Isn’t it too early for winter? You’ll risk hypothermia if you’re outside this week, so stay in and watch the telly. Isn’t that really the best option? On TV, Londonist likes: Tuesday, 20 November & Wednesday, 21 November The Eight Hundred Million Pound Railway Station …
Hmm. Londonist hasn’t always had happy bouncy things to say about the 2012 Olympics. And it is rather likely that we will come up with some more searing satirical observations before too long. That is what Londonist does. But just for today, it is with …
Remember those brave/crazy Flora London Marathon runners we talked to last week (click on their names below to read their interviews)…? Well, they did it! So, how was it? Incredible. Exhausting, exhilarating. The crowds were inspirational and somehow spurred me on to a 3 hrs …
In an effort to ease overcrowding, railway companies and government ministers have vowed to add an additional 1000 carriages to Britain’s trains by 2014. Ministers will announce that carriages will be used to lengthen trains on the most congested parts of the network. Much of …
The congestion zone, bloated and gorged on the wallets of London motorists, finally loosened its belt this morning. A doubling of girth was observed in the ensuing westerly bloat, which takes in some of London’s richest inhabitants. Fans of JG Ballard will be intrigued to …
On the whole Londoners seem to be a calm headed lot – there’s just no room for panic when you have to juggle so much of your life in the capital already and we’re not going to start forking over money to tape up our …
Last night on BBC4 we watched the third, and sad to say, final part of Armando Iannucci’s The Thick of It. The show follows MP Hugh Abbot’s attempts to do his job in a political climate of constant spin and on-the-hoof policy making. He’s ineptly …
If you’re in on the sofa tonight and somehow Celebrity Big Brother just didn’t deliver the huge belly-laughs you were expecting, then you could do worse than turn over to BBC1 at 10:35 for 25 Years of the Comedy Store. It’s a documentary, directed by …
Tonight is the opening night of Lindsay Anderson: A Personal Remembrance at the NFT. Malcolm McDowell’s tribute to the director is based partly on Anderson’s own writings, and received impressive reviews at the Edinburgh Festival earlier this year. During the tribute McDowell talks about his …
