January 2011
By SallyB2

Extra Extra

In which penguins mix with Jack Tweed, the RMT and the Met Office. There's a joke in there somewhere.
By Lindsey

Preview: Drugs In Victorian Britain @ Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection invites you to explore the drug-addled and dissolute side of Victorian times in a special 2-day event accompanying the High Society exhibition.
By Franco Milazzo

Circus Review: Cirque du Soleil’s Totem @ Royal Albert Hall

If you are considering running away with the circus, pack your bags because Cirque du Soleil is back in town with new show TOTEM.
By Zoe Craig

Happy Birthday Dulwich Picture Gallery! Celebrate with a Big Bang

The Dulwich Picture Gallery celebrates its 200th birthday on Sunday. England's first purpose-built public art gallery is celebrating with a free, family day with local food stalls, live music performances, falconry and fireworks.
By Lindsey

London On The Cheap: 6-12 January 2011

Say yah boo sucks to the post-Christmas pinch and January blues. Revel in austerity with some cheap and cheerful entertainment.

By M@

Ancient Timbers Found At Vauxhall

Discovered in the Thames: something older and more wooden than Syd Little.
By Lindsey

Preview: Lido Love @ London Fields

Share in an evening of Lido Love at London Fields this Saturday.
By M@

Jenny Jones Hopes To Be Green Mayoral Candidate

The first Green candidate for the 2012 mayoral elections will be Jenny Jones, a current member of the London Assembly.

By M@

MyVillage Accused Of Stealing London Bloggers’ Content

Another apparent case of content theft is affecting London blogs and web sites. Now, the bloggers have a cunning plan to fight back...

Londonist Readers Get 50% off at Lucky Voice This January!

Sponsored post: Beat the January blues with a half price sing at London's favourite chain of luxury karaoke bars, Lucky Voice.
By Lindsey

Royal Oak Taxis Drug And Money Laundering Gang Smashed

Operation Eaglewood has convicted 33 gang members involved in drug smuggling and money laundering run out of Royal Oak Taxis in West London.

By Lindsey

Art Preview: Simon Terrill, The Balfron Project

A mural-sized photograph depicting Poplar's Balfron Tower and its residents goes on show at The Nunnery.

By SallyB2

Extra Extra

The day the (street-specific) music died: farewell to Gerry Rafferty. And other London stories.
By Lindsey

Where To Celebrate Burns Night In London 2011

With Twelfth night past it's time to dig out your tartan, invest in some good whisky and sweat out the festive excess with a bout of ceilidh dancing. Here's a selection of Burns Night events around London.

By Lindsey

Happy 5th Birthday Stitch London!

Stitch London was five years old yesterday and celebrated with a massive knitty birthday party at the Royal Festival Hall.

Best Of London
By M@

London’s Top 10 Tunnels and Catacombs

Everyone loves a bit of underground London. Here are our ten favourite tunnels and catacombs beneath the city.
By Franco Milazzo

Review: Hansel & Gretel @ Southbank Centre

The glut of seasonal theatrical entertainment for children is almost at an end. Ostensibly a morality tale which boils down to "don't talk to strangers offering sweets, even if those sweets are literally the size of a house", KneeHigh have gone all Roald Dahl by stuffing their adaptation with macabre overtones, clever contraptions, a larger-than-life villain and precocious children.
By jamesup

Base-Jumpers Mark New Year From Shard

Andy Powell spotted two basejumpers circling over Southwark amid the New Year fireworks.