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Robbie Williams!

Just discovered today that in one month, my day job website popex sold THIRTY GRANDS worth of Robbie Tickets, through this page here... mad eh?Also talking of day job websites, the Barfly Cardiff listings page is now updated directly from the calenda...

this was on londonbylondon yesterday too

Folkestone train times

Folkestone trains are a bit messed up for the whole summer (2005), possibly the next six months. To travel at about the same time, and not have to change trains at Ashford or anything we have to get trains to / from Cannon Street instead of Charing C...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Well, great weekend in London with all the family, though it got off to a bit of a damp start for me... Left work at 5, picked up some beers and headed to our hotel to meet Clare, and got caught in the FIERCEST downpour ever! Frantically tried to dry...

EDDIE Izzard

Last year, in October, I saw none other than EDDIE Izzard crossing the street, he was literally about an arm's length away. I was going to talk to him and say what a cool guy he was, but unfortunately he was other the other side of the road by the ti...

Everyone, ever, in the world

Got in to the Lord of the Rings Premiere by mistake, and everyone in the world of showbiz was there - all the cast of the film apart from Cate Blanchett I think (So Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Ian McKellan, Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, Sean Bean, stacks mo...

Bernard Butler

We were in the Phoenix artists bar last night before The Tears gig, precisely because it's the kind of place where you might spot somebody... And LO! There was Saint Bernard Butler, dressed like a student in a big coat and hat. I nearly snapped him o...

Jimmy Page

Didn't see him myself, but cow-orkers say they saw Jimmy Page in the Borderline last night at the Action Plan gig.

Getting me a taste london card

Free three month trial, this card gets you 50% off food all the time in participating outlets. Places like Pizza Express generally have a buy one get one free type deal going on, and this card gets you that kind of deal, maybe a bit better. It's actu...

Love on the roof

Partook of a truly historic barbecue this evening, on the roof of a record shop of all places. I started off with some vegetable kebabs, huge chunks of aubergine, courgette, onion and something suspicious. At first it looked like fish, but then Mrs P...

Magic Numbers every bit as good as I predicted

OK my prediction of Morrissey joining them on stage was a complete fabrication, but we did get Bernard Butler appearing with them to perform "Love's a Game", which then medleyed on into "People Get Ready". They did another wacky ending of another of ...

Jack the Ripper exhibition tickets

This sounds good, there's a Jack the Ripper exhibition on at the Museum in Docklands. Not connected as such with my family, nor with your family I expect, but look, see, history and that. Fascinating stuff.From 15 May - 2 November Museum in Docklands...

Bullet train does London to Ashford in 32 minutes

rail news has the details, that's nice, but when you think about it that's not really all that impressive - the current trains could do it in not much more than that if they didn't stop at all the stations in between. Still, looking forward to it, ho...

Stewart Lee was ace

Went for my birthday treat yesterday, Stewart Lee at the Leicester Square Theatre. My birthday was back in July, this is one of the things Clare got me. He kind of did three twenty five minute sets of material that he is honing for a new TV show. One...

Magic Numbers

A rare midweek trip to London for this, but we've been meaning to try and see them for so long. Joined by Bernard Butler (them not us).

KLEZMER KLIMAX! - (KlezFest concert no. 4), Frank London, Michael Alpert, Ilana Cravitz, Ros Hawley, Guy Schalom, Andreas Schmitges, Merlin Shepherd, Emma Stiman, Deborah Strauss, Paul Tkachenko, Jeff Warschauer, Abigail Wood, Yiddish, SOAS, KlezFest

Young Liars Club: Dead Kids

London band, Dead Kids, are led by charismatic front-man Mike Title and play a violently intense style of keyboard-driven new wave/post-punk. Supported by Koko von Napoo and Young Liars resident DJs....

Spirit of London Awards in London

52.80

London Broncos v Castleford Tigers in Twickenham

27.50

London Broncos v Salford City Reds in Twickenham

27.50