January 2011
By Talia

Classic Album Sundays

A new way of listening to music is taking over the Hanbury Arms in Islington once a month.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Book Grocer: 19-25 January

The week ahead in literary London: Andrea Levy, David Vann, the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour (Charles Dance and Dan Stevens this time) and Ian McMillan introduces readings from the TS Eliot Prize nominated poets.
By Nicolas Chinardet

Review: London Art Fair 2011

Last night, the preview evening of the 23rd annual London Art Fair opened the doors of the Islington Business Design Centre to several hundred well-heeled art lovers who were able to enjoy a vast selection of modern and contemporary, mostly British art.
By Lindsey

GB Handball Team Confirmed To Compete In Olympics

The British Olympic Association have announced that Team GB will field Handball teams in the 2012 Olympics.

By M@

Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: Historic Ladbroke Grove

A hand-drawn map that superimposes the modern streets of Ladbroke Grove with the Victorian racecourse that once ran there.
By Lindsey

100 Days To Royal Wedding

Whether you think hoo-ray or pooh pooh, there's no escaping it's 100 days to the Royal Wedding.

By Lindsey

2012 Beach Volleyball Venue Gets Planning Permission

Westminster City Council has given a thumbs up to the 2012 beach volleyball arena for Horse Guards Parade.
By Lindsey

London Museums Urged To Get Collections Out Of Storage

The Museums Association is challenging its London members to be creative in the face of cuts and bring unseen artefacts out of storage.
By SallyB2

Extra Extra

From the Ritz to the Tottenham Hale gyratory system: Londonist collates the day's more far-fetched and far-flung stories.
By tikichris

Peyton and Byrne Launch New Restaurant at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy's got a new restaurant, where the décor is as sumptuous as the menu.
By Zoe Craig

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 18–24 January

Sculpture, two Swan Lakes, Scissor Sisters and Shakespeare: just some of the shows opening in London this week. Plus a few gentle reminders for things that are closing. Just so you don't miss out.
By Franco Milazzo

Theatre Review: The Painter @ Arcola Theatre

Coming on like a neophile's wet dream, Dalston's Arcola Theatre has kickstarted the new year by rising from the ashes at a new venue with a new specially commissioned play based on the life of JMW Turner, the famous nineteenth-century painter.
By johnmcga

Listen Up Interview: Banjo Or Freakout

Banjo or Freakout is Alessio Natalizia, a London-based Italian solo artist with an album of floaty electronic pop on the way and a buzz building steadily around him. If laidback guitar dreaminess is your cup of tea, watch for his album's release on 21 February.
By Franco Milazzo

Mime Review: La Maldicion de Poe @ Southbank Centre

This year's London International Mime Festival was kickstarted by Teatro Corsario's La Maldicion de Poe (The Curse of Poe), a macabre and surreal take on the works of the godfather of Gothic horror.

By Zoe Craig

Theatre Review: As You Like It @ The Roundhouse

As You Like It is one of the Bard's comedies that ticks several Elizabethan mirth-making boxes; love at first sight, cross dressing, plain speaking fools and flirty freedoms when courtly townspeople head out to the countryside. Director Michael Boyd has added a dash of darkness to the proceedings too...
By Rachel Holdsworth

Comedy Review: What's So Funny @ British Library

A comedic examination of language at the British Library, with Richard Herring, Arthur Smith, Susan Murray, Doc Brown and the inimitable Ida Barr.
By M@

Last Minute Listing: Bright Club @ The Wilmington Arms

Stick some UCL academics on a stage, get them to talk about their work, and insist on a bit of humour. Hey presto, the surprisingly entertaining Bright Club returns tonight.
By M@

New 'Official' Sherlock Holmes Book Announced

Sherlock Holmes is back. Again! But this time he's all official and everything.