December 2010

'Quill' Tower Approved For Southwark

Southwark council have approved this tine-topped building on a street near London Bridge station, despite considerable opposition from local residents.

Snow: Another Morning Of Commuting No Fun

If you've got no place to go, today is a textbook winter wonderland in London. If, like most people, you've got to travel in for work, well the going is still tough. Let us know how you got on...

Lewisham Students Win Spirit Of London Award

Catford students win Young Heroes Spirit of London Award for their campaign for safe havens for young people on the streets of Lewisham.

Extra Extra

Wednesday shaped news, with a dusting of frost.

Preview: Beauty And The Blitz @ London Transport Museum

With clothing rationed and materials scarce, how did Blitz-era Londoners keep up appearances? A talk at the London Transport Museum delves into the make-do-and-mend culture of the Second World War.

London Landmarks Turn Red For World Aids Day

London Eye, BT Tower, Trafalgar Square Fountain, Alexandra Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, County Hall, St Pancras Church will all be illuminated (RED) tonight to help raise awareness of the goal of an AIDS Free Generation by in 2015.

Preview: Nighty Night Screening @ The Venue

The first season of Julia Davis' scabrous black comedy will be screened next week at 229 The Venue in Great Portland Street.

Olympic Nations Earmark Landmark Party Venues

As well as competing at the Olympic Park and other 2012 venues around London, the Olympic nations will be vying for attention on the hospitality front. High profile London venues are being snapped up by competing countries for party hosting and national shopfronting.

Theatre Review: Black Watch @ The Barbican

If it’s a quiet night out at the theatre you’re after then you might be better off seeking out some other review, since The National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch is 110 minutes spent under near constant bombardment with mortars, IEDs and C-bombs.

Steampunk Brunch at A Fluid State This Sunday

Music Preview: Dreadzone @ Scala

In something of a homecoming gig, dub legends Dreadzone are playing the Scala in Kings Cross, headlining a show on December 8.

Commuters Left High And Dry By Southeastern Trains

Southeastern Trains have yet again produced a bad weather communications policy that is magnificent in its scarcity, despite the huge outcry that greeted the snow debacle in January.

Book Grocer: 1-7 December

The week ahead in literary London: Charlie Brooker and the Private Eye team sign some books, Polly Toynbee ponders whether Labour changed anything, and plenty of poetry and authors to keep you going for a chilly week.

Travel Chaos: Coming To A Station Near You

Photo of the Day: First Snow in London

Suburban streets look magical under a nightime dusting of virgin snow

New London Winter Gin from Beefeater

As winter officially starts, the only international gin brand to still be based in London brings out a special Winter Edition...

Santa’s Lap: London Diary & Calendar 2011

Every day until Christmas the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from our sack to your stockings…

Tate Britain To Get £45m Makeover

Too often overshadowed by its younger, brasher brother downriver, Tate Britain is finally getting some pecuniary TLC: the gallery is to benefit from a £45 million upgrade.