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George Lucas Must Be Stopped

Londonist is sorry to report that the Star Wars cancer continues to spread like a cheap whore on pay day with no force on Earth seemingly able to stop it. Following the tickets for the back-to-back marathon screening of all six Star Wars films in …

Misguided Monday Night in Mile End

There are times in every Londonist’s life when we question our sanity, last evening one was of those evenings. In an attempt to broaden our cultural horizons, we attended the Second London Poetry Film Night (of sorts) in Mile End. We received the press release …

Abbey Road Film Season

Hard to know whether to put this story in the ‘cinema’ or ‘music’ category, as Abbey Road studios hosts a film season to take place 19th March to 3rd April. The studio will temporarily become a fully-functioning cinema and will screen a selection of films …

The Night-Time Economy

Londonist’s favourite assembly, The London Assembly, today began looking at the impact of London’s night-time economy on local residents. The phrase night-time economy just reeks of illegality but unfortunately we’re not talking about back alley share deals or currency trading done down the docks, this …

Has Anyone Seen My Umbrella?

Lost property is a strangely English obsession. It’s a subject which seems to tie in with those icons of British culture: the briefcase, the bowler hat and the black umbrella. Plus, lost property statistics seem to fascinate us as a nation. Weird bits of trivia …