As Londonist sat down to our Monday morning coffee and reading of the (internet-based) newspaper, something struck our eye: Paris culture police pull the plug on l’anglais chic. We were expecting some hot article about an English designer gone astray at Paris Fashion Week but …
Failed military coup enthusiast Mark Thatcher is back in London after being fined £265,000, and has run back into the scaly arms of his mother Baroness Thatcher. Mark was intending to head home to his wife and kids in the U.S. but ran into a …
It’s 2005 and still the ‘Da Vinci Code’ stories keep coming. This time the claim is that the novel has helped the fortunes of Eurostar. The train operator released figures yesterday that showed 15% more people travelled on the line in 2004 than they did …
Today’s Times carries a pretty lengthy article on London’s transport system and it’s influence on the bid for the 2012 Olympic games. Next month an IOC “evaluation commission” will be inspecting the capital’s transport systems looking for any improvements that have been made since last …
On 15th December we wrote up a post with the title: The Last Pete Doherty Story Of The Year? With another 16 days to go to the end of the year, we all knew there was easily time for at least one other story, especially …
The restoration of the West Front of St Paul’s Cathedral is at last complete and the scaffolding has come down. This returns to the capital one of its most delightful prospects, the view down Ludgate Hill towards St Paul’s, and means that visitors will at …
With the unnering foresight and keenness of judgment that has made it the magazine of choice for London’s city gents, the Economist has announced that “The London theatre increasingly turns to movie remakes”. This news will of course come as a complete shock to anyone …
They’ve been advertising it for weeks. Whether it’s billboards or teaser television adverts, if you live in London then it’s difficult not to notice that Karl Lagerfeld has made some clothes for Hennes. It’s the same in Paris where Lagerfeld is best known for his …
Liverpudlians might have a reputation for moaning that the world hates them, but they can’t hold a candle to Londoners when it comes to complaining about travel. Complaints about commuting, a road block on the M1, or the possibility of a rail strike over Christmas …
Take that Paris. In your face Venice. Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough Rome. Because London is the new city of luuurve. According to a survey by Yahoo Personals, we go on more dates than anyone else in the UK; …
Ken Livingstone’s campaign to have just about everything happen in London continued this week when he submitted a revised bid for London to host the start of the 2007 Tour de France. Ken was at the dinner to celebrate the Entente Cordiale bike race between …
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