If you walk along the South Bank this week, you can’t fail to notice the giant pterosaurs larking about near the Royal Festival Hall. These beaksome proto-avians are the winged heralds for the Royal Society’s Summer Science Festival (itself part of the ‘See Further Festival‘, …
There seems to be some market or other around the Southbank Centre every week of late. Today sees the launch of the latest one – the Real Food Market organised by the Real Food Festival. That’s the Real Food Market on the Southbank, you understand? …
A small table made from the ancient timbers of Old London Bridge is to be sold at auction. The oak furniture was hewn from the foundations of the old bridge after its demolition in 1833. That dates the material back to at least 1176 when …
Until recently, post-pub grub-hunters in the environs of Waterloo station hoved mainly toward Fishcoteque, tucked underneath the railway bridge on Waterloo Road. A few months back, a new rival threw its doors open: Fine Fish Company, couched almost directly opposite Fishcoteque within the station entrance. …
Image by forzagaribaldi via the Londonist Flickrpool A double blow for London’s esoteric nightlife scene: both Bardens Boudoir and the Shunt Lounge are to permanently close in the coming days. Bardens in Dalston will wind down on July 1st, with a final goodbye party happening …
Keep an eye out for these yellow discs, currently decorating the lamp posts of Southwark. Each is a sign that something noteworthy happened nearby, and will point you to a mobile web page where you can read all about it. The idea comes from a …
London has the largest litter of lions in the world. A magnificent pride their history goes back 120,000 years. There are colossal, legendary and living lions. Lions from one of the seven wonders of the world, from the cradle of liberty and there’s a lion …
Earlier this week, Southwark Street had the honour of welcoming the first docking station for the cycle hire scheme, which launches on July 30th this year. Barclays Cycle Hire, as the sponsorship obliges us to call it (’cause Barclays and bikes are a natural fit), …
Being paired with a glass of rosé may have made the conscious Londonist blush in the past, but more recently, there has been a revival and now it’s kinky to be a bit pinky. Connoisseurs, new breed rosé socialists and casual aficionados have all started …
To SE1 last night, as the ribbon on the brand-new Bermondsey Square development was cut. The old medieval square, formerly a clunic abbey, has been overhauled entirely and now boasts your standard modern mix of cutting-edge restaurants, luxury flats, bars, a pricey hotel and, ticking …
Tucked away about 5 minutes from the dilapidated 70s mall charm of Elephant and Castle, past that partially boarded up estate at the west end of New Kent Road, and a pub which claims to be the ‘only English owned pub left on Harper Road’, …
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