Preview: The Head Of The River Rowing Race
500 boats in a time trial on the Thames.
500 boats in a time trial on the Thames.
400 boats battle from Mortlake to Putney
A meaty Italian number you can get your teeth stuck into…
Weekend news, including a message from Boris. Happy Nowrooz, by the way.
Festivals are not just for the summer: London restaurateur Sam Harrison is launching a new wine festival.
A new restaurant in Putney will extend through ‘hidden vaults’ beneath Lower Richmond Road and out onto the embankment.
Welcome to a new week. Here’s some Monday-shaped Londony trivia.
John Smith seems surprised by the boisterous crowd at Putney’s Half Moon, quipping that there must be better things to do in London on a Thursday night. And yet after his set it’s clear that he’s wrong. Smith, bearded and waistcoated, has an understated charm …
On first glances John Smith is an enigma. His name is bland and synonymous with that well known ale, and yet his hushed and growling voice, that thundering acoustic guitar would fool you into thinking he heralded from America’s deep south, the sort of wrinkled …
Photo by Tomb Land from the Londonist Flickr pool An apparent double suicide in Putney is being touted as a ‘copycat’, following the suicide in Essex of two people who met online. After being saddened by the tragedy, two things leaped out at us: firstly, …
The XX scooped the 2010 Mercury Prize for album of the year last night with their eponymous debut, beating fellow Londoners Dizzee Rascal, Paul Weller, Mumford and Sons and The Kit Downes Trio. The XX met at Elliott School, Putney. Aspiring pop star parents take …