The New 7 Wonders Project is, as you might imagine, a project to find the Seven Wonders of the modern world. As with all things in ‘the modern world’ the winners of this exercise will be decided by an international public vote. The poll, which …
Could this be the funniest bit of CCTV footage we’ll never get to see? Yesterday afternoon a “a man in his 20s” violently attacked Madame Tussaud’s ‘controversial’ nativity scene before running off down the road. According to press reports, the enraged young man “charged at …
A few weeks ago we reported on BT’s humiliating new competition whereby two members of the public are recruited by Capital FM and are despatched to a specially created Perspex box in Covent Garden. Once imprisoned the two contestants then have to “complete a series …
Not literally, you understand, and actually not really that figuratively either, it’s just that the excitable folks at the British Airports Authority (who actually have a really good online photo library thing going on) are upset at plans by the Strategic Rail Authority to change …
The news that Hollywood is planning to turn The Producers into a film (again) seems to have been the first in a rash of stories regarding West End productions making their way over to other mediums. First up is Bat Boy: the musical. Currently showing …
Once every few months you can be fairly sure that a news item will be released on how much fare-dodgers are “costing” the transport system. Today the Liberal Democrats claim that nonpayers are taking 150m free trips a year. Londonist has never had much faith …
London looks set to receive a new evening paper soon, and a free one at that. Porn magnate and owner of Express Newspapers Richard Desmond recently stepped up his long gestating plans to launch a free paper to rival both the Metro and the Evening …
“Carrying on with our ‘the future is here’ theme for today, may we point you in the direction of this report, which examines the possibility that the skies above London will soon be filled with flying cars (or ‘jetpods’ as they’re called). The report profiles …
Apart from a short fad in the 1970s, for most of the past 100 years the crime of choice for the petty thief has been burglary. But the increase in the general level of house security has forced Jimmy Window-Jammer to diversify, and street robbery …
Tonight is the opening night of Lindsay Anderson: A Personal Remembrance at the NFT. Malcolm McDowell’s tribute to the director is based partly on Anderson’s own writings, and received impressive reviews at the Edinburgh Festival earlier this year. During the tribute McDowell talks about his …
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