We could labour the much-loved line about running away to the circus but we’re not going to. We’re just going to say that this looks like an absolutely cracking season of international contemporary circus in the extraordinary Roundhouse space. Having already filled it several times …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 18th June 1972: A British European Airways plane bound for Brussels crashes moments after taking off from Heathrow airport, killing all 118 passengers. An inquiry later concludes that the pilot had made a ‘speed error’ and stalled the …
London Lit Plus?…Plus what? No, you misunderstand. It’s like the London Literature Festival. With knobs on. What, you mean your line-up’s full of Daily Express columnists? No, you misunderstand again. This time for weak comedy effect, I should wager. So what is London Lit Plus? …
The top two floors of an office building near Scotland Yard have collapsed following an explosion. The campaign office of Labour Deputy hopeful Hazel Blears is on a lower floor of the building. Reports suggest the upper floors were undergoing renovation, and only one person …
Buttoned Down Disco is fast becoming a London phenomenon. It’s practially free if you sign up for the secret venue invite. More importantly, for a club night in London it’s always really friendly. You could walk up to anyone and start talking to them if …
Nestled somewhere between the Novae Archaelogical Site, Bulgaria, the Darbush Tomb, Eritrea, the Capitanes Generales Palace, Guatemala and 96 other gravely endangered world monument sites sits an unassuming East End Music Hall. Wilton’s Music Hall was included today on the World Monument Watchlist of 100 …
Smoke, Issue 10 is on sale now. This ‘love letter to London‘ is available from some good newsagents and bookshops, and a few more tawdry outlets for £2.50. Highlights include the Hampstead fish who are evolving to look like William Morris carpets, where to find …
>>Before we begin, a small non-profit Theatre group is looking for a free rehearsal space one night a week. Email bookgrocer@gmail.com if you can help or know of any good sized rooms (church halls, pub back rooms, community art centres), the more central the better<
LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big — really freaking big — so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart …
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