening paper will be free from 12 October, more than doubling its distribution from 250,000 to 600,000 copies a day. Is …
The Mayoral race has been quiet recently. Londonist suspects that it is the calm before the shitstorm. According to a recent poll, Boris is only one point behind Ken. A sign that campaigning is going to start making a dent on the Winehouse news in …
If the daily freesheets just aren’t filling that void in your commute, perhaps something a bit more creative will suit you better. Notes From The Underground, a new free paper, will be launched 17 December at 30 commuter hot spots. The tabloid-size literary magazine will …
Londonist doesn’t care about London Fashion Week. Not really. But we’re a blog about London and it’s pretty big so we thought we’d write something about it. Here’s some of the things that might happen over the next week: Mobile phone shops will see a …
When Westminster City Council took on the free newspapers London Lite and The London Paper, Londonist was fully supportive. Tired of the masses of papers scattered around the city at the end of each day, the Council asked that Associated Newspapers (owners of London Lite) …
Westminster City Council is making a stand against free London newspapers London Lite (owned by Associated Newspapers) and The London Paper (owned by Rupert Murdoch) not because the City Council is tired of the two types of non-news offered in the many, many copies distributed …
If you’ve ever boarded a Tube train after it has reached the end of its line and is preparing to make the return journey, you will have had the experience of wading knee-deep in London’s best cat tray liners – the freesheets. Folded neatly on …
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