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Hairspray a Hit at Theatreland’s Oscars

Last night London’s Luvvieland came together for their annual award ceremony, the Oliviers. Having received 11 nominations across 10 categories, it looked like being Hairspray’s night. And Londonist is happy to confirm what we already knew: the show is a deserved winner of the Best …

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Students Boycott ‘Anti-Semitic’ Shakespeare

Shakespeare is in the news today due to the fight of three male Shakespearean leads for the Best Male Actor prize at the Olivier awards last night. But another bard-based story has caught our eye in the swirl of iambic pentameters and though it’s been …

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The Book Grocer

There are just too many good events around town this week for us to narrow our picks for certain nights. Thus we present you with multiple options and leave that difficult choice to you. In the meantime, we’ll be brushing up on our science fiction …

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St. Totteringham’s Day Comes Early

While the weekend’s football may have been dominated by FA Cup upsets, for the red corner of North London, Sunday March 9th was memorable for a more unusual reason. St.Totteringham’s Day is one of those arcane bits of football rivalry that makes the game so …

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Flickr Folk Let Loose In London Transport Museum

A few weeks back a group of Flickr folk, led by Annie Mole and supported by Trusted Places and the lovelies at Flickr themselves, were given free tickets to run amok in the London Transport Museum with their cameras. The Museum reopened in November last …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 10th March 1906: The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opens, running between Baker Street and Elephant & Castle stations. It would soon become known as the Bakerloo Line. Tuesday – 11th March 1692: The Royal Chelsea Hospital is …

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The Saturday Strangeness… On A Sunday!

An African Big Cat In London This weekend dear readers you are being offered a double dose of weirdness from the capital due to last week’s mysterious missing episode… Today, we’re back to strange exotic felids prowling the capital, after a report appeared on a …

An Interview With Black Cab Sessions

We fell in love with Black Cab Sessions the moment we first heard of them. How could we not? Taking a drive around the best city in the world (okay, we’re biased, yes) in a design classic with some of our favourite bands rockin’ out …

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The Bird Lady Of Haggerston

The year was 1959, and in an often overlooked corner of Hackney, one of the world’s most recognisable Hollywood beauties was bringing just a touch of Californian colour to a peculiarly English affair: a budgie show. Jayne Mansfield, living in London while making the film …

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When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights….

And we’re not just talking about the hills of the Chankly Bore. Londoners are being advised to batten down the hatches on Monday morning, when a rather ferocious weather front is predicted to romp across the UK. The Met Office has gotten all serious on …

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Londonist Behind The Lens: ~Misty~

A series celebrating the talent of our friends over in the Londonist Flickr pool who make our site look pretty with their fabulous photographs. Here, they introduce themselves and share their favourite London shots. Going Underground: I like this one as it always makes me …