Being huge fans of David Mamet's House of Games and other great con stories (have you seen Eddie Izzard in The Riches yet? Great stuff) we've been following the Blue Peter grift very carefully. It's a classic con that we think scam artists the world over will copy and make their own. The beauty is in the simplicity of the long con. All you need is to create a popular children's television show and......

Londonist attended the theatre last night. We purchased a ticket for A Life in the Theatre a play written by David Mamet at the Apollo Theatre about a week ago. A Life in the Theatre tells the story of stage veteran Robert (Patrick Stewart) and aspiring actor John (Joshua Jackson) and their evolving friendship on and off stage. The running time is a scant hour and a half. The reviews for it have been here......

Londonist has somewhat of a love/hate thing going on with the theatre, love the idea of going, hate actually being there (3 encores? really? it was good, but if you want unconditional love and adulation buy a puppy), but still we keep going in the hope of having a breakthrough theatre experience. Maybe that elusive theatrical epiphany could come at the hands of Tim Fountain: Sex Addict. Actually we doubt it, but Tim's one......