Villa Savoye, by Tony Brady Could Britain, a country that has perhaps suffered more than most from the unintended effects of his architectural legacy, be falling in love with Le Corbusier? After a successful show at Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral last year, and the publication of …
Fashion v Sport kicks off this week’s cultural contributions, opening today at the V&A. Don your favourite shellsuit and examine the unique relationship between fashion and sport (is the missing link money?). Theatrically speaking, there’s masses of exciting new stuff to choose from this week. …
Love London as we do, we know that some of this city’s tourist “attractions” don’t exactly represent value for money. According to a survey by the Sunday Telegraph, London’s fee-paying attractions are among the most expensive in the world. The newspaper compared the cost of …
What do an ex-Python, Martha Stewart, and a woman in the running for first female poet laureate all have in common? Come on now, use your deductive reasoning skills. They all somehow feature in this week’s Book Grocer, of course! Monday: Novelist David Benioff has …
Yikes, summer’s here, and London’s gone festival mad. We can hardly keep up… We’re sorry we’ve only just got round to telling you about this year’s Lift Festival, which started last week in Stratford, then moves to the Southbank Centre next Thursday, and on to …
Happy Bloomsday, friends. If on this, the 104th anniversary of Leopold Bloom’s epic wanderings around Dublin, our column is even less coherent than usual, don’t blame us and our second-rate attempts to mimic the master. On the other hand, maybe you should. Do we contradict …
The decor of hotels can be something of a mixed bag: It can be very elegant, it can be very tacky, and it generally has a store-bought look to it. But the generically named Guest Hotels group has found a way to dispense with all …
T.S. Eliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month,” but we’re officially endorsing Birthday Boy Bard’s more optimistic quote instead: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” Feel young and sprightly in the warmer weather as you sample the Shakespeare-themed week ahead in …
Here at Londonist, we aren’t too shy to admit our love for sweets. But that love apparently doesn’t hold a candle to the dedication of food artist Prudence Emma Staite. To celebrate the return of blue Smarties, Staite has re-imagined famous works of art with …
Rain, rain, go away…flirtatious spring-like temperatures and halcyon moments of direct sunlight belie this week’s forecast for April showers. At least that leaves plenty of time to soak up indoor activities on the cheap before we jet our wellies and get on with the picnic …
Three weeks into the New Year, probably one week until payday and telly’s rubbish (except for new CSI), the weather’s grey and the detox is wearing thin. Don’t give in to those January blues! Here’s what can get you out of the house for not …
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