Big Dance Weekend
The sun is shining, the music is high… why walk when you can dance? There are loads and loads of events taking place between today and the last night of the Big Dance Festival on Sunday, so many that we can’t list them all here. …
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Climber closes Eye
As of this morning the London Eye isn’t spinning – seems someone climbed the beast early this morning: The London Eye has been closed after a man scaled the 135-metre high observation wheel. Officers were called to the famous London landmark at 0600 BST and …
Tourfilter – Never Miss Another Gig
We know we have a big gig-going audience here at Londonist so we thought we should let you all know that the gig alert site tourfilter.com has finally made it on to this side of the Atlantic. All you have to do is go to …
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Bit of an eco two pronger this one – first up is the news that while big companies are encouraged to do all they can to recycle, smaller firms are being sidelined: The London Assembly’s environment committee has published a report claiming smaller businesses are …
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How did a thirteen-year-old kid end up in Tooting, driving a grey Ford Fiesta which had bullet holes in the door? Sir Ian Blair has said he won’t resign, quoting Mark Twain into the bargain: “accounts of my demise are premature.” Knob. The London Assembly …
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The London Bombing Relief Charitable Fund has won a national award for its effectiveness. Malcolm Barnett was asleep in bed when six men came in through the back door and attacked him with baseball bats five days ago. He has now died. One of the …
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Pupils from a Southwark school will hand in a peace petition and a dove of peace sculpture, made out of toy guns, toy soldiers, war planes and coins to Downing Street in the run-up to the UN Summit on Small Arms in New York. The …
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The man stabbed in Wood Green was attempting to stop shoplifters when he was stabbed. Rudy Neofytou is still in a crtitical condition in Middlesex Hospital. The London Assembly has produced a report on what can be done to encourage the use of the capital’s …
Musicians Bring Football To The Big Screen
Now that the embers of the domestic season are dying away fans who’ve lived every kick of the ball these last nine months are left with a whole… fortnight… of footballing emptiness to endure between now and the start of the World Cup on Friday …
Bathtime For Buddha’s Birthday
Happy birthday Sakyamuni Buddha! The founder of Buddhism was born on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month and the Fo Guang Temple marked the special occasion with a little festival in Leicester Square this past weekend, only a few metres away from the …
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The London Assembly Conservatives are blaming the level of bureaucracy and paperwork in the Met for the fact that, on average, they solve fewer than one crime per officer each month. The Shoreditch ‘reality CCTV’ scheme goes live this week. The media are asking whether …
