Japanese animation is a bit of a mixed bag nowadays – when it first reached our shores, you could only get hold of Akira and ultra-violent tentacle porn. Nowadays, it’s available for all ages and tastes – with TV shows and movies ranging from pre-school …
New London Architecture is, officially, Londonist’s favourite gallery/ museum/studio-type thing. For those who have not visited, it’s a compact exhibition space on Store Street (off Tottenham Court Road) for showcasing London’s buildings. You can just walk right in for free, like you own the city. …
Oxford Street last night was the scene of yet more unfathomable shopping madness akin to the great Primark palava of, ooh, a month ago, as Topshop unveiled its violently hyped Kate Moss collection to adoring and seemingly psychologically imbalanced hordes. Queuing started at noon with …
This week we’d like to congratulate the -ist network’s Mother Hen, Gothamist’s Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine’s Wired Rave Award. If that doesn’t sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that’s right, the -ist network …
Oxford Street remains closed to traffic today due to a rampant fire which broke out above the New Look store on Oxford Street during rush hour yesterday evening. Ten fire engines and around fifty firefighters remained at the scene this morning – at one point …
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world created, like all the best things, by amateur enthusiasts. Farting in the general direction of professional mappers, these collaborative cartographers prowl the streets collecting GPS data and building up their wiki-based map. We caught up with charter-in-chief Steve …
Today is free ice cream day from Ben and Jerry’s. Could you think of any better free day? Of course, for the first time in a week the sun has gone away, but that won’t stop us. There are 4 Ben & Jerry’s stores in …
We mentioned a while back that the US embassy is considering a move from its traditional Grosvenor Square home. Google Maps seem to have the scoop on the new address. If you search for American Embassy in the UK version of Google Maps, you’re pointed …
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