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Manga Festival At County Hall

If you are down at the snow slide today or over the weekend and you fancy warming your bum in a nice, cosy cinema afterwards then Londonist reccomends a walk down to City Hall where the International Manga & Anime Festival is taking place. The …

Southbank Snow Slide

Just a reminder that ‘the best idea Southwark Council ever had’ opens today at twelve noon. Yes, it’s the 30ft snow slide outside Tate Modern. You don’t have to book ahead, just turn up and remember to wear something to keep your arse nice and …

Gifts For The Men

Last week Londonist presented a gift guide for the ladies in your life. So now it’s time to balance things out with some ideas for the boys. Contrary to popular opinion, men can be difficult to buy for sometimes, so we hope this little ‘pocket …

London Eye Snow Globe

White Christmas Update

Earlier this month we reported on the odds of a white Christmas in London this year. But it seems things might have changed since our last update. According to reports in the papers yesterday bookies have now doubled the odds on any snow falling in …

Massive Snow Slide

Forget ice skating at Somerset House, if you’re looking for some real fun this Christmas then you don’t have to go any further that Bankside, where Southwark council are installing a massive snow slide. The slide is part of the Frost Fair, an idea which …

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

If a white Christmas fails to materialise this year then you can always compensate by visiting the the White Station exhibition, which opened this week at the Pump House Gallery in Battersea Park. The White Station gathers together a handful of artists whose work revolves …

I’m Dreaming Of A….etc

The first tentative predictions for a white Christmas in London are starting to come through. The Weather Action website is predicting a 50/50 chance of snow in the capital on Christmas Day…so either it will or it won’t then. Great. William Hill are not so …

Where Will You Watch It?

Bush. Kerry. Chads. Ohio. Yes, we admit it, Londonist is as excited as everyone else is about tonight’s US elections. We’ll be watching it on the good, old BBC (11:50 through to 5:00 with Dimbleby, Snow and Simpson et al) but there are events taking …