We nearly always mention the monthly Late at Tate Friday nights because each month the events, ideas and people involved are more weird and wonderful than the last. It’s all about winning this month in Late at Tate Britain: Jackpot. Winning and prize-giving is consuming …
For anyone who wants to imagine they are abroad in sunnier climates while London turns damply autumnal, the flavours of Spain are coming to London for a week in Taste Spain. Being quite a sophisticated city in terms of culinary acuity, Londoners know there is …
Sometimes, Londonist stumbles across fantastic new bands by accident. (In this case getting drunk on wine playing video games.) We were introduced to Mitch. And now we’re introducing Mitch to you. Meet Mitch. Who’s in the band? Darren – Vocals, Guitars Jason – Guitars, Vocals …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 17th September 1961: Police arrest 1,314 demonstrators at a CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) protest in Trafalgar Square. Bertrand Russell is amongst those arrested. Tuesday – 18th September 1970: Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is found dead in his …
Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant – it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at …
Finding venues for Friday and Saturday’s fixtures was a piece of cake compared to this! But no nation should be left out – what with the world being in union and all that. Fiji v Canada Sunday 16, 13.00 UK time from the Millennium Stadium, …
St James wine merchant Berry Brothers and Rudd could be considered as a family-run community corner shop. But when you consider that the family are eighth generation owners, their local community includes the Queen and Prince Charles, and even the ‘corner’ is formed from Henry …
Apparently London’s motorists are in a state of ‘panic’ as they are having trouble finding petrol stations near them…. A new report out today by petrol industry boffins Catalist reveals that a third of London’s forecourts have shut down since 2002, and that England as …
When Lisa Connell hit the local press last month we were impressed by her spirited determination and charitable entrepreneurship in the face of personal adversity. We caught up with her this weekend to find out how the fundraising’s going, whether there’s been any naughty business …
If you’ve just landed a last minute date for tomorrow and were wondering where to take them to impress them with your urbanity, sensitivity, culture, quirkiness and cool then we’ve got something for you. Wilton’s Music Hall (old, delapidated, threatened Victorian icon) is hosting Schoenberg’s …
For most of you, it was pay day this weekend. Wahey! This also means if you’re like us, you’ve spent all your cash in the pub and will now be eating beans on toast all week. Which after going to The Edinboro Castle and having …
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