As regular readers of Londonist will know we’re big fans of local newspapers and their coverage of the obscure and the exquisitely dull. But today we stumbled across this article from the Epsom Guardian which manages to encapsulate so beautifully every element of bad local …
The British National Party are the epitome of what is wrong with British politics today. Just watching their skin-headed, xeno/homo/everything-phobic candidates standing at the vote count in their little Union Flag waistcoats makes Londonist’s resident Politico, Nick, want to hang up his rosette in disgust. …
After getting thoroughly soaked this morning on the way to work (TV Troll’s tolerance for H2O is somewhere around the level of the Wicked Witch of the West’s) , we are in need of a nice night at home in front of the telly – …
Knickers. Where would we be without them? Well some of us would be slightly chilly today while others would be left with nothing to think about all day while pretending to work. A world without knickers would be like having the toy in a Kinder …
Dum dum dum, dum dum dum. Dum dum dum, dum dum dum… …Doodle-oo, doodle-oo, doodle-oo. DADUM! Lalo Schifrin has nothing on us! What do you mean you didn’t recognise that as the Mission:Impossible theme? It’s not our fault that the internet is unable to translate …
“Hey, I’ve got a great idea. Why don’t we set up a meals-on-wheels business? In an ambulance!” “Wow, yeah, great idea. The customers will be dieing to try our food. Literally.” We spotted this unusual food outlet in West Kilburn recently. Sadly, it looks like …
We love The Scoop. It’s the great little amphitheatre on the South Bank where we can nestle under Ken’s Testicle like enlightened crab lice and watch FREE stuff. The full list of events isn’t up yet, but there’s a decent mix of classic and crowd …
“BAC seeks out the future with artists who dance around the edge of sound, theatre and music.” From today until 20th May, the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) is hosting Burst – an apt title for a short season of performances that is so packed in …
Next week, Londonist’s favourite cycle shop Velorution is holding a Brerlin evening as part of it’s ABorC series of events (i.e. Amsterdam, Berlin or Copenhagen – which is the best model for London’s cycling culture). As part of the Berlin evening there’ll be a video …
… As the Vengaboys once ‘sang’. “Back to the island” for the viewer, at any rate – the characters in Lost (Tue 9pm/10pm C4) never left. And oh, what delights await us down the hatch? For the dedicated fan who has managed to avoid the …
Just a couple of gigs coming up that we wanted to mention quickly since we’ve been away for a few weeks. Saturday: is of course the Love Music Hate Racism free gig in Trafalgar Square. Along with Belle and Sebastian, Lethal Bizzle, Boy Kill Boy, …
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