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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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