We thought we’d take a break from linking up Onionbagblog, and instead sample a scallion of a different persuasion. Olly’s Onions serves up small helpings of news in a satirical sauce. A bit like The Onion, then. (What is this connection between bulbous edibles and current affairs piss-takes?) This week, Olly drops by a trendy boozer: The White Swan just off Ladbroke Grove has been serving a loyal clientele for decades, but since it......

A big thank you to all of the speakers at last night’s Blogging Demystified event at the Apple Store, hosted by Londonist. Equally, a deserved sláinte to the hundred or so people who attended and persevered over the considerable background noise. And a melodramatic Shakespearian bow to those of you who came along to the pub afterwards for some beery postscripts. As hastily organised first-time efforts go, the evening seemed to be a success,......

Londonist was pleased to see yet another smooth and faultless launch of an -ist site, this time in Austin Texas, a city we initially heard about due to it being the setting for Richard Linklaters engrossing low-fi indie debut, Slacker, but is now firmly on our places to visit (or mooch off people and overstay our welcome) list. Austin, at least if Ben is to be believed (and we're not sure that he is)......

Londonist would like to say a very hearty (almost Brian Blessed-eque) "Thank You" to all our readers who nominated us for a 2005 Bloggie award. Thanks to you, Londonist has been short-listed for Best British or Irish blog. We would tell you who our competition is but as we write this the Bloggies site is down due to exceeded bandwidth. Hopefully the page will be back up later and we can update this post......