Question: What connects the ageing, scouse doyen of light entertainment, Cilla Black, with the people behind Bols Blue, arguably one of the most evil spirits ever concocted? Answer: The Great Eastern Hotel. From this week, the Bols marketing team has enlisted the help of London …
Take that Paris. In your face Venice. Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough Rome. Because London is the new city of luuurve. According to a survey by Yahoo Personals, we go on more dates than anyone else in the UK; …
You thought you were dong a good thing. You particpated in the ill-fated Guardian letter writing campaign. You sent off for the John Kerry campaign pack and stuck the stickers on your fridge. And you even try and watch the Daily Show via satellite telly. …
Continuing the alternative transport theme, high on Londonist’s list of “we really must do that one day” is to take the Thames Clipper to work. For just £3.25 (including Travelcard Discount), it is possible to take the 6.35am from Greenwich rather than the 6.33am from …
It’s alternative transport day here at Londonist Towers. John Caudwell, founder of mobile phone company Phones4U, set the right tone by arriving back in London yesterday after a 2,300-mile cycle ride from Athens in the company of six other businessmen from Stoke-On-Trent and Stafford. Caudwell …
It doesn’t matter how tatty or run-down a London landmark is, and it doesn’t matter that no-one has been to see it for the past five years, there only has to be a whisper from a local council that it is going to close that …
No newspaper is happier than when it is at the forefront of a campaign. When that campaign entails what looks like bureaucratic idiocy, you can be sure that one of the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail or the Daily Express will be the loudest in …
Ken Livingstone’s campaign to have just about everything happen in London continued this week when he submitted a revised bid for London to host the start of the 2007 Tour de France. Ken was at the dinner to celebrate the Entente Cordiale bike race between …
It’s a long time since we had any global warming panic (not counting the marketing campaign behind The Day After Tomorrow of course). So Londonist was pleased to see this report (PDF File), released today, which claims that “London could face summers as hot as …
This week sees the third round of
The 23rd of March 2005, The Royal Albert Hall, London. Put it in your diaries and book your ticket now because it’s going to be a sellout. At least Londonist hopes it will be for Dave Loew’s sake. Dave is our new hero because he’s …
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