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Thames Water Getting Fined After All?

A while ago we reported on the somewhat confusing situation concerning Ofwat’s decision to make Thames Water ‘agree’ to spend money on fixing their leaks instead of fining them. Well today it it looks like they’re going fine them as well. Industry regulator Ofwat said …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Avast! Could this be the shortest Cogito ever? Just three events this week. Probably a good thing as lecture theatres …

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Pipettes for Free

As ever, more marvellous instore gigs are happening this week And well, we couldn’t let tonights pass really could we. After supporting The Pipettes since we first saw them way back in late 2004, there’s somewhat of a collective smile going round the music dungeon …

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Monday Miscellanea

This day in London’s History 1974: Explosion at the Tower of London For such an old fortress, the Tower of London has seen very little actual conflict. One exception happened on this day 32 years ago, when a suspected IRA device exploded in the mortar …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Wired Waste: Designing away gadget guilt at the Dana Centre, tonight Pretty much everyone reading these …

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The Londonist Literary List

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. The Beckett Centenary Celebration continues this week with a season of his shorter works at the Bookshop Theatre, A Piece of Monologue on Tuesday (“the …

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Summer Film Goodness

A couple of cinema-related happenings which we thought we should make you aware of. First up, starting this Wednesday is the Short Film Summer School at the Curzon Soho. This ‘celebration of the short’ includes six screeening, a whole bunch of workshops, panel discussions, and …

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Monday Miscellanea

This day in London’s History 1212: A great roaring bastard of a fire raged through Southwark and the City. This mostly forgotten tragedy destroyed virtually everything south of the river and a generous portion of the City proper. The brand new London Bridge was also …

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Live Crotch Bonging Returns

We had a lot of fun the last time we were at Westminster, and we’ve been meaning to go back and have a close up look at that big clock thingy sticking out at the side for a while now. Looks like it’s back in …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Dino Jaws at the Natural History Museum Nothing packs in the punters like a few animatronic …

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OMG It’s So Damn Hot

The weather’s gone barmy (i.e. it’s not overcast) and London has been brought to its knees. Just a few of the stories we’ve read today connected to the fact that the sun came out: Barristers in Court Three of the Royal Courts of Justice in …