The ‘Isle of Death’ may sound like a new Indiana Jones film, but in reality it isn’t quite that fun as experts are claiming London will face soaring temperatures of up to 40C in the summer. ‘London actually getting hot? As if!’ I hear you cry. But before you start busting out the factor 100, be warned that these dramatic weather effects aren’t due to take place until 2080 and could actually be deadly. The study was taken by Manhattan experts, in an investigation of greenhouse gas scenarios to predict temperature-related deaths. ‘The impact of warming temperatures on population health is of increasing concern to health practitioners and policy makers,’ said Prof Patrick Kinney of Columbia University ‘with vulnerable Londoners most at risk’. The Prof has a point. So enjoy wearing those four pairs of tights under your trousers this August whilst you can before London turns into a post-apocalyptic ball of fire. Still, any excuse for a pair of new shades, right?
In case you haven’t seen the adverts on buses, billboards, tube stations, websites, magazines, newspapers and pretty much any other quarter inch of space available for hire, this week is YouTube Comedy Week. Tons of new funny clips are being uploaded – from comedy superstars and internet sensations – with the aim of giving the world an intense week of internet laughs. As part of YTCW, pedantic funnyman David Mitchell has made this top list of his favourite ‘unseen funny’ YouTube vids. Now you have ten more ‘you haven’t seen Skrillex in Back to the Future?’ moments to impress your mates with. Read the full post…
‘Dogs are great, don’t get me wrong. They prove a trusty companion in life, they’ll eagerly keep fetching sticks as long as we keep throwing them and are such devoted little divs that even if you abandon them at a service station car park in Wales they’ll find their way back home again… probably… and won’t hold it against you. The thing that bothers me with dogs is that unlike say, goldfish, hamsters or cats is that when you acquire a dog you are not only getting a companion but also a rock solid guarantee that for at least ten years, at the minimum of twice a day you’ll be picking up warm dog poo with a plastic bag you’re praying doesn’t have a hole in it. A fact that this branch of Sainsbury’s seems to recognise.
…and who needs that kind of commitment?’ Patrick Dalton
Like baubles and bargains? Then you’ll love our special shopping event in conjunction with Jewel East, at Old Spitalfields market from 5–8pm on Friday June 7. Presented by Old Spitalfields Market and London Jewellery Week, this is a showcase of London’s hottest new jewellery designers and their work – with costume and vintage jewellery for every taste and budget. The evening offers a chance to peruse their wares, commission one off pieces and generally fill your jewellery boxes whilst also doing a discount supermarket sweep of Spitalfields boutiques. Think 10-20% discounts at Doc Martens, NW3 by Hobbs, stylish homewares store OneDeko and chic ladies’ haunt Mercantile London. The market stores will all be open late, offering special reader offers and drinks and nibbles to fuel your purchasing pleasure. Other attractions include the chance to win a piece of Tatty Devine jewellery, 10 percent off Jewel East designers’ work (look out for the Time Out signs on the stands) and a goodie bag full of Old Spitalfields market vouchers and food and drink discounts.
The 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show is well under way: the blossoms have been installed, the gnomes have been allowed back in and the Royals have had a nose around. Now all that’s left is to celebrate in the best way we know how – with a Tube map of course. Here’s the London Transport Museum‘s floral tribute to the annual bouquet bash. Read the full post…
Excited about ‘The Hangover Part III’? Or just kinda secretly hoping that after the lame-n-lazy shipwreck that was ‘Part II’ that director Todd Phillips and the Wolfpack have pulled their finger out for the third and final film? It’s out Thursday. We’ve seen it. Here’s the verdict.
Distilling since the 1920s, the Japanese make their spirit of choice the Scottish way. From Tuesday May 21 to May 31, Smiths of Smithfield will be hosting a Japanese whisky pop-up in their first-floor bar. On offer are 17 single-malt and blended whiskies from Nikka Whisky Distillers, plus whisky cocktails from mixologist Tiziano Tasso. Kampai!
Here at Time Out, we love a bit of Franco. Maybe not quite as much as we love a bit of Gosling, but it’s close (Franco loves a bit of Gosling too, as this gushing tribute proves). And one of the things we love most about the twinkly-eyed star is his ever-increasing tendency towards excessive hyphenation: not content with being an actor, or even an actor-filmmaker, Franco has swiftly expanded into an actor-filmmaker-poet-scholar-author-journalist-shopkeeper-artist-awards-host-musician-model-philanthropist. And now he’s added director to that list – and not just those ‘experimental’ docs he’s been flashing around for the past couple of years. Read the full post…
We’ve felt like a wild charging beast running around London on more than one occasion, but according to Valerie Colin Russ’ new book ’London Pride: the 10,000 Lions of London’, it turns out we’ve got some stiff competition. In celebration of the stony-faced felines that stealthily guard our streets, Russ is doing a talk at Guildhall Library tonight (May 21) to fill us in on the history of the big cats that line our town, where to find them and why there’s so bloody many of them.
Yes, we really went to market with today’s issue of Time Out Magazine. All of them. Flowers, clothes, food, antiques, you name it, we’ve scoured the city and picked out the best. We’ve chatted to traders and given you all the insider tips. Plus, this week we say goodbye to Ossian Ward, our Art Editor for the last six-and-a-half years, as he shares his favourite London artworks, bring you the latest from Arrested Development and chat to teen vampire Saoirse Ronan. And that’s just the first few pages…
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