I know we seem to be shocked by the arrival of every new month, but doesn’t it seem odd that it’s June already? We feel that it should be summer, and we should be on fabulous holidays at the beach. Since we are not (and since it is clearly not summer yet), we’ll watch some TV this week instead. On TV, Londonist likes: Wednesday, 4 June My New Best Friend (BBC4, 21:00-22:00) We find......

We've always had somewhat of an big girly crush on Simon Pegg. We loved Shaun of the Dead, and we think we've nearly worn out our Spaced DVDs. He makes us so weak at the knees, that when we once saw him at a Charlotte Hatherley gig at ULU, we were starstruck and unable to move, never mind attempt to say hello. So, it's with great excitement that today we read that he's finally......

Sundays are no longer anything to shout about for me, sadly, because on every Day Of Rest, I have to go to work. Hence my perfect Sunday may involve a touch more fantasy than those of my comrades. Bear with me... I wake early enough to catch Match Of The Day on the box. Much to my surprise, my girlfriend has become a football fanatic overnight, thus relieving the need for me to shuffle my......

What are the Royal Family for? As an anachronistic reminder of our forelock-tugging, hierarchy-beholden, deferential past, they're about as welcome in modern Britain as the sticky can of Stella you find hiding behind the sofa six months after the party. The sticky can of Stella won't demand to be shuttled around the world in grand style with an endless supply of gin, either. As Londonist is always loathe to miss a chance to slag......