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Motorists in Westminster may be pleasantly surprised by the ticket on their windscreen – instead of the traditional penalty charge, they could see compliments on their parking skills and instructions to smile. Much as we’d like to be able to say that Westminster council have …

Help save The 100 Club tonight with a night of great live music.

Kumamoto oysters (three for £8). We’d never had these slightly sweet and delicately flavourful morsels before, but after a lovely meal at the newly opened Wright Brothers in Soho we’d be quite keen to slurp ‘em down again … and soon. Moreover, we wouldn’t turn …

Photo by ultraBobban. Ever seen a traffic warden armed with a litter spike? Neither have we, but with the ever-vigilant Westminster council turning their beady eye on themselves in the wake of government cost-cutting, you just never know what might be hiding around the corner, …

The Vodafone store on Oxford Street is currently facing a barrage of protesters, who accuse the phone company of being tax dodgers and demanding they cough up what they say is an “unpaid” £6 billion bill. Some of the protestors managed to get into the …

Photography by Chris Osburn Executive Chef Samir Sadekar and co have introduced a new range of tandoori dishes this autumn to complement their menu of “Indian tapas”. Londonist was invited round for a sample and liked what we tried: particularly the substantially sized tandoor lamb …

Photo by AndyKirby79 From Monday 18 until Friday 22 October 2010, 108 Marylebone Lane Restaurant & Bar (a very nice restaurant indeed we reckon) will be giving away one free illycaffè coffee, from 8am and 10am, to any and all dropping in. Just thought you’d …

Photo by Christopher Burke, courtesy Hauser & Wirth, © Louise Bourgeois Trust “The Fabric Works” features more than seventy of Louise Bourgeois’s fabric drawings as well as four large-scale sculptures (rest assured there’s a signature Bourgeois giant mother spider for you to ponder). Made between 2002 and …

Today’s the last day to take advantage of this Londonist Exclusive! Free Cocktails for every early Christmas booking at Lucky Voice plus a chance to win a £500 Christmas bar tab at Lucky Voice. Lucky Voice, London and Brighton’s number one chain of luxury karaoke …

A more subdued fair than in recent years but nonetheless an invigorating opportunity to view what’s what in contemporary art, this year’s Frieze Art Fair ultimately does not fail to inspire. Perhaps we’re just more inured, but the 2010 mega-plunk of art in Regent’s Park …