Who's who in Booker nominations
When the 2011 Booker Prize shortlist was announced yesterday, it was a huge shock to find out that Alan Hollinghurst’s A Stranger’s Child hadn’t made the cut. He had been a favourite to win—with his previous book The Line of Beauty winning the prize in 2004. However he was bumped off the list but Julian Barnes—previously nominated three times, but yet to win the prize – staying in the running with A Sense of an Ending.
07 Sept 2011
Autumn is here! Let's celebrate with words
Autumn, unquestionably, has the best vocabularly of all the seasons. Let’s say some of its lovely words together now.
07 Sept 2011
London agenda for Wednesday 7 September
1. Take a hacker’s approach to technology at the School of Life [Le Cool]
2. Play with failure, attempt, endurance, utterance, trashiness, the pathetic, triumph, genre and mess at External [Run Riot]
3. Explore the life and art of the greatest star of the 20th century, Marlene Dietrich at Conway Hall [Don’t Panic]
4. Chug down some farm fresh olive oil. [Flavorpill]
5. Watch Grease outside on the grass of Chiswick House [Time Out]
6. Remember where you were when the University of London was founded? Well, feel old because the UofL is celebrating it’s 175th Anniversary [Ian Visits]
7. Eat and drink at Souk [Tired of London]
07 Sept 2011
Seconds (Syd Tha Kyd OFWGKTA remix) by Little Dragon
Whatever your thoughts about L.A.’s premier rabble-rousing, hip-hop collective, there’s something incredibly addictive about Syd Tha Kyd’s smooth treatment of Little Dragon’s Seconds.
06 Sept 2011
Stoke Newington Book Shop
Round the corner from Stoke Newington’s bohemian Church Street on the slightly more edgy High Street, Stoke Newington Bookshop has resided for the past 24 years.
06 Sept 2011
The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
Here are five abandonded hospitals in the London area which have been catalogued by the camera-wielding trespassers known as Urban Explorers.
06 Sept 2011
London agenda for Tuesday 6 September
1. Watch the offensive, high energy and hedonistic Disco Pigs at the Young Vic [Le Cool]
2. Pull the strings on The Tempest as told by Grotesque Puppets [Run Riot]
3. Stifle a guffaw at the Greenwich Comedy Festival [Time Out]
4. Listen to the amazing Austra at Scala [Don’t Panic]
5. Explore the future history of Steampunk [Ian Visits]
6. Walk through Temple Bar [Tired of London]
06 Sept 2011
How Could I Lie by Luke Temple
The soulful, country-tinged How Could I Lie is taken from Luke Temple’s (Here We Go Magic) third full-length Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care, out September 6th on Western Vinyl.
05 Sept 2011
Why on earth do people think there's too much talking on the Tube?
The Standard reports on calls for quiet zones on the Tube and Overground.
05 Sept 2011
Snake in a bin
“I have had it with these motherfucking snakes in this motherfucking bin,” is presumably what the attending council officer had to say about the matter.
05 Sept 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
- Punk brewery just as sexist and homophobic as the industry they rail against
- 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
- The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
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