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Film Preview: Lights! Camera! 7 days til the London Film Festival Action!

Ladies and Gents, set your status to “moist anticipation,” cultivate those stomach-fluttery butterflies, and start thinking of some health hiccups you can turn into sickies; there’s seven, just SEVEN days to go until the amazing Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival kicks off! Unlike Cannes, …

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Live Review: Stars @ Koko

Isn’t it nice when a band not only manages to blow you away when you see them live, but also manage to blow themselves away? That was just the case last night at Koko, when Stars‘ frontman Torquil Campbell commented “y’know, I think this might …

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Music Choice: Monday 28th January – Friday 1st February

Nu-metal stars Linkin Park are the main draw on Monday night, with support coming from the mighty Biffy Clyro as they play the first of two consecutive nights at the O2, and whilst tickets are all sold out, there are a few floating around on …

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What was for Lunch in 2007

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Here’s our look back at the good, the bad and the hungry of 2007. Since starting What’s for Lunch? in May, we have reviewed forty lunch venues throughout London. We …

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The Book Grocer

2007 is quickly slipping away, and with it the few remaining book events for the year. As most of us are busy buying books for the bibliophiles on our shopping lists rather than reading or going to signings this week, we thought we’d present you …

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Music Choice: Monday 10 – Friday 15th

To be honest the rain and coldness is kind of making us not want to go to gigs at the moment, preferring instead to wrap ourselves up warmly at home. But if we did, this is what we’d be bouncing at. Monday: The biggie tomorrow …

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Heather Mills Wants You To Eat Less Meat, Please

Paul McCartney’s ex was in London yesterday for a photo shoot for the charity Viva!. Along with Heather Mills, Viva! would like us all to please eat less meat, dairy and other animal products in order to reduce global warming. We fully applaud Viva!’s commitment …

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Music Choice: Monday 12 – Friday 16 November

Tonight start the week by going to see massive Swedish popstar Marit Bergman at Hoxton Bar & Grill. She’s playing a one off UK gig in an attempt to get signed in the UK. (£6, here. Former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman teams up with fledgling …

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What’s for Lunch? Seven Stars

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Seven Stars 53-54 Carey St WC2A 2JB Nearest Tube: Chancery Lane, Temple 0207 242 8521 11am-11pm (Monday-Friday) 12pm-11pm (Saturday) 12pm-10:30pm (Sunday) Map Expect to Pay: £10 or slightly more for …

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Bandwatch: They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them

Today, they came from the stars, i saw them are recording an XFM session and on 9 November, will be transmitting a BBC 6music Marc Riley session. We suggest you tune in. Some press people tried to describe them here and, mashed together in a …

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Londonist Live Review: Stars @ The Scala

The stage was a veritable bed of white roses as Montreal-based Stars trooped on stage this Monday at the Scala. From the first note it’s an extremely relaxed, professional sound – Pat McGee hardly misses a beat on the kit, meanwhile Evan Cranley and Chris …