…Maybe. Yes it’s that time of year again, the time when Big Brother starts and Channel 4 bung God a few quid to make it sunny in order to encourage semi-nudity (it’s true honestly, we’ve seen the internal memo). And, of course, it’s the bank …
The BBC have today “revolutionised” their weather forecasts. No, they’re not going to start getting it right, obviously; they’ve changed the graphics of the forecasts. Out go the lovely cheerful simple maps, and in come “realistic 3-D landscapes” that can be zoomed in and out, …
Ahh, a lovely weekend (ignoring the occasional isolated spots of rain), we sincerely hope our loyal readers spent the time outdoors slathered with liberal dosages of factor 80 sun cream. Londonist, on the other hand, spent the weekend checking out new music for you. That’s …
Londonist just got a text message letting us know that tickets for the new Star Wars movie go on sale in London a minute after midnight tonight (or tomorrow morning if you want to be all chronologically correct). Empire has the scoop and also reveals …
Londonist was greatly saddened to read of Tommy Vance’s death last Sunday. Memories of Friday nights plugged into Radio 1′s Friday Rock Show through the headphones (how rebellious we teenage metal fans were) listening to everything from Pallas through to Venom, all played with equal …
Enough of the snow and the rain and the winds already. What everyone wants to know is when we’ll be able to get to work without hat hair and a numb face. Londonist scoured some of the weather sites and found the following predictions. The …
Well, everybody else is doing it, so why can’t we? Here we present Londonist’s favourite music of 2004, along with pointers to other sites’ lists. It might be worth bearing in mind if you’re brave enough to visit the shops during the January Sales melee. …
Streatham is known for a lot of things…we just can’t think any of them right now. But in the late Seventies it was known best as the home of Cynthia Payne and her ‘celebrity brothel’. Cynthia (who, very helpfully, managed to incorpoate the word ‘sin’into …
Question: What connects the ageing, scouse doyen of light entertainment, Cilla Black, with the people behind Bols Blue, arguably one of the most evil spirits ever concocted? Answer: The Great Eastern Hotel. From this week, the Bols marketing team has enlisted the help of London …
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