It’s not often that Londonist gets to try lots of different wines for less than a tenner. So we were excited to hear about The Sampler, a new wine store on Upper Street in Islington, that lets you try before you by. On a recent …
A couple of weeks ago on Friday, the perfect antidote to a certain, unmentionable reality TV showdown was a gig at Swiss Cottage Library, of all places. For one night only, the aptly named Mr Hudson and the Library, graced the award-winning building as part …
We were going to write a long detailed explanation of why we’re once again doing a weekly blog roundup and then realised that only a few days (and a few centuries) ago Samuel Pepys had done the job for us: (Lord’s day). Lay long in …
As the world holds it’s breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated …
Once your work gets picked as a Photo of the Day we like to keep an eye on you. Sometimes this means averting our eyes from drunken snapshots of you at an office party, but normally it means you treat us to great photo after …
A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 22. Cloth Court Where? Barely visible on most maps, this little dog-leg sits within the precincts of the ancient St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield. What? This is one of our favourite parts of town for poking around …
A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 21. Cecil Court Where? Short pedestrian route between Charing Cross Road and St Martin’s Lane. What? In the heart of glitzy, neon tourist-town, it’s heartening to find such a contrasting bastion of antiquity. The shop fronts …
Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …
After sampling London past at the British Library’s ‘London: a life in maps’, we went on to Store Street for a peek at the London yet come. ‘London’s moving: how transport is changing’ is the latest free exhibition at New London Architecture, best known for …
‘Guaranteed to get a certain kind of Londoner quivering in anticipation’: Peter Watts, TimeOut. Maybe Pete was thinking of us when he wrote those words. We’ve been quivering, salivating and otherwise resonating with excitement ever since we learnt of this new exhibition at the British …
The results of the 4th London Flickr Scavenger Hunt are coming in and it was clearly a grand, giggly, giddy afternoon out on the town. Taking place in a strict 3 hour slot last Saturday, the Scavenger Hunt organisers came up with a set of …
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