Entries from Londonist tagged with 'iceland'
October 27, 2008
Motorbikes are to get to use bus lanes. On a trial basis, so no wheelies. Have you seen Andrew Gosden? The missing laddie’s picture is to be featured on Iceland’s milk cartons. It’s Westfield week. Have you been? Did you like it? And is it traffic hell? Police are searching for an allegedly hungry homophobe. Well, he must be as he allegedly bit his victim. Zut Alors! The gendarmes are here. ’Dr. Geldof’ picks......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"October 8, 2008
English football's wholesale embrace of foreign ownership is about to suffer its first serious test. West Ham United, who in 2006 were bought by Icelandic duo Björgólfur Guðmundsson and Eggert Magnússon, have been caught up in the financial crisis that has engulfed the tiny country. The collapse and possible insolvency of Iceland's second largest bank Landsbanki, in which current Hammers chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson was a major shareholder, means that the club have nothing in the......
Continue Reading "Hammers Hammered By Financial Storm"September 16, 2008
Last week we told you all about the London Airwaves festival taking over Hoxton on Friday night. With bands like Florence & The Machine, The Whip, The Teenagers and Metronomy all on the bill we think it'll be a pretty amazing night out. So we're giving you the chance to win 2 wristbands. Fill in the form and we'll figure out getting them to you on Thursday. Enter our other music competitions here and......
Continue Reading "Win: London Airwaves Wristbands"January 15, 2008
Last year, Icelandic theatre company Vesturport, in collaboration with the Lyric Hammersmith, staged a performance based on Franz Kafka’s novella Metamorphosis to great acclaim, and the theatre reported a 100% sell-out run. Now the Icelanders and the Lyric’s Artistic Director David Farr bring the play back for a brief three weeks, before touring it internationally. The cast has changed, but the story remains the same, as does the haunting music by Nick Cave and......
Continue Reading "Preview: Metamorphosis at the Lyric"