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London Poker Open

As you may already know, Londonist has a long and prestigious history as far as the game of poker is concerned… …Ok, we won a media tournament once, but we still think that gives us the right to report on the forthcoming London Poker Open …

Football Preview

According to the weather forecast on the left of this page, the sunshine of today is going to be replaced by showers on the weekend. Booooooooo. You were thinking of going out to experience the joys of London in the spring, right? Some fresh air? …

Uptown Top Rankin

Brentford stormed into the FA Cup 5th round for the first time in 16 years after their 1-0 win over Division Three rivals Hartlepool. A solitary goal from Isaiah Rankin was enough to take Martin Allen’s side to Southampton for the next round. Tottenham also …

Pinter At Goldsmiths

There are a lot of reasons to like Harold Pinter. He’s no fan of the Bush administration and thinks Tony Blair a “deluded idiot” for taking the UK forces into Iraq but the main one is that he isn’t Andrew Motion. Londonist would, however, like …

Popscene

Londonist breathed a heavy sigh of relief as posh-boy-band-novelty-act G4 missed out on winning ITV’s The X Factor on Saturday night. (We’re not too proud to admit that we found the winner Steve to come across as an immensely likeable chap, despite Sharon Osbourne inexplicably …