The Rivals
Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1775, then hastily rewritten following public outrage and hurled apples, The Rivals quickly became one of the most popular play of the 18th century and still pretty funny in the 21st
20 Aug 2011
Are You Lonesome Tonight
In 1977 Dwight surprises Leanne on their twentieth wedding anniversary with tickets to follow the king on his last tour. One the king didn’t turn up for.
20 Aug 2011
Didn't Want to Play Your Stupid Game Anyway
Bec Hill is the human equivalent of a ukulele. She starts playing and you can’t help but smile. Hill tells a story of growing up in Adelaide when her pet caterpillar crawled into its cocoon… and never came out.
20 Aug 2011
We Don't Care If You Like It
It’s just as well. Three women, crazed fireball Wanda, quiet Canadian Jill and Essex Jo, took a comedy writing workshop and decided to make a Fringe show.
20 Aug 2011
19 Aug 2011
Did the i newspaper just call "young black Americans" undesirable?
Following up on some not-really-news that clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch paid reality TV star The Situation to not wear their clothes, the Indy’s junior paper, i published a charticle detailing otherwise respectable companies with an undesirable customer base.
And who does i suggest is suffering from bad clientele? Stella Artois with binge-drinkers, Christian Louboutin with WAGS, Blackberry with London rioters, Burberry with chavs, and Courvoisier with, and I quote, “young, black Americans.”
Really? Of those three words, which one does i find an undesirable consumer of cogac – young, American, or black?
19 Aug 2011
Year Off by High Places
Today’s MPFree by High Places manages to sound completely fresh and at the same time, a touch reminiscent of 90s dance acts such as Olive or Bill Ray Martin, which is an interesting combination.
18 Aug 2011
The real source of the rioters has been found, and they have excellent taste
Who is truly to blame for the London riots? An uncaring oligarchy? Feral youth? Shiftless parents? Thieving MPs? No, the real architects of desire are designers.
18 Aug 2011
The worst dressed people in the CCTV riot pictures
The police continue to release pictures of people they’d like to talk to about the riots. Some of the outfits are well dodgy. Here are five of the worst, but please bear in mind that so far the only crimes these people have been convicted of are crimes against fashion. Lol.
Is this a hooded gilet? Paired with a clashing colour T-shirt and a man bag? Actually, the more I look at this outfit the more I kind of like it…
If there’s one thing worse than an ill-fitting T-shirt, it’s an ill-fitting T-shirt underneath an ill-fitting shirt.
Way way way too tight.
What is that, fake chinchilla?
The full set of pictures is on Flickr here.
18 Aug 2011
The Met Police have never had it so good
Simon Glyndwr John explains what coppers had to put up with in the 1930s.
18 Aug 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Only 16 commuters touch in to Emirates Air Line, figures reveal
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
- Hope and despair in Woolwich town centre
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
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