LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big — really freaking big — so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart …
Musicals: Love them or hate them, if you’re anywhere near The West End you really can’t avoid them. Usually, this particular Londonista is a bit sceptical about them. That was, until The Drowsy Chaperone came to town. At least it doesn’t have talking bleedin’ cats …
Swearing nuns, foot licking, testicular termination and altar sex; with nary a nay, a nonny or a not to be, Howard Brenton’s In Extremis returns to the Globe following a much lauded 2006 run. Ostensibly the story of Abelard and Heloise, a sort of Middle …
We know people can love their pets a great deal and this morning, we have learned of how far a dog owner is willing to go to protect his puppy pal. About as far as the nearest police station, if you are Jose Mourinho. Mourinho, …
In Deptford last week, an as-yet-unidentified love-smitten individual tiptoed into the street under cover of darkness and carefully assembled a 12 foot long display of affection in cotton wool, spelling out “I love U”. At this point, the sweetness of the gesture evaporated – he …
When Londonist told friends that we were going to see Kiss of the Spider Woman, they immediately got very excited. “Awesome!” they said, “with that hot Sonia Braga chick?” They were thinking, of course, of Hector Babenco’s 1985 film, which was itself based on the …
Monday night sees Londonist favourite Mika return to the capital for a triumphant one night stand at Shepherds Bush Empire. Tickets are sold out, but some are available for face-value exchange on Scarlet Mist Tuesday sees Interpol, the New York doom-lovers goth out Camden’s Koko …
Is this the face of the UK’s most famous graffiti artist? (After sagittal inversion and colour enhancement to make him fit into his own artwork.) A reader tip-off led us to an article on Complex.com, purporting to show elusive artist Banksy. The Bristol-born wall sprayer …
When Londonist originally heard that the Dead Sea Scrolls were being exhibited in London, an erroneous verbal concatenation took place which caused the communication to appear as, ‘Dead Seascrolls’. We were curious – what are these Seascrolls? Are they washed-up aquatic behemoths, heaving their last …
We all love and hate the Tube, don’t we? On one hand it is an indispensable, magic, under earth fun-bus that transports us to all the wonderment and wide-eyed beauty that is London and its environs. On the other hand it is a fetid, overcrowded …
Und, finalement…here are the remaining songs from Eurovision. France, having upped their effort considerably this year, send a jaunty guitar pop song called L’Amour a la Francaise. The song, sung partly in French and English, plays with cliches and ideas about love, the French way. …
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