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. …
Martin Creed: he turned the lights on and off and won the Turner Prize in 2001. He crumpled a sheet of plain A4 paper into a ball and exhibited it as Work No. 88. He filmed people being sick in a pristine, anonymous white room …
LondonRemembers has turned plaque-tracking into something of an extreme sport. Its mission is to hunt down and record every plaque, memorial and dedication in London. Each entry is mapped, and includes photos and biographical notes. It’s a godsend for local historians, genealogists and anyone who …
There’s no question in my mind that My Space is a wonderful thing but I find it alternately inspiring and overwhelming when you get a glimpse of the sheer number of bands and promoters are out there trying to do their thing. It doesn’t help …
It’s Eurovision week, and Helsinki is buzzing. These are the first batch of songs automatically into the final, either because the countries came in last year’s top 10 or pay for the whole thing (hi UK, France, Spain and Germany!) Bosnia & Herzegovina send a …
Email. Who could live without it these days? Well, according to the World Internet Usage Stats more people than you might think! Only 40% of Europe is online and only a measly 4% of Africa. The latter stat is shocking when you count up all …
Now that Cedric’s had a chance to recover from the awfully big excitement of the Clissold Park windfall, our regeneration rabbit is about to go hippety hoppety flop eared over news that Silvertown Quays has had the go ahead from Newham. This means that there …
Question: are you happily reading our Eurovision previews and thinking, “wow, these songs sound amazing! I’d love to see them on a big screen, in the company of many drunken homosexuals (and a few girls too) dancing with giddy excitement to eurovision hits? And, I …
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