Natural History Museum

Last night, we attended the launch of Darwin 200 at the Natural History Museum. If he was still alive, Charles Darwin would be an actual living legend, due his 200th birthday on 12 February 2009. Clearly he’s dead but that’s no excuse not to have …

“Oh, the flesh-eating beetles are in there,” shrugs our guide, pointing to a locked door. This is the Darwin Centre, where a gruesome surprise lurks around every corner. The annexe to the Natural History Museum holds some 22 million biological specimens bottled up in jars …

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 …

For many of us ice-skating is a terrifying experience, bringing back memories of clinging to the edge of the rink, cold feet and humiliating wipeouts. We all know it’s never as serene an experience as the Christmas cards make out, but there’s a veritable plethora …

We’re a little fed up of worthy awareness-raising ‘days’. National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week might be really important, but it doesn’t really turn us on. National Ammo Day in the US sounds particularly unsavoury too – not just for the subject matter, but also, for …

16. Strange Invaders Whilst residing at his terraced house in Kentish Town, during the 1980s, Christopher Fowler began to notice glimpses of unusual whitish creatures in his back garden. After finally finding the time to fully investigate, and to dismiss such possible hallucinations on his …

In our minds, we don’t normally associate museums with bouts of laughter. That is, with the exception of school trips where we desperately tried to keep ourselves amused/awake/alive as some old and dull man in tweed tried to educate us something similarly old and dull. …

How many hogs does it take to cleanse a whale? No, it’s not a Zen koan. The glorious Victorian temple to murdered animals that is the Natural History Museum is cleaning up the whale exhibit in its Large Mammals Hall – using hog hair bristle …

When you’re dreaming of your most fabulous night ever, we’re sure that, like us, your ideal night out would include 500 Harry Potter fans, JK Rowling and the Natural History Museum. Until now, that beautiful dream looked like it would never come true, but Harry …

The first rule about East End Brawl Club is… Drunk man ends up on church roof. No, it wasn’t the Bishop of Southwark. Tina Turner to perform at the Natural History Museum. Can anyone think of a gag here, cos we’re really scratching our heads. …