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 …
Buttery spread brand Flora, sponsor of the London Marathon, has decided that its bread is better buttered elsewhere. After a 14-year association with the event, Flora has indicated that it will give up its sponsorship following the 2009 race. A delightful investment opportunity for those …
The statisticians are at it again. Trying to connect A-B but, just for fun, popping into every shop along the way. Sketching trends with a pencil as there is insufficient data to ink them in. Reading significance into very little. Missing the point. A new …
Kate Monro is working on a book about that most intimate subject: how people lose their virginity. She’s interviewed Londoners old and young, male and female, gay, straight, Muslim and Roman Catholic, able and non-able bodied. And she’s always on the lookout for, ahem, a …
This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it’s important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. …
. As Free Range 2007 moves into its second week, Londonist has a chat with Christopher Butt from University College for the Creative Arts in Epsom and finds out about his work and love of weird smells. Christopher, tell us a little bit about you …
Two 19-year-old men admitted to actual bodily harm last week in Croydon Crown Court and were ordered to pay fines and submit to curfews and supervision orders. The pair of drunken planks (did you really think there would be no puns?) set upon a student …
Yeah we know this week is verging on the unbearable, you don’t need us to tell you that, what we’re talking about here is the temperature trends over the past decade. According to figures released by the Met Office, in May 1996 the average daily …
Look: a graph! Londonist just gets more thrilling by the day doesn’t it? Ok, so it might not be the most thrilling graphic we’ve ever posted but let’s put it in context and see if that stems the flood of readers who are hastily deleting …
Next week, Londonist’s favourite cycle shop Velorution is holding a Brerlin evening as part of it’s ABorC series of events (i.e. Amsterdam, Berlin or Copenhagen – which is the best model for London’s cycling culture). As part of the Berlin evening there’ll be a video …
It’s not always easy to be different, even in the art world. The supposed creative freedom, the idea that artistic eccentrics are respected and perhaps even nurtured by the establishment is often an illusion – the community is driven by market forces, clearly defined trends, …
