The might of the Church of England has been unleashed upon reality television and dumb programming in general. Its members point out that Big Brother, Strictly Come Dancing and even Little Britain aren’t very good. In fact they are accused of lowering standards of behaviour …
This Day In London’s History 1890: Public opening of the world’s first ‘deep-level’ electric tube line, running between Stockwell and King William Street. Although the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways had opened several underground tube lines since 1863, these were relatively shallow ‘cut-and-cover’-type lines. Following …
Iain Hollingshead has won an esteemed literary award with his first novel: Iain Hollingshead has won the Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2006 with his first novel Twenty Something. Now in its 14th year, the award is given to the passage considered to …
West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand has been arrested after an incident outside a nightclub in Ilford. Russell Brand’s ‘shit hot’ myspace show last night has caused outrage with fans after an apparant 150 out of 200 seats were filled with VIPs on a guestlist. Sadie …
Londonist: Check this out: “Parents have forced a school trip to a mosque to be abandoned because they did not want their children exposed to a religion that was not their own.“ Cronenburger: Americans! Where was that? Londonist: Croydon Cronenburger: Oh for fuck’s sake. Londonist: …
Child Catcher Madonna has graduated through all the levels of super-celebrity status that seems necessary to become a global brand: – advocated an obsure religion to all aspiring international super-celebrities – provided well-documented slavish progress through some sort of extreme sport that normal people can …
Something we covered a while back has finally been resolved with a win for the faithful: A Gay Police Association (GPA) advert which linked a rise in homophobic attacks to religious belief breached advertising rules. The advert showing a Bible and a pool of blood …
Ian Blair is going to have to break out his URGENT REVIEW rubber stamp once again this morning, after a huge row erupted over a decision not to post a Muslim officer at the Israeli embassy. The Sun originally broke the story that Constable Alexander …
No one seems to know what Lukas Moodysson is up to. People are still reeling from A Hole in my Heart which at times seemed to be an outright attack on his audience’s expectations. In itself not a bad thing and we always have room …
Chelsea Theatre is about to start a season of new theatre that presents new work not as finished, polished and neatly concluded pieces but instead in a flow of development and change. There will be two ways to watch and two chances to see what …
Reader Simon sends us this image of a single-scoop St Paul’s. It’s either an allegory for the triumph of consumerism over organised religion, or else a beautiful mirage brought on by the current heat wave. Nice concept, but consider the pigeon problems. Still, we like …
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