Funnily enough we rewatched the 1936 adaptation of HG Wells’ The Shape of Things To Come over the weekend and were looking fior a way to mention it on Londonist because of the striking similarities between Everytown and here. Then we got an email informing …
If you missed the Five screening of this documentary last year you can now watch the full thing via Google video: Here’s the accompanying website. Don’t have nightmares.
Well a bit of it anyway. Londonist can be a tad hard on motorists so here’s a little enginehead news for those who like things that go vroom and indeed whoosh: The City of London is to be closed down next month to allow Shell …
As the world holds it’s breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated …
We mentioned The McCarricks
Leonardo DiCaprio was yesterday nominated for an Oscar for his role as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond, while his co-star, Djimon Hounsou, is up for a Best Supporting Oscar. The film directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, The Siege) is first and foremost an …
More anarchy on the streets of London. This time, John Munro takes a stroll along Oxford Street…with a hypnotic twist. Stunning.
What’s the skinny? This isn’t so much an introduction to a new band, as the first time we’ve talked about them on Londonist. If you know your electroclash, you’ll know Client. After all, they have been about since 2003. Client are Sarah Blackwood, Kate Holmes …
For any skyscraper fans out there, here’s an upbeat promo video for the Bishopsgate Tower (or the Helter-skelter as it’s more commonly known). This will be one beautiful building.
Professor Fernandez-Armesto, professor of global environmental history at Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of Oxford University’s modern history faculty explains how he ended up in the back of a “paddy wagon” after having his legs kicked out from under him by a …
Last time we wrote about The Klaxons we did it because they were cool and the song was alright. This time we’re writing about them because their new single is immense. Golden Skans is the 4th single to be taken from the band’s forthcoming debut …
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