Isaac Newton famously said "If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". Next time you gaze up at his sculpture on the British Library's forecourt, consider that you are doing exactly the same. For most of the library's treasures are beneath your feet in four levels (equivalent to eight storeys) of subterranean basement. Few of the library's half a million annual readers get to see these......

This week saw Londonist get incredibly excited about a few live music events. First up, was French pop sensation Yelle, who played an intimate show at the Old Blue Last. Then, we had the Camden Crawl line up which, as ever, is pretty amazing for those of us who value music over sleep. Finally, Sally got (understandably) excited about The King Blues @ the 100 Club. Once we've come down from our excitement of last......

Here's Newton, outside the British Library, contemplating how every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In this case, 'splash back'. Please, please, please, send in some of your own distorted images of the capital to londonist at gmail dot com.......

The BT Digital Music Awards 2007 are being held on next Tuesday (2 October) at the Camden Roundhouse in London and we've got a pair of tickets for you to win to attend this special event. Artists such as Klaxons, Calvin Harris, Chemical Brothers and the Manics are all competing against to win one of 20 awards designed to recognise UK artists that have embraced digital technology in an exceptional way. The ceremony will......

Werewolves aren't generally assumed to be artistic but it seems that London-based lycanthropes are blessed with creative streaks. Not only are they artistic but they are a friendly and helpful group who come to one another's rescue when artistic blockage occurs. There are eight artists who are the Werewolves of London: Michael Lawton, Claire McArdle, Mike Ryder, Luke Drozd, George Cutts, Edward Newton, Emma-Jane Portway and Tom Railton. Each has a problem, a nugget......

As has been the case for the last few weeks, very few new gigs have gone on sale this week, or are scheduled for tomorrow, but even so here’s the best of the new ones. The biggest perhaps is Marilyn Manson, who has announced a short three date tour of the UK, stopping in London, Manchester and Birmingham. His Wembley Arena date is on Wednesday 5th December, and tickets go on sale at 9am tomorrow......

Monday sees Portland, Oregon’s new indie-rock darlings The Thermals play Dingwalls with support from Siberia’s SonicFlyer. Tickets are still available from See Tickets at £8.50 each plus booking fees. Tellison play their “disarming melodies and big-hearted guitars” at the Camden Barfly, with support coming from Encyclopedia, The Xcerts and Gavin Osborn, with tickets only £6 each. Popular Canadian singer-songwriter Feist plays Scala on Tuesday night, though tickets are long gone unfortunately – Scarlet mist may......

Another exciting week of music in the capital coming up, with us here to give you the best guide through what's hot and what's not in the indie / pop scenes this week. Want a lazy way to spend your Bank Holiday Monday? Why not see Good Shoes at Morden Park bandstand? They're on at 2pm, and we previewed it earlier last week here. Later on Monday evening The Holloways play The Electric Ballroom......

The words 'sublimely beautiful' and 'Euston Road' seldom decorate the same sentence, but here goes... Walk past the Wellcome Trust's HQ on Euston Road for this sublimely beautiful window display, and learn some science at the same time. The eyecatching fluorescent baubels, by designers Graphic Thought Facility, represent the structures of several proteins implicated in human disease. The rogues' gallery includes: leptin, a small protein that can cause obesity if it gets mangled; PPWD1,......

Electric lorries are coming to London. Like milk floats on steroids, the fleet of 50mph 'Newton' vehicles will glide around the capital in the employ of delivery firm TNT. The company hopes to reduce pollution in the capital and get a C-charge discount to boot. And it's not just about emissions. The Newton's bodywork is built entirely from recycled materials, boosting its green credentials still further. Kevin Harkin of the vehicle's developers, Smith, said:......

The Water Rats Theatre kick started last week for Londonist with some stunning vocalist and singer/songwriter performances ranging from the unsigned to the recently signed. First to the stage were My Last Mistake, whose vocals provided by Leah Newcombe absolutely blew us away. Leah hails from Kent and is slightly reminiscent of Shirley Manson in her appearance. With a beautifully dark and mellow voice she's accompanied by Richard Norton on second guitar and also......

This Day In London’s History 1990: Pandemonium in Westminster as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fails to win outright victory over Michael Heseltine in the Conservative Party leadership contest. Following a lengthy period of discontent from her own party, including the resignation of Sir Geoffrey Howe from his position as Deputy Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher’s leadership was formally challenged for the second time in as many years, this time by Michael Heseltine. It was widely......

Long-time readers of Londonist will know that we’ve got a slightly unhealthy obsession with late sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. You know, the guy who gave us the TCR Tube mosaics and the statue of Newton outside the British Library. Many moons ago, we kicked off our Londonist Stalks… series by hunting down all his public works of art in London. And he’s since become something of a hero to us. Next month, we’ll be......

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Speed Dating: Laws of Attraction, at the Dana Centre What is it with trying to pair off sciency types? First we had that shindig over at the British Library, now the Dana Centre have decided to see if cupid’s arrow obeys Newton’s First Law. On......

Photograph based on actual events. These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Einstein vs. Newton debate at the Royal Society Bit of a hoary old chestnut, this one. With apologies to Darwin, these two heavyweights would easily top a 100-greatest-scientists-of-all-time poll. Channel 4: get commissioning! But which of the pair made the......

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event Of The Week Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum Ice skating? Ice skating? By the beard of Copernicus what are we thinking, you might well enquire. Where’s the science in that? Well, we could talk about how the low sliding coefficient of friction facilitates experiments in Newtonian......

All the places featured in this Stalk are now mapped on Platial. Once in a blue Monday, Editro gives us, the grovelling unpaid writers of Londonist, permission to leave our desks and get some fresh air. But only if we get up to some London-based mischief. Our latest nefarious task, should we choose to accept it - and we do - is to cover the length and breadth of the town, stalking famous Londoners.......

You, our faithful Londonist readers, did so well with the previous installments of this little game, in which we have asked you to identify the London location of videos featuring Kylie, Coldplay, and the Chemical Brothers, that we thought we'd give you a bit more of a challenge. (As always, post answers or other reactions in the comments.) Madonna, Madonna, Madonna! We don't even need to make a joke. You can come up with your......

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and that London is, we admit, the coolest city on the face of the planet. So went the first draft of the US Declaration of Independence. Before old Jefferson got all enthusiastic with that red pen. We like to imagine. When it comes to the perennial and nonsense discussion about......

The chairman of trustees for the Science Museum, Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, has written to the Daily Telegraph to warn that the museum may have to sell off its Imperial College library to stay out financial trouble. After already closing four galleries and cutting back on staff (which has led to at least one significant theft), the museum is asking for an additional £3 million on top of its current grant in order......