In Los Angeles, tourists are regularly accosted by street-corner vendors selling “maps of stars’ homes”. These should really be called “maps of stars’ gates” since that’s all you’re likely to see – no peeks of Robert De Niro putting out the rubbish, alas. Now, it …
Ok, so Google has its big, flashy maps now, with all the zoom you could want and that fantastic slide bar thingy on the side. But it only works for North America. What about us? Don’t they know that British steets are much harder to …
We can’t seem to turn round without bumping into a film festival at the moment, so we thought it might be useful to go through a quick rundown of what’s on offer out there. The Italian Film Festival at the Riverside Studios started on the …
Two London hotels, one old and one brand new, have made it in to the new Conde Nast “hot list” of international locations. The ‘old’ hotel is the Cadogan off Sloane Street, infamous for being the location where Oscar Wilde was arrested (room 118 if …
Forget the Michael Jackson trial, the big ‘celebrity’ case you should be following this week is Elizabeth Jagger’s attempts to get an injunction on some dodgy CCTV footage. A couple of weeks ago 21-year-old Liz was caught on camera, “engaging in sexual activities” outside Kabaret’s …
Last night, Spurs beat Forest 3-0 at the City Ground in an FA Cup fifth round replay, and they now join North London neighbours Arsenal in the quarter-finals. Their manager, Martin Jol, who has been credited with the latest Tottenham revival, is suuposedly now the …
The Mail began serialising Piers Morgan’s ‘secret diary’ yesterday (couldn’t they have called it something other than a ‘secret diary’ it makes Morgan sound like a nine-year-old schoolgirl), so we thought we’d take a look and see what the broadhseets are saying about the book, …
We know you’re sick of reading about what the IOC inspection have been up to over the past few days. For example, the most perilous stage of yesterday’s tour was when the special, shiny IOC train was held up for four minutes (yes, four whole …
Today’s Telegraph has a good article on “female impresario”, Sally Greene’s recent investment in the legendary Soho jazz club. Greene is the woman who ‘saved’ the Old Vic, convinced Kevin Spacey to becoem a patron of the theatre, persuaded Elton John to write all 19 …
Although there are still a few days before Sunday, Londonist could not resist informing our readers of what could be a potentially riotous event. This Sunday at 9:00 pm, the Curzon Soho (a Londonist favorite) will be showing She Hate Me, Spike Lee’s most recent …
Londonist’s attention was caught today by an article in the Times headlined London – A Sad MP’s Guide. But, don’t be fooled, this isn’t an article written by some Tory backbencher, detailing his travels around the backstreets of Soho (if only). No, instead this is …
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