The Londonist flag is flying at a respectful half mast today: London’s oldest columnist has gone to the great printing press in the sky at the age of 101. Croydon gets less des res by the day: there’s been another stabbing at a school there. …
Dusting off the snow from last year, every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and …
The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on annoying car alarms, a murder suspect used a fake Asian accent on …
The Londonist Music Minions have had a night off from their hectic gigging schedule tonight, and we hope that you have done the same. The party season is rapidly approaching, and you need at least one laid-back evening to conserve your energy for the rest …
Huge hangover? Spent all of your money? Yep, us too. So we can’t go and watch Barbara Streisand (though we don’t think we’ll ever be that rich) and we can’t go and see Elling. But, here’s a few things you can do this week to …
There are a million things to do in London this week, but if you fancy a night in, here are a few things to keep you occupied. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 2 July – Friday, 6 July Wimbledon Today (BBC2, 20:00-21:00) Chances are, your …
We like it when new bands send us gifts in order to make us love them. Our favourite ever was the oyster card Dragonette were handing out. And now another band is following suite – Grace. Sadly this isn’t the 1990s dance act involving Paul …
Call for new writers. Londonist is a collaborative blog, which means we’re always seeking out new additions to our team. Unfortunately we can’t pay our contributors because any money we do make from advertising etc generally gets ploughed right back into the site. However, there …
The Beast of Bexley has been spotted again… … this time carrying off a bloodied, wailing infant in its foul, be-slavered jaws. Not really. But that would be really cool, wouldn’t it? Or rather, no, that would be terrible and tragic and cause for sorrow. …
Well, that mostly wraps things up for Londonist in ’06. From Friday until something like the 3rd January, we’ll be on our seasonal hols, relaxing, drinking lots of whisky and not thinking about the quirks of London life in any way. Whatsoever. Oh, who are …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Tonight It isn’t Christmas without a Dickensian orphan boy made good, and here we have a discussion about the two greatest; Oliver Twist (did anyone …
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