Summer

Posh Picnic In The Park

Summer is once again threatening to make an appearance, so what better way to guarantee rain at the weekend than putting on an event that involves food in a wide open space? This weekend, Mansun fans and foodies will be making their way to Regent’s …

Opera in the Open Air (Kind Of)

It is finally summer, although Londonist knows this only because of the calendar date and not the weather. Summer means gleaming white bodies attempting to tan in Hyde Park, drinking large glasses of Pimm’s, and above all it means seeing opera and ballet for free …

Booking Ahead

After a busy week being blown into small pieces by the Todd/Oxbow show; breaking into warm smiles with Teenage Fanclub and being bowled over by newbies The Delta Blues – all of whom have been mentioned in these here pages, dear readers – it’s time …

Patti Smith Meltdown Lineup

The details of the lineup for the Patti Smith-curated 2005 Meltdown festival have been released. The Guardian has some of the details online, but here’s a bit of a breakdown of who you’ll be seeing on the South Bank this Summer. John Cale will be …

Victory For Hampstead Bathers

What can we say…apart from maybe “Thanks God that’s over with”? The Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club have finally won their case to use the ponds in the winter (although, why they couldn’t have just changed the name of the club to Hampstead Heath Summer …

Superflirt

There are so many things wrong with this story, Londonist doesn’t quite know where to start. Rachel Bailey is a 28-year-old woman from Chelsea. Just to give you an idea of what she looks like, today’s Sun describes her as “busty”, “brunette”, and “5ft 9in …