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In yet another example of our special relationship, American cities are using clever marketing techniques to bring us subtle glimpses of their great land. This month the Chicago and Illinois Tourist Office will release a fleet of 25 branded taxis to mark the 2nd phase …

Those pesky OAPs just keep getting into trouble. This time it’s drug smuggling Artists take stand against Shoreditch high rises Tube film upsets train drivers. Well it doesn’t take much Bozza waves treehugging card While TfL send Congestion Charge payer 3000 receipts “Urban Chameleon” image …

Thanks to a lousy US box office reception, Grindhouse – the adored bastard sprog double-feature of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez – was hacked in two when it finally came here. Film nerds agog at the prospect of a three-hour neo-exploitationfest had to cough for …

Fancy a trip to Israel? But don’t fancy lining up at LHR to pile onto a tedious flight? This might be what you’re looking for: a car rally from London to Jerusalem – in vintage vehicles, no less! As part of the State of Israel’s …

This week saw Londonist get incredibly excited about a few live music events. First up, was French pop sensation Yelle, who played an intimate show at the Old Blue Last. Then, we had the Camden Crawl line up which, as ever, is pretty amazing for …

That’s one of the relaxing conversation pieces to be found at a ‘Skeptics in the pub’ meetup. Tonight’s guest speaker is Dr Matthew Smith from Liverpool Hope University, who will talk about fate, the meaning of life and mid-life crises. We caught up with co-organiser …

If you could get the Sarcasts (Digg), the Grunts (YouTube) and the Silent (Londonist’s forgotten readers’ forum) into a room together, what would you hear? The Science Museum might have the answer. New installation ‘The Listening Post’ slaps up random content from hundreds of chat …

Thursday 7th February, 2008 will forever be the day that English club football did not so much cross the line as surge over it like the tape had just gone up at the start of the Grand National. The smaller Premiership clubs raced down the …

This week, our first literal touch up, as two of London’s temporary statues get up close and personal. The image comes from Mike Miller, father of US rapper Wrekonize, whose malsized form can be seen squatting on the fire escape. No, we don’t understand either. …

What a lovely day! Confused Kew think it’s spring. Westminster Council wants to get sandwich boards and placards off the streets – how will we know where the golf sale is? Post-mortem fails to reveal cause of death in headless corpse case: um, it wouldn’t …