London’s New Ambassadors….
Londonist has learnt with relief that London’s Community Wardens are to be taught to smile. Well, they are at least to be taught
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London Fashion Week Is Really Dull
Londonist doesn’t care about London Fashion Week. Not really. But we’re a blog about London and it’s pretty big so we thought we’d write something about it. Here’s some of the things that might happen over the next week: Mobile phone shops will see a …
Which Building Best Symbolises London?
This chesty old hoare-nut comes round time and again. What’s the most emblematic edifice in the capital? To end all debate, Londonist went in for a more scientific approach than petty arguing on a forum. We visited all the London web sites we could think …
Extra, Extra
The Telegraph talks about our foreign rich people and how they’d look on Booth’s poverty map. Including this wanted Russian oligarch. The London Eye – who would now dare pull it down? Memorial service marks 10th anniversary of the death of The People’s Princess. Gawd …
Gallery Wishes Granted
The London arts scene got some good news today. The National Portrait Gallery and The V&A are amongst 43 galleries across England to benefit from a whole load of cash from the Wolfson Charity grant: over £4million in total. So what does this mean for …
Westminster Council Wins Freesheet Battle
When Westminster City Council took on the free newspapers London Lite and The London Paper, Londonist was fully supportive. Tired of the masses of papers scattered around the city at the end of each day, the Council asked that Associated Newspapers (owners of London Lite) …
Disney’s The Jungle Book – Live At The Scoop
Now I’m the king of the swingers Oh, the jungle VIP I’ve reached the top and had to stop And that’s what botherin’ me I wanna be a man, mancub And stroll right into town And be just like the other men I’m tired of …
Monday Miscellanea
This Week In London’s History Monday – 6th August 1937: Barbara Windsor is born in Shoreditch in central London. She would achieve fame as an actress, notably as a ‘saucy strumpet’ in the Carry On films of the 60s and 70s and later as a …
Londonist Stays In
Now it’s properly August there’s not much coming up on the tellybox. However, if you really can’t be arsed to get out there and catch some cheap London, Camden Fringe or Shoreditch Festival then you could keep your London head in check by paying attention …
London On The Cheap: 6th August – 12th August
As soon as the sun came out, half of you probably rushed to the nearest beach. Or the nearest pub. Or the nearest airport. Now you’re back in the real world and you’ve spent all your money. It means that we can’t go and see …
Interview: Martin Stiksel, Last.fm
It wasn’t so long ago that London-based “social music revolution” website Last.fm was bought out by American media behemoth (no, not the band) CBS. We asked co-founder of Last, Martin Stiksel what it meant for the site – and what on earth is going on …
