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To Be or Not To Be

There’s a thought provoking piece in today’s New York Times casting doubt on whether the four men who died in the explosions on the 7th of July were suicide bombers at all. “Technically they’re not suicide bombers,” said one police officer familiar with the investigation. …

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London Poker Open

As you may already know, Londonist has a long and prestigious history as far as the game of poker is concerned… …Ok, we won a media tournament once, but we still think that gives us the right to report on the forthcoming London Poker Open …

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Stockwell Shooting Questions

The news that another suspect has been arrested in connection with last Thursday’s bombing attempt has failed to make the headlines in the wake of Jean Charles de Menezes’ death. That alone is a gage of the public and media’s shock that the 27 year …

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Shooting Update

Police are confirming the shooting incident at Stockwell. It seems that a man jumped the barriers at Stockwell underground station and ran for a Northern Line train. One witness on BBC News 24 says he saw the man go down and then police shot him …

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I Went To Londonistan And All I Got Was This Lousy Shrapnel Wound

Yesterday’s Media Guardian (annoyingly requires registration or bugmenot) reports on how the media in the US has dubbed our fair city a threat to America because of our silly notion that we shouldn’t become a police state. Here are some of the quotes that we …

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London Explosions

EMERGENCY HOTLINE: 0870 1566 344 Some useful links: Guardian News Blog.

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Act Of War Viral Campaign

Londonist recently stumbled on the viral marketing video for new PC game Act of War. The game (which is set in ‘the not-too-distant future’ obviously) revolves around ‘shadowy consortiums of backroom conspirators’ and their financing of terrorist attacks on major cities; and is billed as …

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Children Are Stupid

What can we say about Croydon that hasn’t been said a million times before? How about describing it as the Capital’s centre of integrity and good taste? No we’re not buying it either. But we would like to buy some nifty Playboy gear. That’s another …

An Apology

As a website that is sometimes confused by those of little brain with an American product (yes we are part of the Gothamist network, no we are not an American website) we were amused yesterday to see that some of the worst home-grown telly ideas …

NorthSouthEastWest Exhibition

If you missed the NorthSouthEastWest photographic exhibition at the Science Museum earlier this year then you should definitely try and catch it in Trafalgar Square this week. The project, which is currently touring the world, brings togther some of the world’s top photographers to “to …

What the Critics are Saying: Frida Kahlo

A few weeks ago we encouraged you to book tickets to see Frida Kahlo’s exhibition at the Tate Modern . Londonist hasn’t had an opportunity to wander down the South Bank yet, which this weekend we blame solely on the horrendously hot and suffocating weather, …