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Music Choice: Monday 7th April – Friday 11th April
There was no music choice last week, due to this Londonista being unorganised and at Delays’ intimate gig at the Lock Tavern, which was organised by those lovely people at Clash Magazine, who have just announced the return of Clash Club, this time at 93 …
Music Choice: Monday 24th – Friday 28th March
This week, we offered you the chance to go and see rising star Jack Savoretti on April 1st, enjoyed a triple bill of metal, mayhem and melee, and previewed El Guincho’s looped tropical rhythms which are coming to the capital this week. Looking ahead to …
Music Choice: Monday 17th – Friday 21st March
A changeable week around the capital, as we caught up with the marvellous Black Cab sessions, saw Laura Marling live at Union Chapel on Tuesday, got excited about Radiohead playing the Beeb, had a quick chat with quickly rising stars Clocks, finally conceded that not …
Dirty And Dear, But Tourists Love Us Anyway
We’ve spent enough time wading through the flytipped rubbish on our street or struggling to blast the grime off our bodies following a grubby commute home to realise that London’s not exactly the cleanest of places. But is it really the dirtiest city in Europe? …
Let there be Lindt
Londonist likes chocolate. And children. (Especially other people’s). And good charitable causes. So we were more than happy to hop on the London Eye last night to see the premier of Lindt’s Easter Light Show, in aid of ChildLine. And to take part in the …
The Book Grocer
There are just too many good events around town this week for us to narrow our picks for certain nights. Thus we present you with multiple options and leave that difficult choice to you. In the meantime, we’ll be brushing up on our science fiction …
Monday Miscellanea
This Week In London’s History Monday – 10th March 1906: The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opens, running between Baker Street and Elephant & Castle stations. It would soon become known as the Bakerloo Line. Tuesday – 11th March 1692: The Royal Chelsea Hospital is …
The Nice Movement
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 37. Fashionably Nice – Ties It’s official, to be nice is on trend. A fashion designer friend of mine told me of an article she had …
Music Choice: Monday 10th – Friday 14th March
It’s been a strange ol’ week for Londonist music-wise. On Monday we got worried about a rise in nightclub violence, on Tuesday caught Goldfrapp at Union Chapel, on Wednesday caught Nick Cave at HMV and on Thursday got excited about a new-ish club night at …
Mayoral Update: Boris Doesn’t Have Enough Bus Fare
The clearest thing to emerge from the mayoral race this week is that no one can agree about buses. The arguments began last Wednesday when Boris Johnson told Vanessa Feltz that the ’21st Century’ Routemasters he wants to replace bendy buses with would all have …
