Dear Readers Where would we be without you? You are very important to us.­ After all, what point would there be in us scouring London for the very best of news, arts, events, food & drink, music and all things quirky if you lot didn¹t want to read about it? So, we want to get to know you better. To smooch up closer to you and have you whisper sweet feedback in our ear.......

We had a feeling this was going to be an exciting year for us for all sorts of reasons but we're bowled over this morning to find out we've been shortlisted for the 2008 Bloggies in the Best European Weblog category! We're in illustrious company, rubbing shoulders with our neighbours, Diamond Geezer and Arseblog as well as Parisian gastro girl Chocolate & Zucchini and the far flung Iceland Weather Report. We're all feeling a......

This week, to set the pulses racing, the film world has given us a film about paedophilia (Hard Candy), a satire about the cigarette industry (Thank You For Smoking) and a movie about a bunch of chavvy wankers (The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift). First up, Hard Candy. A warning to you, dear reader. Almost all of the reviews for this film reveal the end. Now, lowly as we are here at......

Londonist would like to say a very hearty (almost Brian Blessed-eque) "Thank You" to all our readers who nominated us for a 2005 Bloggie award. Thanks to you, Londonist has been short-listed for Best British or Irish blog. We would tell you who our competition is but as we write this the Bloggies site is down due to exceeded bandwidth. Hopefully the page will be back up later and we can update this post......