Summer

It’s not a bad photo by a hasty tourist – it’s a key London landmark in darkness. Finally, someone remembered to turn the lights off before they locked up for the night. Courtesy of the Lights Out London campaign organised by Capital 95.8, Londoners turned …

For all you crazy art fanatics out there (you know who you are….) here’s the lowdown on what’s going on at Free Range this week… Degree Show 5 Who? University College for the Creative Arts Epsom (Graphics & New Media) What? DESIGN (2D & 3D) …

Ahhh, it’s finally summer (try and ignore the rain for a moment). Summer in London means many things: picnics in Green Park, staying out late on a school night and students all over the capital stressing out about their exams and final year exhibitions. Enter …

This year’s not terribly inspiring Somerset House Summer Sessions have been announced and are as follows: Thursday 12 July – Mogwai [in surround sound] Friday 13 July – Kasabian Saturday 14th July – Bert Jansch with Beth Orton and Bernard Butler Sunday 15th July – …

We don’t know about where you are, but it seems like spring can’t decide whether or not to happen. Some days are warm, some days are cold, and sometimes you aren’t sure which. Baseball may have started up (and soccer/football winding down) but it still …

There has been talk for a while that The Drowsy Chaperone, the quirky best-book/best-score winner at this year’s Tony, would soon make its way to the West End. Then, this week, the Internet was a-buzz with news that auditions for the homage to 1920s musicals …

Here at Londonist, we like Eat Your Own Ears – a promotions company who always seem to put together really good lineups. And their gig this week featuring King Creosote, Larrikin Love, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, and

Remember the Vauxhall Zafira? It had seven seats but then you could go crazy and have just two, or five, and they wiggled around into all sorts of positions. A dogger’s dream (we assume). It seems the new olympic stadium may have a similar arrangement. …

And in Olympic news today: someone needs to buy a decent diary: Reports say that the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held during Ramadan, the most holy month in the Islamic calendar. In 2012 Ramadan will take place from July 21 to August …

Just as the weather remembers that it’s already done Summer this year and ought to think about maybe raining a bit and turning a bit colder, Tooting Bec Lido is putting on some special events this coming weekend (16th and 17th September) as part of …