Clocks sprung onto our radar early this year when we got very excited by the incorrect idea that 90s dance 'pioneers' Clock had reformed. Instead we were presented with a fun, new poppy indie band from Epson making the type of music that puts a spring in your step and a summery smile on your face. Genuinely feelgood - we went to check what they were all about. Have a look at the video......

The pig farmers of the UK are today trotting on parliament to protest about the rising cost of feeding their porkers. Led by mascot Winnie, a veteran porcine lobbyist, the farmers took their grievances to be heard by those that are equaller than the rest of us (and thus possibly in a position to help). The gist of their complaint is that the cost of feed has gone up substantially whilst the price of pork......

Ken Livingstone has officially launched a program to help London become the greenest place to film in the world. Not *that* kind of green - we're not going to see Regents Park stand in for the Amazon Basin anytime soon. We're talking the other green. The one we got all excited about yesterday. Y'know, the environmental one. 'Green Screen London' is a series of initiatives aiming to make our film and television industry the......

We already knew London was capital of the world, but 2007 has firmly cemented us as the best city by far musically. The Millennium Dome reopened as the O2 Arena, hosting not only 21 nights of Prince, the Rolling Stones, Take That, and the Spice Girls first UK dates for 10 years, but also the most anticipated gig for a good decade or so: Led Zeppelin’s reformation. Unfortunately this Londonista had to settle for some......

Attention, sufferers of controller-thumb and Wii-wrist: the London Games Festival is here to make your condition even worse. From the 22nd of October to the 2nd of November organisers will be laying on talks, music and exhibitions celebrating the culture of gaming. Many of the events are geared towards those in the industry, but there’s also plenty to please the civilian gamer, especially in the festival fringe. And we can’t help but approve of......

Worrying news for one of our country’s top gourmet icons. Gordon Ramsay’s flagship restaurant in Chelsea, called simply Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, has lost some of its brownie points, according to the latest edition of ‘Harden’s London Restaurants’. Love-him-or-hate-him-Ramsay has been undisputed king of the London restaurant scene for nearly ten years. Take a large measure of chefly talent, whisk it with lashings of colourful personality, and then cook up with a generous helping of......

. It's over. Our love affair with Free Range must sadly come to an end. Before we go, here's one more artist you really should check out before it's all packed away until next year. Claire Fitch is from renowned Nottingham Trent University. You can see her textiles and fashion accessories as part of their 'play!' exhibition until Monday 23rd July. Tell us more about what inspires you. We live in a culture that advocates......

Ahhh, it's finally summer (try and ignore the rain for a moment). Summer in London means many things: picnics in Green Park, staying out late on a school night and students all over the capital stressing out about their exams and final year exhibitions. Enter Free Range 2007. A show of some of the most prestigious universities' design work, all in the heart of Brick Lane: The Old Truman Brewery. Londonist caught up with......

This Day In London’s History 1973: Women are admitted to the London Stock Exchange for the first time. After 200 years of male exclusivity, including a period where “unsuitable facilities” were blamed for the men-only tradition, ten newly elected lady members of the London Stock Exchange were admitted to the institution on 26th March 1973. However despite this landmark breakthrough for equality in the industry, which arrived after years of campaigning by women who......

Martin Jefferson is set to 'perform' in London on November 15th. No no... no need to tag your children and send them off to the countryside. It's a music thing: Michael Jackson will perform "Thriller" from his famed 1982 album in a rare public appearance at the World Music Awards next week, organizers of the awards said Wednesday. The 48-year-old reclusive pop star will receive a Diamond Award, given to artists who sell more......

The first ever London Games Festival will take place 2 - 7 October, bringing gamers out of their darkened bedrooms and forcing them to interact with one another in real life. This "celebration of interactive entertainment" not only hopes to draw the dedicated, unblinking gamer away from their consoles and into the real world, but also promises to cater for those working in the industry, parents who are baffled and bemused by what their......

The London Design Festival is back next month, running 15 -30 September and if you're that way inclined, take out your Philip Starcke pen and put it in your Moleskine diary now. Established in 2003 to celebrate and promote London and the UK’s design creativity, the festival has grown as the capital's reputation for across all disciplines (architecture, product, graphic, fashion design) has grown. This year's festival aims to encourage collaborations between the biggest......

It's one year since we won the Olympic bid, so the BBC has a look at what's happened in those 365 days: "To be precise, there is one big hole in the ground." But, as the Times reports, the cost of the Games is set to rise by well over £1.5 billion. Maybe the owners of Covent Garden could stump up some of the cash. They're about to sell for around £450m. And back......

Forget bird flu, there's a bigger evil on the immediate horizon. Something rank is stirring in the west. Something that causes normally rational intelligent people to come over all crap. Lord of the Rings - The Musical is coming, no matter how luke warm the reviews in Canadia: "We are definitely going to open in London in 2007. There's a confidence in a certain sector of the industry that believes this will be a blockbuster......

Clarke Remains Defiant After Lords Defeat Home Secretary Charles Clarke has vowed to battle on with his proposed ID cards legislation after it was defeated in the Lords last night. Their Lordships, many of whom come from a law background, feel that making the cards compulsary, is an infringement of people's human rights, and as such, is beyond the power of Government. They duly voted 227 to 166 against the proposal last night. Whether......

It's a big week for the ladies - starting from tomorrow until the following Saturday (4 -11 March) it's International Women's Week, incorporating International Women's Day on the 8th. It's a week to celebrate all that women have achieved, are achieving now and will go on to achieve. As well as celebration of women's past and present, it is a chance for women of all ages, race, class and country to come together in......

Psychosomatic illness comes in for a grilling elsewhere in Richard Bean’s translation of Moliere’s The Hypochondriac (pictured), tackling the industry of counterfeit illness as a farce - or more aptly French farce. Currently running to rave reviews at The Alemeida, Almeida Street, N1. With Theatre 503’s home undergoing a face-lift, it has taken to the road, quite literally, staging its latest play Last Tuesday by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies on a London bus.......

Discovering KEXP last year was like discovering Back In Black, for me the album that pretty much cemented everything I'll love about music for the rest of my life. Suddenly there was this doorway to a magical world where DJs played whatever they wanted and whatever you wanted to listen to, where they knew what they were talking about and where they had this strange passion for not what the industry or the scenesters......

This week's big tech story surrounds a wearer of turtlenecks, stone washed jeans and white trainers. Not a member Status Quo luckily, but someone with a little less hair, yet with a lot more up there - at least when compared to the UKs most successful chart act. Apple computers' CEO Steve Jobs has invited a select number of the tech industry stalwarts to a special event entitled 'One More Thing' this coming Tuesday......

Wow, that didn't take long did it? After yesterday's stories about construction firm Multiplex's losses over the Wembley reconstruction project, The Times has wasted no time in pouring salt on the wound: Construction industry experts have cast doubt on whether Wembley Stadium would be completed in time to host the 2006 FA Cup Final even as Multiplex, the Australian builder, pledged to get the job done. It's all very mysterious but these 'experts' seem......