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3 Great California Travel Itineraries to Inspire Anyone
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The BT Tower Is Becoming A Hotel Iconic building sold for £275m.
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It's Car-Free Day This Weekend - And 100 London Roads Are Closing To Vehicles To the space hoppers!
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The Forney Flyer
Living up North, Way back When Here's a shot of the little village where we lived for several years. It was nestled on the banks of...
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Here's a shot of the little village where we lived for several years. It was nestled on the banks of the Koyukuk River, just above the Arctic Circle, not too far South of Gates of the Arctic National Park. There were no roads to the village. You could only get there by airplane...
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Why You Should Visit Greater Palm Springs
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London's Working Class History Celebrated With 8 Exciting New Projects Historic England announces new funding.
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Bow Roundabout update #15 The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, likely for three more weeks. But before they...
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The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, likely for three more weeks. But before they finish the disruption's going to get much worse and all the buses are going back to normal, perhaps not in the order you'd expect. What's new is that the pavement and...
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Discover Portugal’s Wellness Havens with TAP Air’s Stopover
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An In-Depth Restaurant Review of HAGS in New York City
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10 Best Countries for Working Remotely in 2023
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The Must-See London Exhibitions To Look Forward To In 2024 A glance ahead to the capital's upcoming blockbuster exhibitions.
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Herbert Lui
The vessel heuristic What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something...
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What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something greater to express themselves through? “The human mind is literally an antenna,” Pharrell says. “It picks up waves and transmissions from the ultimate source, from the ether.”...
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New 'Eurostar Snow' Service Will Whisk Londoners To Ski Resorts This Winter News comes after rumours that ski trains would end.
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Herbert Lui
Blogging for smaller audiences and deeper connections Making good work requires making mistakes. It’s never a straight path to the final work. If a lot of...
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Making good work requires making mistakes. It’s never a straight path to the final work. If a lot of people see your creative work all the time, then it’ll be more difficult for you to make imperfect work.  You won’t have space to tinker and experiment so much. You won’t even...
Londonist
9 Challenge Events In London In 2024 To Sign Up For Right Now New year, new challenge!
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Seek Out 25 Colourful Guide Dog Sculptures In Canary Wharf We've heard of a glossy coat but this is ridiculous...
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"My Obsession With London's Modernist Council Estates" The beauty of the capital's social housing.
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The Best Horror Film Screenings In London For Halloween 2023 Do you like scary movies?
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Do U.S. Citizens Need a Passport to Go to Mexico?
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Last Chance To See The Horniman Museum Walrus Until 2026 You won't be able to visit it while a refurb project takes place.
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This Free Quentin Blake Exhibition Lands In London At The End Of January You can even buy the artworks.
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Things To Do In London This Autumn Your September to November 2023 calendar, sorted.
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Modern London Is Beautiful In This New Photographic Book London: A Modern City in Photographs by Mathew Browne.
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Part Of The Piccadilly Line Is Closing For 5 Days This Month Heathrow will be off the cards.
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A Guide to Relaxation and Luxury in Al Ain
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The Ultimate Guide to Budapest’s Historic Thermal Baths and Spas
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50+ Excellent Things To Do In London This Month: October 2023 Black History Month, live music, Comic Con and more.
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 17-18 February 2024 VAULT Festival returns, plus a cheese market and a day of Lego.
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Things You Might Not Know About The Borough Of Harrow Even Boudicca decided it was worth a visit.
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Christmas Has Returned To The Royal Albert Hall From carols to festive films in concert.
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A Glimpse Of London's Future, From 1924 Trains over Tower Bridge, airships from Westminster...
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Define it Ambiguity makes language wonderful. The same sentence, or even word, could mean something entirely...
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Ambiguity makes language wonderful. The same sentence, or even word, could mean something entirely different to another person. A writer may have a specific intention for their words, and yet there could be as many different interpretations as there are readers.  This also means...
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Diwali Celebrations Fill Trafalgar Square At The End Of October Dancing, yoga, comedy puppets - and much more!
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 13-19 November 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
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Cricket Cornish Pasty Anyone? London's Bug Restaurant Has Just Gone Permanent Hop to it!
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diamond geezer
The Queen Vic On EastEnders' 40th birthday, let's go in search of the soap's iconic pub. London has only one...
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On EastEnders' 40th birthday, let's go in search of the soap's iconic pub. London has only one remaining Queen Victoria pub, as far as I can tell, but remnants of several pubs of that name survive. The Queen Victoria, 148 Southwark Park Road, Bermondsey SE16 3RP corner pub from...
Londonist
A Brief History Of Tower Bridge The history behind London's iconic bridge
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Cheese and Biscuits
Lita, Marylebone The food at Lita is very nice. I'm saying that up front because I worry that the list of things I...
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The food at Lita is very nice. I'm saying that up front because I worry that the list of things I didn't like about the place threatens to overwhelm the main message which should be that, despite everything, the food is very nice. And maybe if you went to Lita yourself, and you...
Londonist
International Women's Day And Women's History Month 2024 Events In London Guided walks, talks, exhibitions and more - all celebrating women.
a year ago
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The Best Fancy Dress Shops In London Hire or buy costumes, wigs and masks for your next party.
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Herbert Lui
Fast & Furious The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The...
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The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The first three movies in this Fast & Furious franchise—Fast & Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift—maintained its signature by staying true to this...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 13-19 November 2023 The very best of Londonist from the past week.
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In-Depth Review of Buahan, a Banyan Tree Escape, a hotel in Bali, Indonesia
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"Wretched, Frightful, Monstrous" - How London's Iconic Landmarks Were First Reviewed Inc. some serious shade thrown on Tower Bridge.
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Charles Dickens, Dog Lover: Exhibition Explores Animal-Adoring Side Of Author Less Bleak House, more Beak House.
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The No Trousers Tube Ride Returns To London This Weekend It's January. Let's get half-naked on public transport.
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 11-17 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
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50+ Fantastic Things To Do In London This Month: February 2024 New exhibitions, a flower festival, and a chance to clown around in church.
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David Attenborough Waxwork Comes To Madame Tussauds It's the second time he's been honoured here.
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Live Music, Lederhosen, And Lashings Of Beer At London Oktoberfest Time to let loose, Bavarian-style.
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The Barbi-Ken Line? The Ickeypoo Line? What If All Tubes Were Named Like Bakerloo? Waterloo to Bank presents some options.
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Epping Ongar Lights Express - The Fairy Light-Covered Christmas Steam Train Ride Is Back! Most festive train EVER.
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Herbert Lui
Four ways to reach out to your network for (job) opportunities I recently contributed to a discussion on Hacker News about the pains of job hunting. In particular,...
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I recently contributed to a discussion on Hacker News about the pains of job hunting. In particular, my comment was on the topic of tapping the people you know on the shoulder, without sounding too desperate or forward. Rather than worrying about how you come off, focus on being...
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6 Reasons To Travel by Private Yacht in Croatia
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Londonist
London Now Has Its First Statue Of Queen Elizabeth II Bronze likeness unveiled at Royal Albert Hall.
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We're Getting Fired Up About This Hot Sauce Festival In Peckham Enjoy the spicier things in life.
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We Can Be Arsed To Print That It Seems You know what TfL's We Can't Be Arsed To Print That Any More department has started printing...
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You know what TfL's We Can't Be Arsed To Print That Any More department has started printing again? They started omitting them recently on station posters, instead exhorting passengers to scan a QR code and use the TfL website instead. They also suggested using the TfL Go app...
Londonist
Goodbye Glory, Hello Divine - East London's New-Not-New LGBTQ+ Club "One New Year's Eve lock-in with Keira Knightley and Chelsea Clinton got a bit wild..."
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'Eatalong' With Kevin Mac Allister At These Special Home Alone Screenings Including a dish called a 'Filthy Animals'.
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Top Local Spots to Eat, Shop, & Après Ski in Park City, Utah
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Fundraising Events In London For Medical And Humanitarian Aid In Gaza Some ways to support emergency response efforts.
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 28-29 October 2023 London's newest exhibitions, plus Halloween events, rugby screenings and more.
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Londonist
Tulips In London: When And Where To See Them In And Around The Capital Who needs Amsterdam?
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Herbert Lui
Find a place where your effort makes an impact Early in his career, Brian Lee juggled a bunch of projects. This included managing recording artists...
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Early in his career, Brian Lee juggled a bunch of projects. This included managing recording artists Dumbfoundead and Breezy Lovejoy. It was Brian who suggested to the latter that he should change his name to something closer to Anderson .Paak.  In addition to investing into...
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Best Countries for Expats to Live Abroad
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Herbert Lui
The natural game When Charles Duhigg attended his Harvard Business School class’s 15-year reunion, he was surprised...
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When Charles Duhigg attended his Harvard Business School class’s 15-year reunion, he was surprised to discover how many of his former classmates were miserable. One of them was earning over a million dollars a year, and said to him, “If you spend 12 hours a day doing work you...
Londonist
Hundreds Of Boats Race On The Thames The Week Before Oxford Vs Cambridge Ever seen the Head of the River Race?
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Londonist
London Hotel Rooms With A Serious View Penthouse suites, balconies, and the city spread at your feet.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
The leap In The Dark Knight Rises, a villain defeats Batman and locks him up inside an ancient prison known...
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In The Dark Knight Rises, a villain defeats Batman and locks him up inside an ancient prison known as the Pit. The Pit bears resemblance to an extremely large well, and all prisoners are free to climb out of the Pit to escape.  The only thing standing in the way is a particularly...
Londonist
Paul Foot Is Barmy Brilliance In A Boiler Suit A hilarious, uncynical, remarkable piece of comedy.
a year ago
Londonist
London's New Women's Museum Opens This March Launching on International Women's Day.
11 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London In The Easter Holidays 2024 Family-friendly events in the capital this spring.
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Pedlar's Acre: The Mysterious Bit Of South Bank Where The London Eye Now Stands Who was the Pedlar of Lambeth?
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The Best Places For Free Hot Desking In Central London All free. No membership required.
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One from Nippon
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs (Part 3) Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part article. Part 1 and Part 2 painted the history of...
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Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part article. Part 1 and Part 2 painted the history of onsens and the science behind them. In this article we take a deep-dive into the business of onsens. Onsen as a Business Despite all the hype in Part 1
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What To Do and Visit in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
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Londonist
10 Rather Shocking Images From A Victorian Tabloid Bread riots, carriage crashes, and tussling with bears.
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Where To Eat And Drink In Forest Gate: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars And Pubs Forest food!
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The Forney Flyer
I'm Still Here Wow, it's been nothing but crickets chirping here on my blog for quite a while, but I'm still here!...
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Wow, it's been nothing but crickets chirping here on my blog for quite a while, but I'm still here! Those long periods of silence on my blog are indicative of how super busy it's been here. The summer was a blur, and it hasn't slowed down since.
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The 1930s: When London Was Really Put On The Map Tube map, Monopoly and A-Z were a 1930s supergroup.
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Festive Shows, Winter Cocktails, And Gifts Galore At The Barbican So much seasonal cheer to unwrap.
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25 dull lists 25 dull lists One stop short of Barking: Upney, East Ham, West Ham, Upminster, Woodgrange Park,...
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25 dull lists One stop short of Barking: Upney, East Ham, West Ham, Upminster, Woodgrange Park, Barking Riverside, Stratford Current Walkers crisp flavours: ready salted, cheese & onion, salt & vinegar, prawn cocktail, roast chicken, smoky bacon, tomato ketchup, pickled onion,...
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Best Of London 2023: It's The Annual Londonist Awards! Dust off your tux - it's trophy time!
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Plans For Redevelopment Of Waterloo Station Revealed New entrances and concourses are among the ideas.
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6 Best New Orleans Neighborhoods for Visitors
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The Best Luxury Hotels to Book in France in 2023
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JetBlue to End American Pact—What This Means for Travelers
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London Hat Walk: Scores Of Fashionable Folk Will Parade Around Town This Weekend Hat's the way uh-huh, uh-huh...
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2024 Serpentine Pavilion Shaped Like A Shooting Star Mass Studios has designed this year's offering.
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Where You Can Explore the World's Rivers And Protect Them
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The Docklands Gym Where Muslim Women Are Toughening Up And Feeling Empowered "I used to be a couch potato, but now I love coming here"
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Beavers Are Back In London For The First Time In 400 Years This'll bring a toothy grin to your face.
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Part Of The Northern Line Is Closing From Spring 2024 Edgware to Golders Green not running on various dates.
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5 Most Exciting Travel Destinations in the U.S. to Visit
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Herbert Lui
Invest in your stories My friend Peter started posting at LinkedIn a couple of years ago. He noticed that while people who...
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My friend Peter started posting at LinkedIn a couple of years ago. He noticed that while people who followed him appreciated his advice, what they remembered most were his stories—about how he met his co-founder and started an agency, how they spun out new companies, and his move...
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Best Of Londonist: 12-18 February 2024 Copycat tube stations, odd benches and SIX new lines on the tube map.
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Amsterdam Plans to Ban Large Cruise Ships: What to Expect
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Herbert Lui
You won’t think your way out of overthinking Overthinking—making and updating plans, gathering information, talking to people—is only useful for...
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Overthinking—making and updating plans, gathering information, talking to people—is only useful for protecting you from the pain of reality and the hard work it takes to learn.  It is not useful if you actually want to achieve your goal. What is useful is doing. Because you’ve...
Londonist
Save The Chewing Gum Art Trail On The Millennium Bridge Ben Wilson's art is threatened.
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West End Tickets From £15 - London Theatre Week Has Launched Slashed price seats available till 3 March.
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Christmas Carol Concerts In London To Make You Feel All Warm And Fuzzy Inside This December Including one with dogs. Woof!
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Ian McKellen Is Back Doing Shakespeare On The London Stage In 2024 Player Kings launches in the spring.
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The Highlights of New York Winter Jazzfest, January, 2025
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Herbert Lui
Clear structures for creative visions When a creative vision for a project is too ambiguous, you need a person to drive it forward and...
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When a creative vision for a project is too ambiguous, you need a person to drive it forward and clarify it. That person probably needs to be you.  To do this, you might find it helpful to channel a creative vision through a clear structure.  One example: at Figma, I was involved...
Londonist
The Open House London 2023 Programme Has Been Announced - Including BT Tower Tours Plus tube station tours, and other landmark buildings.
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 23-24 March 2024 Charity gigs, a glamorous speakeasy, and a boat race on the river.
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25 Cheap Ways For Young People To See Culture In London All the best discounts.
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Myrtle Beach’s Sensory-Friendly Hotels, Spots, Restaurants
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Trooping The Colour 2024: When Is It? What's It About? And Other Questions Answered Pomp and ceremony cranked up to 11.
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10 Big Shows To Book For 2024 It's a good time to be a Studio Ghibli fan.
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Never Before Seen Images Of The Rolling Stones To Go On Show In Notting Hill 27 rare pics of Mick, Keef and co.
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Best Of Londonist: 16-22 October 2023 The best articles from the past week.
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Free And Cheap Things To Do In London This Week: 1-7 April 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
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Tower Bridge: Rare Behind-The-Scenes Tours Now On Sale Including a chance to explore the bascule chambers.
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Still Here... Again. Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've...
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Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've made a lot of excuses on this blog over the past year, for the chunks of time where I seem to disappear for a while. Well, this time I really had a good excuse!  Last October I...
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5 London Underground Stations That Totally Ripped Off Other Buildings From Berlin to Amsterdam to Moscow.
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How Safe Are Submarine Tours? Should You Go On One?
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Things To Do In London On Christmas Day Guided tours, river trips and Christmas lunch.
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Where To Watch Dickens' A Christmas Carol On Stage In London, 2023 From traditional retellings to drunk adaptations.
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Happisburgh: Where People Lived On The Thames A Million Years Ago The Thames had history 40,000 generations before the Romans.
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Fenwick Is Reopening As A Charity Shop For Two Weeks Maybe you'll score some cheap Dior.
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Lufthansa Strives to for More Eco-Friendly Air Travel
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Spoon & Tamago
The Yakitorill is our Kitchen Appliance of 2025 Yakitori lovers take note. Grilling yakitori at home just got a lot easier thanks to the new...
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Yakitori lovers take note. Grilling yakitori at home just got a lot easier thanks to the new Yakitorill: a combination of the words yakitori and grill. This beautiful kitchen appliance, developed by Fukuoka-based firm Guardner, promises less smoke and an overall cleaner...
Londonist
The Petrie Museum: Ancient Egypt Without The British Museum Crowds The Bloomsbury museum hidden in UCL.
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Herbert Lui
Be the first If you really want to make a difference in somebody’s life, be the first person to make a...
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If you really want to make a difference in somebody’s life, be the first person to make a contribution.  This could mean being their first customer, their first donor, or the first person to leave a comment or share the work.  It will make a powerful impression, give them energy,...
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American Airlines’ Top Credit Card Offers 100K Mile Bonus
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Croydon Plans Spectacular Mic Drop For Borough Of Culture Closing Weekend Light shows, punk marble runs and the world's smallest nightclub.
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The Great Fire Of London: 10 Key Sites To See Monument, Pudding Lane, the Golden Boy and more.
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Away Just Updated its Classic Suitcases With a New Design
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Can You Get Banned from Flying for Skiplagging?
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Previously Off-Limits Areas Of Buckingham Palace To Open To The Public Including the room behind that world-famous balcony.
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It's Official - London Has Two Of The World's 10 Best Bars But Barcelona's still the best place to booze.
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Why Hyatt's Zilara Riviera Maya Resort Is The Best Vacation Destination
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 26 February-3 March 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
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The Best Music Festivals In London 2024 Party in a field without leaving the capital.
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A (Free) Newsletter For Everybody Excited About The London Art World It's going to be a masterpiece.
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St Paul's Lorrimore Square: London's Magnificent Modernist Church Now THAT's a roof.
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Damn Interesting
This is Dang Interesting Happy New Year! This has nothing to do with the new year. We at this website know, reluctantly, that...
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over a year ago
Happy New Year! This has nothing to do with the new year. We at this website know, reluctantly, that “d*mn” is not always a welcome word. Additionally, we are aware that we have a few articles sporting even saltier vocabularies (settle down, Colonel Sanders!). Countless school...
Londonist
Things To Eat And Drink In London This Halloween From pumpkin-spiced crumble to a sinful supper club.
a year ago
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The Massive (And Massively Controversial) Stratford Sphere Is Vegas coming to east London?
a year ago
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London Then And Now: Aerial Shots Show City Grow Over Past Two Decades Our city's put on a bit of a growth spurt since the 2000s...
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Cheese and Biscuits
Cafe Kitty, Soho For someone who spends an unhealthy amount of time thinking about and reading about restaurants, I...
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For someone who spends an unhealthy amount of time thinking about and reading about restaurants, I consider it a personal failing that I didn't connect Cafe Kitty (Soho) with Kitty Fisher's (Mayfair) until it came up in conversation about halfway through dinner. In my defence,...
Londonist
Searching For A Sixth Form? Come And See What City Of London Freemen's School Has To Offer! There's an open evening on 12 September.
a year ago
Londonist
The West London Zoo You've Probably Never Heard Of Where the art is as impressive as the animals.
a year ago
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Where to Relax and Eat Seafood in Corpus Christi, TX
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HOW MUCH Sewage Did Thames Water Pump Into The Thames? We do the math.
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What's Happening With London Housing, Rent And Development? November 2023 Our quickfire summary of bricks and mortar, steel and glass.
a year ago
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The Dreamlike Tower Bridge From Poor Things Was Almost Real Yorgos Lanthimos revives Horace Jones' original design.
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diamond geezer
The supermarket cafe When writing about dining out, the media tend to focus on restaurants, independent cafes and bijou...
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When writing about dining out, the media tend to focus on restaurants, independent cafes and bijou little nooks, also pubs, hotels and takeaways. But there's one place you're always guaranteed a hot meal at a bargain price and that's a supermarket cafe, the unsung destination of...
The Forney Flyer
Rib Day - 2 Year Anniversary Celebration! Two years ago, on October 17th, this happened... Long story short, I got knocked off my...
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over a year ago
Two years ago, on October 17th, this happened... Long story short, I got knocked off my motorcycle by a drunk driver, and then a different vehicle, a large Toyota Landcruiser (SUV) promptly drove over me, right across my torso. I should have died right then and there, and...
Londonist
Khan Announces TfL Fare Freeze - But Is Everything As It Seems? It does't apply to everyone...
a year ago
Londonist
Events For Book Lovers In London This Winter Christmas book fairs, winter book swaps and an exhibition on fantasy.
a year ago
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Holy Immersive Pop-Up! You Can Visit The Batcave At This Free Batman Experience Feat. costumes, props and vehicles from the movies.
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The 15 Best Hotels in Los Angeles to Book Right Now
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What it's Like to Try an Adaptive Outdoor Recreation Tour
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Londonist
"Displeasing And Absurd": A Hatchet Job Review Of A Christmas Carol From 1843 There's always one.
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Five Big Firsts For West End Cinemas From the first British talkie to the first circular cinema.
a year ago
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4 Reasons to Visit Amelia Island, Florida
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Londonist
You Can Play With This Miniature Tube Train At Hounslow West Underground Station There's no way you're not pressing that button.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Year of the Snake Head to Chinatown or Trafalgar Square today and you can celebrate Chinese New Year with dancing,...
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Head to Chinatown or Trafalgar Square today and you can celebrate Chinese New Year with dancing, culture and cuisine courtesy of the London Chinatown Chinese Association and the Mayor of London. That's because the new moon on 29th January triggered the Year of the Snake (蛇), a...
Londonist
Frieze Sculpture 2023: Regent's Park Turns Into A Free Outdoor Art Gallery This Autumn 22 playful works of art sprinkled around the English Gardens.
a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 28 August-3 September 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Londonist
45+ Fantastic Things To Do In London This Month: November 2023 Vintage cars, new exhibitions and the all-important Christmas light switch-ons.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Greatness means avoiding stupid mistakes consistently Shane Parrish writes at Brain Food, “Moments don’t make legends. Consistency does. And the hardest...
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Shane Parrish writes at Brain Food, “Moments don’t make legends. Consistency does. And the hardest consistency isn’t in doing brilliant things but avoiding stupid ones. Every mistake puts you in hard mode, forcing you to make up lost ground.” In some lines of work, a person must...
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East London Could Be Getting This Flashy New Lido What a beaut.
a year ago
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Best Of Londonist: 18-24 March 2024 Our best articles from the past week.
11 months ago
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What to Do On Padre Island if You Love Nature
a year ago
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Bits Of London That Aren't In The Bit Of London They Say They Are In, But In Another Bit Of London If you see what we mean.
10 months ago
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Five Destinations to Explore Beyond the Ordinary on Your Next Journey
a year ago
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Where To Watch The Six Nations 2024 In London Watch rugby greats battle it out at these pubs and bars.
a year ago
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How the Paris 2023 Protests are Impacting Travel
a year ago
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An Architecture Lover’s Dream Tour Through Germany’s UNESCO Sites and Beyond
8 months ago
Herbert Lui
Some notes on a return visit to Hong Kong In late 2021, I moved to Hong Kong for six months. My partner and I enjoyed it so much that we ended...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
In late 2021, I moved to Hong Kong for six months. My partner and I enjoyed it so much that we ended up staying nearly a year and a half. We moved to New York City shortly after that, and I started my job at Figma.  I always thought I’d document the trip some other […] The post...
Herbert Lui
If you’re embarrassed by your early work, that means you did it right Anybody who does anything worth doing knows how difficult it is to get through the early work. ...
a week ago
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a week ago
Anybody who does anything worth doing knows how difficult it is to get through the early work.  While you have great taste, your skills aren’t at the level you need to match it yet—so you make work that falls short of your vision. It feels mildly embarrassing at the time, but as...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 18-19 November 2023 Chocolate tasting, a wine festival, Winter Wonderland and more.
a year ago
diamond geezer
N15 N16 N17 walkabout Yesterday I took BestMate for a five mile walk across N16, N15 and N17 because he'd never explored...
a week ago
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a week ago
Yesterday I took BestMate for a five mile walk across N16, N15 and N17 because he'd never explored the Stamford Hill/Tottenham hinterland before. The route's not important, nor am I suggesting you do the same, merely pointing out that a good walk across the suburbs often throws...
Londonist
Things To Do In London On New Year's Eve 31 December events and parties in London.
a year ago
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Ways to Get Outside at Iberostar Hotels, Dominican Republic
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Holy Carrot, Notting Hill I don't know about you, but the concept of a 'vegetarian restaurant' brings to mind a certain set of...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
I don't know about you, but the concept of a 'vegetarian restaurant' brings to mind a certain set of expectations, not all of them good. I suppose it's because traditionally, vegetarian food has been, at best, just 'normal' restaurant food with the meat either taken out, or...
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9 Must-Visit Religious UNESCO Sites in Germany
9 months ago
Londonist
Christmas Shows In London 2023: Fantastically Festive Theatre, Dance And Comedy Including a return for Elf The Musical - and a debut for Christmas Actually.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
To know vs. to do The team at Basecamp recently did a six-week sprint to improve the product’s onboarding flow. They...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
The team at Basecamp recently did a six-week sprint to improve the product’s onboarding flow. They did a bunch of stuff and shipped it. The result was a 30% increase in conversion rate.  “What happened?!” you might ask them. “How? What’s the best practice?”  They don’t know. They...
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The 6 Best Things to Do in Geneva, Switzerland
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Good prose The lyrics from a good song will put your feelings into words better than you could have. That’s...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
The lyrics from a good song will put your feelings into words better than you could have. That’s really the songwriter’s only job. Similarly, the prose from a blog post, article, or book should put your feelings into words better than you could have as well. A good piece of prose...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 11-17 December 2023 Roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged January 31 unblogged things I did in January Wed 1: I spent New Year at home for a change watching the...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
31 unblogged things I did in January Wed 1: I spent New Year at home for a change watching the cheesy fireworks on TV. I can confirm that Big Ben bonged 15 seconds late on my television, such is digital delay, so millions of people celebrated the arrival of 2025 belatedly. Thu...
Londonist
Four Westminster Gas Street Lamps Get Protected Status Victory for campaigners preserving London's lambent heritage.
a year ago
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The Archives With 100 Kilometres Of Historic London Documents LMA is a dream for lovers of London.
11 months ago
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How Washington, D.C. is Leading the Way in Accessible Travel
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Pausing remains powerful My friend’s dad had a great saying: to “assume” makes an “ass” out of “u” and “me.” For example, if...
a month ago
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a month ago
My friend’s dad had a great saying: to “assume” makes an “ass” out of “u” and “me.” For example, if you misspoke to another person and they assume they know your intentions, you look like an ass to them because they think you are being mean—and they will have made an ass of...
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7 Reasons To Explore South Africa by Land and Water
a year ago
Londonist
You Can Take A Dip In This Rooftop Pool Overlooking Battersea Power Station art'otel announces series of aerobics classes.
a year ago
Londonist
Eid In Trafalgar Square: Muslim Celebrations Return This April End of Ramadan marked in style.
11 months ago
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More Tube Strikes For London This October Dispute over staff cuts and working conditions.
a year ago
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7 Lesser-Known Adventures to Explore in Greece
2 months ago
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WrapUp London: Donate Your Unused Coat To Someone Who Needs It This Winter A small gesture goes a long way 🙂
a year ago
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10 Best, Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Portugal
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Go Ice Skating In London For Christmas 2023 London's best festive ice rinks this year - including a couple of brand new ones!
a year ago
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London's Cosiest Hotels Because baby it's cold outside.
a year ago
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Rare Chelsea Books: Memories Of A Bookshop On The King's Road "We discouraged visitors from bringing in galettes, to prevent sticky fingers."
a year ago
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"Every Year We Do A Free Christmas Day Dinner At Our Wimbledon Pub, For People On Their Own" Almost 200 people come to the Alex on 25 Dec.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Trump's first month Attend inauguration, take Presidential oath, act as "a peacemaker and unifier", label Mexican...
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2 days ago
Attend inauguration, take Presidential oath, act as "a peacemaker and unifier", label Mexican cartels as terrorists, rename the Gulf of Mexico, rename Mt McKinley, pledge to an expanding nation, take back the Panama Canal, send astronauts to Mars, suspiciously-Nazi salute, sign...
Londonist
Where To Get Your Fill Of The Best Food And Drink In Islington Marvellous macarons, superb sushi... and Karen's Diner.
11 months ago
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9 Best U.S. National Parks for Stargazing
a year ago
Londonist
10 London Buildings Added To Heritage At Risk Register Historic England's annual list gains 10 more entries.
a year ago
Londonist
Fantastically Creative Themed Afternoon Teas In London Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and Shakespeare.
a year ago
Londonist
London's Going Snowdrop Crazy This Month - Here's Where To See Them The flower that's about to take over your Instagram feed.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
You vs. the package of you Personas are packages for people.  But of course, they’re not actually people. When you see someone...
a month ago
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a month ago
Personas are packages for people.  But of course, they’re not actually people. When you see someone with a crafted persona, you don’t actually know who that person actually is.  Sure—you know that they’re ambitious, chasing status, wealth, and power. You could say that they are...
Londonist
It Wasn't Fun Unwrapping Christmas Parcels At Mount Pleasant In 1927 "We are absolutely fed up with Christmas" complained staff.
a year ago
Londonist
The Golden Age Of Transatlantic Travel Hides In Plain Sight By Trafalgar Square Cockspur Street was a cornucopia of cruise line companies.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Greenwich Park Geotrail A Nice Walk: Greenwich Park Geotrail (3 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk,...
a week ago
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a week ago
A Nice Walk: Greenwich Park Geotrail (3 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, easily accessible, dry underfoot, intermittently up and down, World Heritage Site, spans both hemispheres, occasional telescopes, geology-focused,...
Londonist
Where To Eat Pancakes In London Our favourite pancake spots, any day of the year.
a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 18-24 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 14-20 August 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
"As Long As 13 London Buses": The Curious, Spurious Comparisons We Find In The Media What as tall as six Nelson's Columns?
11 months ago
Londonist
Walking With The Snowman: Free Art Trail Comes To Fleet Street This Christmas We're walking in the aaaiiiiiiir.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
The Daruma Leather Bag is the Perfect New Year Accessory Commonly associated with the new year, Daruma dolls are a type of wishing doll considered an...
a month ago
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a month ago
Commonly associated with the new year, Daruma dolls are a type of wishing doll considered an ornament but also a symbol of good fortune and the ultimate lucky charm. With its austere, rounded form, intense expression, and distinctive eyebrows, the Daruma doll was originally...
Herbert Lui
Rereading past work One of the best things about writing this blog is rereading the posts. Here are some I’ve found...
a month ago
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a month ago
One of the best things about writing this blog is rereading the posts. Here are some I’ve found myself reading again lately: On creative work: On going direct: The post Rereading past work appeared first on Herbert Lui.
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Top 6 Underrated Places to Visit in the BVI
4 months ago
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The Best Broadway Shows of All Time to See in NYC
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London In Half Term: October 2023 Family-friendly school holiday activities for all budgets.
a year ago
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London New Year's Day Parade 2024: A Guide Route, timings and where to watch the 1 January shindig.
a year ago
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Exploring Fort Myers: A Local's Guide
7 months ago
Londonist
Explore A Lost Victorian London In This Free Exhibition A London Disappeared at LMA.
12 months ago
Londonist
The Passion Of Jesus: Free Play Returns To Trafalgar Square On Good Friday 2024 Crowds of 20,000 expected to watch a cast of 100.
11 months ago
The Forney Flyer
Congratulations Hannah! Congratulations Hannah! We are so proud of you!
over a year ago
Londonist
The Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Drives Into London This Week Merry fizz-mas!
a year ago
Londonist
Tate Britain Reveals Grenfell-Inspired Staircase Chris Ofili's Requiem unveiled.
a year ago
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9 Great New Broadway Shows to See in NYC in 2023-2024
a year ago
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Where Was Game of Thrones Filmed? 11 Locations You Can Visit
a year ago
Londonist
Wish You Were (Still) Here: Piccadilly's Egyptian Hall London's most beautiful pastiche?
11 months ago
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The Best Places To Find Bluebells In And Near London This Spring You can walk your dog in some of these spots, too.
11 months ago
Londonist
Tiddles - The Fat Cat Of Paddington Station He even had his own fridge.
a year ago
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8 Amazon Prime Day Alternative Sales to Shop
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Counter, Tunbridge Wells As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the world that are somewhat better-represented on these pages than others. Obviously as I live in London, and it's the best food city on the planet, that's the main focus of this blog....
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How Many Flights Get Canceled On Average Each Day?
a year ago
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How-to Guide for Art Enthusiasts in Dallas
8 months ago
Londonist
The Killer 1962 Smog Of London And no, we don't mean 1952.
a year ago
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The Alpine Charms and Traditions of Bregenzerwald
a year ago
Londonist
Nostalgic For The Elephant And Castle Underpass? You Will Be After Watching This Maccabees Video The ending almost had us weeping...
a year ago
diamond geezer
O purple train O purple train (a poem on the occasion of the Elizabeth line's 1000th day) O purple train,...
a week ago
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a week ago
O purple train (a poem on the occasion of the Elizabeth line's 1000th day) O purple train, Boris's toadying tribute, No service between Paddington and Heathrow/Reading due to late finish of engineering works, London Underground will accept tickets, no service between...
Londonist
HMV Is Reopening Its Iconic Oxford Street Store... Again Music store returns for Christmas.
a year ago
One from Nippon
A peek into Japan's Convenience Stores Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a two-part article. All across Japan, one sight remains ubiquitous – the convenience store. A far, far cry from their American cousins, convenience stores in Japan are without...
Herbert Lui
A useful rule for relationships My friend James recently shared a simple, useful, perspective, “Assume that if you’re not the person...
a month ago
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a month ago
My friend James recently shared a simple, useful, perspective, “Assume that if you’re not the person reaching out to keep the relationship alive, it’ll die.” Useful for a variety of reasons: It puts you in the driver’s seat of your relationship. Don’t wait for a text from your...
Londonist
SWANA Clubs In London, And How They Give Me A Sense Of Cultural Identity Finding yourself in the rhythmic pulse of Arabian music.
a year ago
Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote And neighbouring Los Pocillos too.
a year ago
Londonist
Horizon 22: Visit The Tallest Free Viewing Gallery In Europe The City's tallest building lets you looking down on the Shard.
a year ago
Londonist
Dive Into This Free Exhibition About Billingsgate Fish Market Living the bream.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 9-15 October 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
Where (And When) To See Cherry Blossom In London The best spots for snapping sakura.
11 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London Between Christmas And New Year For when you can't take any more festive TV.
a year ago
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Vacation Ideas for Families with Neurodivergent Children
a year ago
Londonist
The Best London Pubs With Private Function Rooms To Hire Looking to party? We've got the pub for you.
a year ago
Londonist
One Of The First Victorians Born Was Called 'Hyde Park' Apparently.
a year ago
Londonist
The Biggest Exhibitions To See In London This Winter Over 30 excellent exhibitions to choose from
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Week In London: 6-12 November 2023 Diwali celebrations, new karting and curling venues, and the Lord Mayor's Show.
a year ago
One from Nippon
$450 for a School Bag?! Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families. Parents of kids...
a year ago
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a year ago
Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families. Parents of kids entering elementary school visit the grandparents and gingerly tread the topic of buying the kids a very expensive item: a randoseru. And gingerly they must tread. The randoseru, a...
Herbert Lui
Opportunistic vs. strategic If you’re doing things right, people will knock on your door with business opportunities. Every so...
3 days ago
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3 days ago
If you’re doing things right, people will knock on your door with business opportunities. Every so often, one of these opportunities will catch your attention. While you already have a strategy—a path you’d outlined to get where you wanted to go, and a list of things you decided...
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Reasons Why Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Are the Getaway Destinations
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Canary Wharf: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars And Pubs Scran among the 'scrapers.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 21-27 August 2023 EVERY brewery taproom, a view higher than the Shard, and NFL in London.
a year ago
Londonist
Non ULEZ Compliant Car? TfL Wants You To Give It To Ukraine Help Ukraine, the environment - and get paid!
11 months ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 18-24 September 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Londonist
Review: Blockbuster Disney Exhibition Digs Deep To Deliver The Magic Fans will love this centenary show.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 10-11 February 2024 Super Bowl Sunday, Chinese New Year, and half term happenings.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 8-14 January 2024 All our best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
A Fantastically Festive Walk Through London's Christmas Lights And Decorations A self-guided tour through lights, shop window displays, ice rinks and more.
a year ago
Londonist
9 Excellent Events Near London: January 2024 Dogs and beer - what more do you need?
a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 27 November-3 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Londonist
Even More Of London's Crappiest Benches When London's seats fail to bring their A game.
a year ago
Londonist
5 'New' Pubs Promised For City Of London By 2027 But are any actually new?
a year ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Hammersmith And City Line It's London's newest line; or second-oldest.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
A path to consistency An earlier blog post I wrote has been bouncing around my mind lately: consistency starts with...
a month ago
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a month ago
An earlier blog post I wrote has been bouncing around my mind lately: consistency starts with inconsistency. If the fear of commitment—or the avoidance of hard, consistent work—prevents you from getting started on something, the best solution is to find another way to see it....
Londonist
12 Marvellous Day Trips From London: September 2023 Charming events within easy reach of London.
a year ago
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17+ Crowd-Free Things to Do in Paris This Summer
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Serious writing In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject and discriminate, believing that the best artist was the one who made the most elegant choices. They analysed poems to show how difficult ‘real’ writing was, and they taught that I...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 2-3 December 2023 It's beginning to look a lot like Chr...
a year ago
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Why You Should Visit Germany’s Ore Mountains
9 months ago
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The Lost Trees Of London The biggest and best trees that are no more.
a year ago
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Why Vacation to Corpus Christi, TX in the Fall
7 months ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 15-21 January 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Londonist
Greenwich's Old Town Hall To Become Flats And Viewing Gallery Art deco landmark gets green light for regeneration.
11 months ago
Londonist
9 Things To Do In London To Brighten Up The Dark Nights It's not all doom and gloom.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Tuétano Taqueria, San Diego On the shortest day of the year, in the middle of the gloomiest and wettest of England's gloom and...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
On the shortest day of the year, in the middle of the gloomiest and wettest of England's gloom and wet, I thought it might be fun to review a taco shop in southern California, because it's days like this you need to remind yourself that there are places in the world where the sun...
Londonist
What's Open In London On Christmas Day 2023? Cafes, pubs and tourist attractions open on 25 December.
a year ago
Londonist
Dozens Of Well-Dressed Dandies Saunter Through Central London In May What Londoner doesn't like a good flan?
10 months ago
Londonist
How (And Why) To Get Tickets To The London Railway Station You've Never Heard Of London International (CIV).
a year ago
Londonist
Photos Of The London Tube In The 1940s And Ukraine's Metros In The 2020s Echoes of the Blitz comes to LTM.
11 months ago
Londonist
At The Smithfield Memorial To Scottish Hero William Wallace Still receiving flowers over 700 years on.
a year ago
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Fort Myers: Your Gateway to Unforgettable Outdoor Adventures
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6 of The Best Dude Ranches to Visit in Arizona
a year ago
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Doctor Who TARDIS And Sculpture Appear On South Bank See David Tennant regenerate into Ncuti Gutwa... and back again.
a year ago
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Ways to Experience Minnesota's Scandinavian Heritage
9 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 11-12 November 2023 The Lord Mayor's Show, music festivals, Diwali celebrations and more.
a year ago