Pardon. The book grocer got some sun this weekend. We find that there’s an inverse relationship between our hours of sun exposure and our ability to talk books. Do you think the connection between weather and literary prowess could explain Britain’s many achievements in this field? Just wondering... Monday: The Bedford Park Festival kicked off a few days ago, and we’re liking its literary offerings. Tonight brings us Wilde at Heart, a two-act play......

38. Angel Court Where? St James area, linking King Street and Pall Mall. This one runs parallel to Crown Passage, a former star of Londonist's Back Passage. What? Clean, wholesome alley in a clean, wholesome area. Angel Court cuts between toff hangouts and office buildings. A plaque on the western wall commemorates St James's Theatre, which closed in 1957 despite fierce protests from Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier. Bas-relief panels at either end of......

A happy Bank Holiday Monday to you, friends! Can’t bring yourselves to leave the flat and venture out in this stormy weather? Neither can we. But really, we appreciate whatever excuse we can use to dip into the ever-growing pile of books on our bedside table. A look at the week ahead in literary London: Tuesday: Booker-shortlisted author Tim Winton will at the Australian High Commission for the launch of his latest novel, Breath,......

Europe's biggest gay and lesbian festival, Pride London, is back this Saturday. Expect a hefty downpour, if the current forecast is accurate. There's heaps on this year, though, if you make it out to support your brothers and sisters. It all kicks off when the ever-eclectic Parade heads through the centre of town from 1pm, along a route taking in the West End's Oxford and Regent Streets before heading over to Tafalgar Square and......

Email. Who could live without it these days? Well, according to the World Internet Usage Stats more people than you might think! Only 40% of Europe is online and only a measly 4% of Africa. The latter stat is shocking when you count up all the scam emails that we receive every day promising us untold wealth through lottery wins, letting money "rest" in our accounts and righting the monetary wrongs of evil dictatorships.......

It's still Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History Month and there are events and exhibitions in the capital's museums, galleries, bars and clubs. But there is magnificent queer history embedded in the actual fabric of London: some streets of London are soaked in LGBT tales and issues (literally, in Soho) and for those who want to see the places that have been important to the LGBT community over time, there are several guided tours......

The time has come. The waiting is over. Desperate Housewives (Wed 10pm C4) is back, and are we ever excited. We'll trot out the tired old cliché about how its acid-bright façade hides a surprisingly black heart because, hell, it's true; something is rotten in the state of Stepford ... even if we all know that the show doesn't quite have the courage of its convictions and there's occasionally a touch of the hugging-and-learning......

We -- well, those of us of a certain persuasion -- adore the melange of high-brow interviews and low-brow gay porn to be found in BUTT magazine (and we're not the only ones), and so we squealed little a little girl when we read that the creators of BUTT were coming out with a "gentlemen's style journal" to be called FANTASTIC MAN. After a frustrating delay, a pile has finally arrived at Soho's depressing......

Two London hotels, one old and one brand new, have made it in to the new Conde Nast "hot list" of international locations. The 'old' hotel is the Cadogan off Sloane Street, infamous for being the location where Oscar Wilde was arrested (room 118 if you're interested), but it is supposed to have a cracking restaurant as well. You are looking at around £200 a night for a room though. The 'new' hotel on......

We saw Ray Winstone in Scum at an early age and have fond memories of Mickey and Mallory shooting their way to freedom in Natural Born Killers, so we here at Londonist think we are well versed in the art of the prison riot. Over the years we've watched Clint Eastwood sneak out from under the nose of Patrick McGoohan in Escape from Alcatraz, applauded the use of a thick towel as Chopper's ears......