A group of men robbed a St Pancras telecommunications firm on Thursday evening by dressing up as policemen, in a plot bearing a touch of Alanis Morissette about it. The thieves were let into the building by one of the firm’s employees, after claiming to …
Our weekly roundup of film reviews continues, courtesy of James Bryan… This week Kidman plays with her monkey in The Golden Compass, The Rock gets confused in Southland Tales, a famous person gets shot in The Killing of John Lennon and Donal MacIntyre cuddles up …
As Londoners we pootle around our fair city doing Londonish things: pretending to read anything off the Orange shortlist, pretending not to read the free newspapers, pretending not to notice how bad the man sitting next to us on the bus smells, rush-rush-rush with our …
London is getting more dangerous by the day ladies and gentlemen. It’s not enough that a quick trip down Oxford Street is going to leave you gasping like a floundering flounder on the deck of a homeward bound fishing trawler, now you can’t even grab …
We haven’t mentioned the Roundhouse lately and didn’t expect to for the Christmas season, but we’re pleasantly surprised to announce a new show in the completely circular space in Camden that opens tonight and runs for the festive period. LOFT is a comedy, circus, dance, …
OK, so maybe not kills, although it might, but it is bad for you. Details to follow. A new report shows that shopping in an area with a high volume of traffic has a worse affect on your lungs than walking around a park. For …
Dusting off the snow from last year, every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and …
You may have heard of Caliper Boy – we’ve previously spotted his era-spanning scrawls around London and learned a bit more about the legend of this early 1800s downtrodden child, allegedly locked away in a cellar in 1819 by his prostitute mother until age 12, …
You may remember that we’re not exactly lukewarm about this place. We were even up for finding love here. I guess you could say we’re fans. Nothing has changed with a change in exhibition: Sleeping and Dreaming is marvellous and you must go. For a …
The Turner Prize may have been spirited away to Liverpool but Mark Wallinger’s recreation of Brian Haw’s protest camp outside the Houses of Parliament pre-SOPCA nailed the Turner Prize for him last night. Although he chose to exhibit himself dressed as a bear, wandering around …
In years to come as historians look back on the events that triggered the untimely demise of this once great nation of ours, they’ll probably be analysing the following timeline: October 2003: First grumblings about raising the Council Tax in London to pay for the …
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