A Putney cottage designed by Erno Goldfinger has been illegally destroyed. Arbus Ltd, of Croydon, applied for permission to pull down the building in 2002, but was refused. Living up to his surname, Director of the company Rajiv Laxman paid little heed to the order …
So ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Milan, deducted eight league points for their involvement in the Calciopoli scandal, provide Europe’s club champions, sitting alongside the Italian nation’s triumph at last summer’s world cup. (Incidentally, anyone who still disbelieves Filippo Inzaghi that Milan practice free kicks such …
Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week’s “Segway Mom” and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It’s not West Side Story, but about as close as they’ll get. They’re also still waiting on some …
File this one under ‘what the f*ck’. Hello. Please introduce yourselves, and your cause. We’re the London Urban Ironing Collective. Our parents were diagnosed with Cancer in December 2006, so we decided to raise money for Cancer Research UK using the medium of ironing. We’re …
And on the eighth day, God created overdrafts. And we all rejoiced and said “It is good” and hit up the high street for some more brand name labels and useless knick knacks. Banking: it’s not a glamorous business, really. They have been entrusted with …
The mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg (yes, Bloomberg as in that media conglomerate), is in London at the moment to look in greater detail at why so many international firms are moving their M&A activity and their currency trading to our very own City …
Do you know your Sexual Orientation Regulations? Sounds like they should involve a spinning bottle and a Twister mat, but it turns out they simply ensure that gay people get the same rights as everyone else. Opposition to them was quashed despite yesterday’s protest: New …
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 we’ll see what we can move from …
Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up. -Chicagoist had fall on their mind as they made squash and fudge, read “House of Leaves” and
The Golden Dragon on Gerrard Street. We’ve been there ourselves. A couple of times, in fact. Nothing flash, but decent food for a good price. Or so we thought. Seems they’ve had a bit of a hygiene problem. City of Westminster magistrates heard mouse droppings …
Axl Rose has been visiting London’s teenage cancer wards! Guns n’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has made a surprise visit to the Teenage Cancer Trust Ward at the University College Hospital in London. Simon Davies, the CEO of the Teenage Cancer Trust Ward, commented: “We …
