Video. Everyone’s at it. After our recent clip showing the haunted vaults beneath London Bridge and Stompie the Bermondsey tank, we thought it was about time to make a regular slot for this not-so-new medium. So we’ll be poking our lenses into all kinds of …
Fed up of the froth, mirth and sentimentality of the Yuletide muzak yet? To bring you an antidote and alternative soundtrack for your Christmas holidays we caught up with the utterly charming Roi Robertson of Mechanical Cabaret over a sorbet and peppermint tea and ruminated …
We love music videos obviously set in London and we love it even more when it’s someone we think is ace. Malcolm Middleton is challenging X Factor for Xmas #1 and while we think it’s extremely unlikely that he’ll manage it, we’re going to give …
Shlepp along past the Wapping Project in E1 and you can’t fail to notice that something is afoot. Yellow umbrellas hang from a tree, as if a gaggle of Mary Poppins had become ensnared in the branches. Nearby a column of Dan Flavin-like yellow fluorescents …
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 …
We haven’t mentioned the Roundhouse lately and didn’t expect to for the Christmas season, but we’re pleasantly surprised to announce a new show in the completely circular space in Camden that opens tonight and runs for the festive period. LOFT is a comedy, circus, dance, …
The provocative title is not simply a cheap trick like putting “SEX!!!!1!” across the top of a flyer to catch people’s attention for carpet cleaning equipment. The One Night Stand With… series is quite literally one night with a specially commissioned artist at VINEspace, an …
About 18 months ago a band called Cazals had one spiky indie hit that we loved playing dancing to in the indie discos. It was called Poor Innocent Boy and then we never heard anything about them again. Friends with Doherty (boo) and Bloc Party …
Our weekly roundup of film reviews continues, courtesy of James Bryan… This week Brad Pitt’s latest (with a title so long it shouldn’t be allowed) The Assassination of Jesse James etc, the alternate realities of The Nines, Vince Vaughn slumming it in Fred Claus, the …
Some good news from Greenwich at last. Six months on from the dramatic inferno the Cutty Sark restoration is making progress. Thankfully her skeleton of iron girders withstood the fire so, aside from the small matter of increasing restoration costs by £15m, she’s on track …
It’s definitely time to start scrimping on things so you’ve plenty of dosh for those Christmas outings and present buying blitzes. London on the Cheap returns after a hiatus (we were temporarily flush, we made the most of it…) to help you get the most …
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