Ahh, the good old days of the gentlemen spy: bowler hats, poison-tipped umbrellas, cigarette cases and, best of all, no David Shayler. What’s made us all misty-eyes for the golden years of espionage? The discovery of a KGB ‘spy’s guide to London’ in the latest …
People don’t need a reason to hate West London and in particular Notting Hill, but for some reason the creative community seem hell-bent on given them some. Not content with creating a film so bland and banal that it’s most iconic feature was a door …
A few stories have popped up in the papers over the past few days which point to a bit of a cash injection in the capital’s cultural artery (did we just mix our metaphors then? Apologies if we did). Here’s a quick rundown of the …
A very quick Friday Film post before we go out to an overly-crowded pub and drink over-priced drink until midnight chimes. It’s Future Film news because these are the films we’re really looking forward to in the new year. We’ve provided links to sites/trailers where …
No time for a fully-fledged Friday Film News this week, as it’s the Londonist Office Xmas Party this afternoon, so we’re just going to skip right to the interesting film tidbits section: Following on from last week’s teaser trailer, there’s now a preview of the …
Slandered and now vindicated, MP George Galloway, is coming to London to stick it to the pro-war New-Labourites. Mustachioed Galloway is set to contest the seat of Bethnal Green, the home of Pro-War Labour MP Oona King, in Londons East end. Thrown out of the …
Tonight at 6 o clock, a Norwegian Spruce about 23 metres high, donated by the people of Norway will be illuminated in Trafalgar Square. The tree, presented by the Mayor of Oslo, Per Ditlev-Simonsen, is a bit of thank you gift for the hand we …
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