Notting Hill's “temple to good booze and fine living,” Trailer Happiness was a few steps ahead of the London cocktail craze when they opened in back in ’03. It’s still a good spot to keep in mind for mixed drinks in a casual setting. Trailer H bartenders know their rum ... and how to mix it. Londonist sincerely appreciates that.......

Taking the lead from our cousins in LA, here starts a seasonal series Style-ist. We're sending forth our Flickrpool photographers to capture street style through the seasons. First up, Portobello Road in diffident August sunshine by Natalie Ujuk.......

If you're born with the proverbial silver soup-eating utensil in your gob, yet your aspirations include running a country with a long-standing disdain towards the average toff, how can you relate to the lumpenproletariat? Maybe by showing that you suffer from the same troubles they do - such as, for example, being the victim of petty crime. Just days after his City Hall chum Boris announced the Summer Cycling campaign, David Cameron has joined......

Rejoice or recoil: It looks as though the long-rumoured film adaptation of Martin Amis’ London Fields is viable again. Originally announced in 2001 with David Cronenberg directing, the project had been shelved as of 2006. But now, with Hallam Foe’s David Mackenzie slated as the new director, the possibility of the film seeing the light of day is once again alive. The script for the film has long since been completed by Amis and......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Jollof Pot Exmouth Market at the corner near Farringdon Road Nearest Tube: Farringdon, Angel 0207 254 5333 12pm-2.30pm (Monday-Friday) Map Expect to Pay: around £5 Rating: 8 out of 10 We’ve been happily grabbing our lunch from Exmouth Market Ghanaian food vendors, Jollof Pot, for over a year now and are pleased to report that the only thing we’ve......

The third of our interviews with the Tory candidates for London Mayor. Previously, Victoria Borwick and Andrew Boff. Warwick Lightfoot has, no doubt, spent a lifetime tolerating jibes about his Tolkeinesque name. He's also acquired an outstanding CV that includes stints as Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, Special Advisor to the Chancellor and 20 years experience as a councillor. Most impressively of all, he's the first Tory candidate to admit to vomiting on the......

Chances are if you see a movie in London it'll end up being at one of the mega-chain's such as Vue or Odeon. Fortunately, a few boutique cinema houses still exist. One such is The Electric Cinema on trendy Portobello Road, a place everyone should experience at least once in their life. It's easy to miss on market days, but shines like a beacon at night, with the blue neon 'Electric' sign hanging over......

If you're relieved that you didn't spend hard-earned cash on following England to the world cup to watch them make heavy weather of beating Bangladesh you could put a little of the money you saved to good use by popping down to cricket HQ this weekend to see what is effectively a shadow national side take on the current county champions, Sussex in a four day game starting this morning that ushers in the......

Spotted (in two senses) on the corner of Cromwell Road and Queen's Gate (i.e. outside that cultural megosaur, the Natural History Museum). A quick Flickr search reveals that this is not the only one. Since mid-August, similar posters have been appearing all over the place. Definitive list Aldwych Brompton Road Cavendish Square Chelsea Bridge Road Chiltern Street (Marylebone) Cromwell Road Exeter Street (Covent Garden) Garrick Street Kingsway Latimer Road Portobello Road St Martin's Lane Let......

With the polls opening at 7am tomorrow (they are open til 10pm, so there is no excuse not to vote!), Londonist provides you with the third entry for our local elections competition. This time courtesy of Hans Sloane: The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea With Sloane Square, Harrods and a palace or two within its boundaries, it's no surprise that Kensington and Chelsea is dominated by Tory councillors - 42 out of 54......

Formed out of members of Art of Noise & The Auteurs, we first came across Infantjoy while wallowing in 'OMG SARAH NIXEY IS BACK!!!111!!' induced glee a few months ago. Guest starring on their working of 'Silent Night', we were intrigued by this duo who seemed to produce mesmerizing, elegant instrumental music. Almost cinematic sounding, their concept album Where The Night Goes is based on the idea that 'each track takes place at a......

Nice to see the Beeb giving time for a little slideshow fun with Michael Bond on his 80th birthday and his immortal creation Paddington who himself is heading for the big five oh. No surprise that he's still such a firm favourite with a perfectly rereadable series of perfect books (no matter what your age) and a classic TV show. In fact he may well be our favourite bear here at Londonist, edging out......

With Halloween traditionally a time for some serious gig going spectaculars, this year's a little bit of a damp squib, what with Marilyn Manson retiring from creeping folks out and concentrating on his new make up range and his Alma Mater, Alice Cooper, not yet in town, it would seem as if we're going to have to keep the Slipknot masks in the drawer for another year. There are some big shows in town......