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Superflirt

There are so many things wrong with this story, Londonist doesn’t quite know where to start. Rachel Bailey is a 28-year-old woman from Chelsea. Just to give you an idea of what she looks like, today’s Sun describes her as “busty”, “brunette”, and “5ft 9in …

London Not Bothered About Lagerfeld

They’ve been advertising it for weeks. Whether it’s billboards or teaser television adverts, if you live in London then it’s difficult not to notice that Karl Lagerfeld has made some clothes for Hennes. It’s the same in Paris where Lagerfeld is best known for his …

We love you Jose, We Do

Arsenal vs Tottenham is always good value, respective league standings don’t really count, the animosity level is always high and they tend to not pass without incident. This weekends game was no exception with Spurs narrowly being beaten by the Gunners 4 – 5. Arsenal …

Londonist Loves…

In the coming months we at Londonist plan to take some time to talk about it’s favourite corners of London. Not every corner will contain a lot of smoked meat (if only), but this one does. There are many reasons to love Bodeans, not least …

Free Music, Free Pint

Londonist likes new music. Londonist likes free things. Londonist especially loves free new music. If you want to join the love-in, check out the item on XFM giving details of a free gig on Monday 15th November. Thee Unstrung headline, with Vatican DC and Atlantic …

Mercury Rev-eal Tour Dates

Mercury Rev announced tour dates via the XFM website yesterday. They play London on 12th March at the Hammersmith Apollo and tickets go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 10th November. Personally, we found the Mercury Rev live experience at Glastonbury 2002 rather dull but …

You’re Nicked Son

The public both hate and love it when an apparently well-paid ‘celebrity’ tries to get something on the cheap. Look at what happened to Richard Madeley when he was accused of trying to shoplift a bottle of bubbly from Tescos. That was ten years ago …

Lovely Arrows

Could darts be on the agenda for the 2012 Olympics? It depends if the Olympic Committee want to argue with thirty stone BDO world champion, Andy ‘The Viking’ Fordham. Today’s Mirror quotes Fordham as saying “I’d love to take part in the Olympics – it …

Though This Be Madness, Yet There’s Method In It

Continuing the somewhat Japanese theme begun below, Londonist notes that Yukio Ninagawa will be the director of Hamlet at the Barbican starting November 10. Japan’s fascination with Shakespeare is long-standing (see “Othello”, below) and, for this writer at least, perpetually puzzling. Ninagawa’s love of the …

Regent Street Xmas Lights

They promised us a “major celebrity” for the switching on of the Regent Street Christmas lights this year. In the past they’ve given us such ‘celebrities’ as Daniel Bedingfield and Russel Watson, so you could forgive us for being a tad sceptical. But, in one …