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EAR Interview: Yemisi Blake

In 2007, a Southbank Centre project "Aftershock London" harnessed the raw energy and fresh talent of local musicians and performers to collaborate under the artistic leadership of Nitin Sawhney and stage an event at the Royal Festival Hall. The 16 artists involved are now being nurtured...

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Run To The (Soggy) Beat

Unlikely weather in Greenwich in the morning Tomorrow sees London's first proper half-marathon, and this Londonista will be plodding around the new route in the east of our fair city. The capital has always boasted a world-beating marathon course, and earlier this year we acquired our very own d...

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Trading Posts: Mobile-istan

Last week Londonist took a look at a glorious exhibition of photos of shops gone-by, from decades gone-by. It is a lamentable fact that many of these traditional, specialised outlets have shut up shop for good, and it is also true that there are far too many empty commercial properties in the cap...

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Populist: 28 Sept - 4 October

Populist brings you a bite sized round up of the best of Londonist this week. Catch up on the coolest, quirkiest, most recommended and talked about stories and find out what's hot and what's happening for the week ahead. In the news: Sir Ian Blair finally quit The American Embassy's decam...

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Live Review: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

There's an argument that the rituals of classical concerts make them seem closer to church-going than entertainment, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra's opening concert of its 2008-9 season at the Barbican addressed this problem head on. Beethoven's Missa Solemnis is a piece born of an intense and ...

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Review: Friday at Concrete and Glass

Looking at the highlights of Friday's experimental offering at Concrete and Glass - Lykke Li, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Telepathe, TV On the Radio - the latter stood out tenfold in terms of grandeur and sweaty adoration, which probably explained why the population of E1 trudged in a steady stre...

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