Peter Pan is back. Captain Hook couldn’t kill him, Robin Williams had a damn good try while Jeremy Sumpter’s attempt was mostly ignored, but now children’s’ author Geraldine McCaughrean has breathed some fresh life into Michael Jackson’s inspiration for messing around in kids’ bedrooms. The …
The two men who stabbed a 31-year-old man to death last Thursday had mugged an other man sitting on Kensal Green Tueb platform just 30 minutes previously. A 47-year-old banker who was suspended by HBOS has launched a £10 million action against her employer, claimign …
A review has been called for after a jumbo jet with engine failure was diverted over central London into Heathrow. The communications blackout on July 7 didn’t really help the emergency services say the hospitals involved. The Bakerloo line was suspended for a while yesterday …
These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the week Brighten your day in the Light Lounge at the Dana Centre There is a school of …
It may not have snowed on Christmas day, but it’s becoming increasingly apparent that if you get to shop in stores that don’t have proper names, life is a continual sprinkling of soft white powder. Especially if you read the Hindustan Times, who claimed yesterday: …
So what story can it have been that’s caused Londonist to pen, possibly it’s worst ever headline pun? Ah ha! Must be the news that Gwyneth Martin (nee Paltrow) is having a few problems with some pesky supernatural house guests. So she’s taken up Madonna’s …
We know, we know: it’s nowhere near October, plus they’ve not even bothered to insert the apostrophe into Halowe’en… but let us forget our pedantic misgivings and embrace what is billed as “The edgiest film festival in the UK.” The Halloween film festival, has been …
Wow, just when you think the ‘real news’ is winding down in time for Christmas, along comes the accusations that London only won the 2012 Olympics thanks to a slip of the finger. Israeli IOC bod Alex Gilady has claimed that a mistake occured when …
Ever since Londonist heard that the Young Vic was planning to stage the famous boy reporter’s quest to save his friend Chang from the perilous slopes of the Himalayas we’ve been willing them to get it right. It was a huge task even for a …
Shiver our timbers. London’s had lots of cold weather so far this winter, but precious little snow. (Perhaps not entirely a bad thing, given the toxic fume cloud currently presiding over us.) Whatever the weather, there’ll be plenty of the white, wet stuff on offer …
Think the service at your local chippie’s bad? Well, reassure yourself that paying more money to eat at a top notch restaurant doesn’t guarantee you any more civility, according to the latest Square Meal restaurant guide survey. The five worst restaurants for service, based on …
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