It’s March already and the daffodils are blooming and we’re feeling all full of the joys of spring. So, of course, we’ll be settling in on the couch to watch some telly. But in a spring-like frame of mind, naturally. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday 3 March Withnail & I (Film4, 21:00-23:05) Enjoy the squalor of 1960s London in this classic film, which is one of our favourites featuring our fair city. Camden’s never......

Smoke, Issue 10 is on sale now. This 'love letter to London' is available from some good newsagents and bookshops, and a few more tawdry outlets for £2.50. Highlights include the Hampstead fish who are evolving to look like William Morris carpets, where to find an alternative universe in Hackney and a double whammy of London's campest statues. There are undoubtedly other good articles in there, but we've only read the first half so......

A Madame Tussaud's worker faces the sack after posing in compromising positions with a wax Kylie. The Sun has published mildly amusing photos of Bryan Boniface locked in a clinch with the diminutive singer's derriere (which we can't reproduce for copyright reasons - follow the link). In others, taken during night shifts, he FONDLES Penelope Cruz and J-Lo. He is also seen beating up Sven Goran Eriksson, throttling London mayor Ken Livingstone and grabbing......

Around the world as experienced by the -ist network: Sampaist is on the scene in São Paulo beginning this week to become the only ist south of the Equator. Editor Leandro M. Pinto leads the paulistanos down there. You can protest someone at his office, sure, but when the whistle blows at the end of the day can you follow him home? D.C. has sports fans, apparently, and elephants aren't really cut out for zoos.......

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Yes, there is a new novel out by Nadine Gordimer this week (along with a serious slew of others). But early reports are leading us to believe that the real star of the new releases is The Possibillity of an Island, by the controversial French writer Michel Houellebecq (pictured). Once you get past the......

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com STOP PRESS: The Royal Institution have kindly offered free entry to Londonist readers for tonight's (Thursday 27th) Headline Debate (see below). Just turn up and mention Londonist and they'll waive the £8 entry fee. Event Of The Week A Briefer History of Time: Stephen Hawking Or should that be......

It has been a fine week indeed for London’s Champion League representatives, with both Arsenal and Chelsea sitting pretty at the top of their groups and the prospect of qualification for the knock-out phase seemingly secure. Chelsea seem to be repeating exactly the same pattern as last season with a sequence of dour, catenaccio-style displays now giving away to rampant attack down the wings and three or four goal thrashings. For the time being,......