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Discover the Best Fall Getaways: 3 American Cities You Must Visit
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Good Enough There are enough people who don’t like how software has evolved, don’t need all of the bells and...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
There are enough people who don’t like how software has evolved, don’t need all of the bells and whistles (and don’t want to pay for it), and remember how much simpler software used to be. It’s how I feel about the music app, Doppler. I don’t know the team at Good Enough, but it...
Londonist
Photos Of The London Tube In The 1940s And Ukraine's Metros In The 2020s Echoes of the Blitz comes to LTM.
a year ago
Londonist
The Best Music Festivals In London 2024 Party in a field without leaving the capital.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Stratford Eats in E20.
a year ago
Londonist
Free Things To Do In London At Christmas Budget-friendly Christmas events in the capital.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Limitations of causal reasoning A few days ago, I wrote about causal and effectual reasoning. You’ll be familiar with these two...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
A few days ago, I wrote about causal and effectual reasoning. You’ll be familiar with these two paths—but having words to describe them really helps.  “When you think with causal reasoning, you focus on what you want to do—the desired end goal, or the destination—and then work...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 21-22 October 2023 Exhibitions, tours, live music, and half term fun.
a year ago
diamond geezer
A wedding is a long time in the making A wedding is a long time in the making. A decade in the making, all the way back to the winter of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
A wedding is a long time in the making. A decade in the making, all the way back to the winter of 2015 when the bride and groom first met. Their academic studies had taken them to the same corner of the country but not to the same city, in one case a last minute decision when...
diamond geezer
Ferry Square 45 45 Squared 22) FERRY SQUARE, TW8 Borough of Hounslow, 40m×20m square's in old Brentford, inasmuch...
a month ago
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a month ago
45 45 Squared 22) FERRY SQUARE, TW8 Borough of Hounslow, 40m×20m square's in old Brentford, inasmuch as old Brentford still exists, although all its buildings have somehow survived the recent cleansing of the riverside. The ferry in question was a horse ferry to Kew, an important...
Londonist
Support Great Ormond Street Hospital - By Climbing The Walkie Talkie! Up for a challenge?
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Weekend Guide to Skiing and Dining in Park City, Utah
7 months ago
diamond geezer
Accursed passports Yesterday was the accursed day when I renewed my passport. Accursed because it's not expired but I...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Yesterday was the accursed day when I renewed my passport. Accursed because it's not expired but I can't use it. It used to be the case that they gave you a couple of extra months so my current passport officially still has five weeks to go. I remember thinking when I got it...
Spoon & Tamago
RIP Kimiko Nishimoto: Japan’s Most-Creative Obachan We were saddened to learn that Kimiko Nishimoto, known for absurdist self-portraits, passed away on...
a month ago
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a month ago
We were saddened to learn that Kimiko Nishimoto, known for absurdist self-portraits, passed away on June 9, 2025. She was 97. Nishimoto’s creative journey began, unexpectedly, at the age of 72 when she decided to take a photography class. She immediately fell in love with the...
Londonist
Epping Ongar Lights Express - The Fairy Light-Covered Christmas Steam Train Ride Is Back! Most festive train EVER.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
The privilege and point of writing  Last weekend, my good friend showed me how I could train an LLM to write blog posts just like me....
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Last weekend, my good friend showed me how I could train an LLM to write blog posts just like me. The LLM generously assessed my voice and tone (which made me feel understood!), and then spat out a blog post that could’ve been a first draft for me. While I felt curious about it,...
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #14 The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout, which were supposed to have finished by now, have not...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout, which were supposed to have finished by now, have not finished. We had high hopes because the yellow signs on the approach to the junction used to say 'Improvement Works Bow Road Roundabout 30 Sep - 04 Feb', but with a few days to go...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 30 October-5 November 2023 The best articles from Londonist over the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 13-19 November 2023 The very best of Londonist from the past week.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Filing cabinets 25 years ago today I bought a filing cabinet. It might be useful, I thought, plus I do have a lot of...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
25 years ago today I bought a filing cabinet. It might be useful, I thought, plus I do have a lot of paper and official documents so it'd be much better to file them away. To be more accurate my parents bought the filing cabinet for me, which was very kind of them, and I treated...
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In The Foodie Heaven That Is Brick Lane Kimchi, ribs, clams - or just pork scratchings and a pint.
a year ago
Londonist
Croydon Plans Spectacular Mic Drop For Borough Of Culture Closing Weekend Light shows, punk marble runs and the world's smallest nightclub.
a year ago
diamond geezer
33 facts you never knew about London's boroughs 33 facts you never knew about London's boroughs Barking and Dagenham: Barking and Dagenham has the...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
33 facts you never knew about London's boroughs Barking and Dagenham: Barking and Dagenham has the highest proportion of overweight 11 year-olds in London [data] Barnet: Barnet has 60 miles of 'A' Roads, more than any other London borough [data] Bexley: 1.6% of Bexley residents...
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.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Jurassic Coast 3 Jurassic Coast (part 3) Hive Beach (50.70°N, 2.72°W) Hive Beach just down the coast is much...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Jurassic Coast (part 3) Hive Beach (50.70°N, 2.72°W) Hive Beach just down the coast is much quieter. It's accessed down the beach road from Burton Bradstock, another picture postcard Dorset village, where a National Trust car park nestles in the sandy gap between two sets of...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Your Next Caribbean Vacation to The Cayman Islands
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Your own project You should always have at least one project, or a performance, that you can complete with no...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
You should always have at least one project, or a performance, that you can complete with no meetings, no bosses, and no external accountability. Just you doing something for yourself, where you don’t need to explain yourself at all, or need to make money doing. If it resonates...
Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Dublin 48 hours of pubs, literature and galleries.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Here's Your 7-Day Escape to the British Virgin Islands
a year ago
Londonist
In Pictures: Notting Hill Carnival 2023 Relive the magic, or see what you missed out on.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
The Machu Picchu of Japan—and Other Sites that Compare Themselves to World-Famous Destinations See the World Without Ever Leaving Japan There are several remote corners of Japan that have been...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
See the World Without Ever Leaving Japan There are several remote corners of Japan that have been comparing themselves to world-famous tourist destinations. Whether it’s out of pride, a bid to attract tourists, or just a good sense of humor, their reasons vary. But that’s not to...
Herbert Lui
AI and living tutorials A couple of years ago, I published a post on how I thought AI would disrupt writing, editing, and...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
A couple of years ago, I published a post on how I thought AI would disrupt writing, editing, and marketing. I wrote, “The notion that people won’t get replaced with A.I., but people who work with A.I., rings true in each of these fields.” One reason this happens is because AI...
AFAR Media - Travel...
In-Depth Review of the Dorchester in London
over a year ago
Londonist
More Train Strikes Announced For January-February 2024 Members of the ASLEF union are striking, with several train companies affected.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Dorset and Devonshire Sorry, couldn't resist. 45 45 Squared 17) DORSET SQUARE, NW1 Borough of Westminster,...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Sorry, couldn't resist. 45 45 Squared 17) DORSET SQUARE, NW1 Borough of Westminster, 100m×60m Dorset Square is the greenspace you pass if you walk the backroads between Marylebone and Baker Street stations. It's rectangular, Georgian, semi-private and generally unsung, yet...
Londonist
Putney Gets New Embankment And Boat Race Marker First of seven riverside improvements from the supersewer.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
El Molí de l’Escala, L'Escala I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting this part of the world. The first couple of visits were pre-blog and pre-camera phone and I don't remember much about it other than being sat in those same ancient vaulted rooms...
diamond geezer
One photo from each day last week One photo from each day last week Sunday 1st June - Carshalton Beeches This is a bakery in...
a month ago
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a month ago
One photo from each day last week Sunday 1st June - Carshalton Beeches This is a bakery in Beeches Avenue, Carshalton Beeches, called The Bakery. It looks old and if you were trying to guess how old it is you might well use the 0181 phone number to date it somewhere between...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Aspen Uncovered: How to Explore the City Like a True Local
a year ago
Londonist
Plunge Into An Icy Brockwell Lido For Charity This Christmas The Icebreaker challenge is back.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 16-22 October 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
Grown-Up Events To Take Your Baby To In London Baby-friendly events, designed with adults in mind.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Local news I've battled the pop-ups to bring you this list of important stories from local news websites,...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I've battled the pop-ups to bring you this list of important stories from local news websites, county by county. Bedfordshire: "Idiotic" driver crashes after showing off during car meet Berkshire: Independent pasta restaurant changes its name after one year Bristol: 'Bonkers'...
Londonist
Lord Mayor's Show 2023: When And Where Is It, And What's Happening? Spend the day marking an ancient London tradition dating back to 1215.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
An Architecture Lover’s Dream Tour Through Germany’s UNESCO Sites and Beyond
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Exciting New Electric Camper Vans
over a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Visit the Stunning Echigo Yakuso Distillery Where Award-Winning Gin is Produced all photographs by Koji Fujii(TOREAL) courtesy EA Research and Design Office Located in tranquil...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
all photographs by Koji Fujii(TOREAL) courtesy EA Research and Design Office Located in tranquil Joetsu City, Echigo Yakuso is a health food company that has been researching medicinal herbs and fermented foods for over 40 years. During their production process of products, which...
diamond geezer
45 Squared map 45 45 Squared (this because 2025 = 45², remember) ...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
45 45 Squared (this because 2025 = 45², remember) Harrow  BarnetEnfield MarketHaringey MarwoodW ForestRedbridge ShakespeareHavering Balgores Hillingdon The SquareEaling HallidayBrentCamden CentralIslington NorthamptonHackneyBark&Dag Osborne Hounslow FerryH'smith &FK&...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Travel by Sea With Luxury, Sustainability, and Adventure
10 months ago
Londonist
Part Of The Piccadilly Line Is Closing For 5 Days This Month Heathrow will be off the cards.
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Heading North, Way Back When... As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from University and flight school, we briefly moved to Oregon as we prepared for future, cross-cultural work/ministry. That fall I had the opportunity to go on a short vision trip to a...
AFAR Media - Travel...
What are Cenotes and Where to Find Them in Mexico
over a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 1-7 April 2024 Our top stories from the last seven days.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Blind Bull, Little Hucklow A large menu is rarely a good sign, and I have to admit a part of my heart sank when I sat down at...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
A large menu is rarely a good sign, and I have to admit a part of my heart sank when I sat down at the Blind Bull and counted 12 items in the starters section, 6 mains, 3 sides and 5 desserts (even if I'm being kind and counting all the ice creams as one) - fully 26 dishes...
diamond geezer
Nowhere Easter This is the Easternmost station in London, which is Upminster. Crazy Beat Records, the Easternmost...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
This is the Easternmost station in London, which is Upminster. Crazy Beat Records, the Easternmost Iceland and the Easternmost library. If you're looking for vinyl, frozen party food or a classic hardback, there's nowhere Easter. Cranham. 2020 when McColls sold up and the...
diamond geezer
Route 414 RIP London's next dead bus 414: Putney Bridge to Marble Arch Location: southwest London, inner Length of...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
London's next dead bus 414: Putney Bridge to Marble Arch Location: southwest London, inner Length of journey: 5 miles, 35 minutes 347 and 118 have already been extinguished and at the end of this week it's time for the 414 to join them at the big terminus in the sky. It does...
Herbert Lui
How do you decide what’s worth reading? Travel brings about a great opportunity: to visit local bookstores. On a trip to Hong Kong, Tokyo,...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Travel brings about a great opportunity: to visit local bookstores. On a trip to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai, my family and I had the privilege of visiting these bookstores: Daikanyama T-Site (my favorite in the world and default recommendation to anyone visiting Tokyo), Ginza...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Visit Corpus Christi, TX for Beaches and Outdoor Adventure
a year ago
Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Gibraltar The best things to see and do on 'the Rock'.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 25 September-1 October 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Northern Line London's first deep-level tube.
a year ago
Londonist
Why You Should Go To... Hastings: Things To Do In The East Sussex Town According to someone who grew up there.
6 days ago
Londonist
See Three New Morphing Sculptures By Nick Hornby Trio of incredible shape-changing sculptures hit town.
a year ago
Londonist
A (Free) Newsletter For Everybody Excited About The London Art World It's going to be a masterpiece.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Don’t worry about getting chosen There are plenty of good people making good work who don’t get selected for the lists—30 Under 30,...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
There are plenty of good people making good work who don’t get selected for the lists—30 Under 30, bestseller list, honor roll, etc. That doesn’t take anything away from their work. It certainly doesn’t diminish them in any way.  Similarly, making the list doesn’t guarantee...
diamond geezer
Balgores Square 45 45 Squared 11) BALGORES SQUARE, RM2 Borough of Havering, 110m×30m Romford Garden Suburb was the...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
45 45 Squared 11) BALGORES SQUARE, RM2 Borough of Havering, 110m×30m Romford Garden Suburb was the brainchild of Liberal politician Herbert Raphael who in 1909 offered up his estate at Gidea Hall "to provide families with a well-built, modern home regardless of class or status"....
diamond geezer
TfL website Status page The TfL website last underwent a thorough design upgrade in 2014 and hasn't changed much since,...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The TfL website last underwent a thorough design upgrade in 2014 and hasn't changed much since, template-wise. But times move on, not least the increased necessity for accessible responsive design, so a change is arguably long overdue. And here we go... I think it's just the...
diamond geezer
Sadler's Wells East The cultural line-up on the East Bank continues to expand. UAL opened their College of Fashion...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
The cultural line-up on the East Bank continues to expand. UAL opened their College of Fashion in September 2023, bringing uniquely-dressed students to the flanks of the Olympic Park in great numbers. Now this week Sadler's Wells East has opened its doors, a brand new...
Londonist
The Superloop Loop Completes This Weekend - With The Launch Of SL2 (But yes, we know there's a gap in the loop.)
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...
7 months ago
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7 months 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...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 30 October-5 November 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why Asheville’s French Broad River is a Must-Visit
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Ultimate Guide for Solo Travelers: Exploring This Beach Destination
a year ago
Londonist
Brentford's Enchanting Musical Museum Is Under Threat - And You Can Help Save It Uniquely quirky museum could close later this year.
a year ago
Londonist
Festive Shows, Winter Cocktails, And Gifts Galore At The Barbican So much seasonal cheer to unwrap.
a year ago
Londonist
10 Things You Learn From Living In The Tower Of London William the Conqueror did NOT build those walls with a strong internet connection in mind.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Just do the real thing (again) If you want to get good at something, just start by doing it. Today.  Sam Altman writes an important...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
If you want to get good at something, just start by doing it. Today.  Sam Altman writes an important reminder on this: don’t outsmart yourself and spend precious time and energy working on fake prerequisites. Here’s an example, from my life, that I write about in Creative Doing:...
Londonist
Sip Your Way Around The World At This Huge Wine Festival The Laithwaites Wine Festival returns this autumn.
a week ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why You Should Visit Germany’s Ore Mountains
a year ago
Londonist
This North American City Is Basically A Big Old Copy-And-Paste Of London Copy our homework much, folks?
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Highlights of New York Winter Jazzfest, January, 2025
7 months ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged June 30 unblogged things I did in June Sun 1: My Dad hasn't had any answerphone messages for three weeks...
a month ago
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a month ago
30 unblogged things I did in June Sun 1: My Dad hasn't had any answerphone messages for three weeks since BT switched him to Digital Voice, the internet-based phone connection. We tried to work out why this might be, and were surprised/shocked to discover that as part of the...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do In London This Week: 4-10 August 2025 Things to do for a fiver or less.
2 days ago
Londonist
An A-Z Of The London Underground X was tricky but we think we sorted it.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged July 31 unblogged things I did in July Tue 1: Thanks for your 57 comments on Unblogged June, even if...
5 days ago
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5 days ago
31 unblogged things I did in July Tue 1: Thanks for your 57 comments on Unblogged June, even if they were predominantly about smoke alarms. I have now sorted the issue, thanks (and the replacement will itself need to be replaced in ten years' time). Wed 2: In surprising news, as...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why Richmond Has The Best Art and Music Scene
9 months ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of Tower Bridge The history behind London's iconic bridge
a year ago
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #13 The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, now more obviously because the hi-vis workforce...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, now more obviously because the hi-vis workforce have shifted their focus from 'under the flyover' to 'the perimeter of the roundabout'. Their task has been to slightly reshape the roundabout to better accommodate the influx of...
Spoon & Tamago
Marie Asaba Captures Expressions in Gentle Illustrations In her latest exhibition ‘FACE’ the illustrator points her gaze to the facial expressions of people,...
a month ago
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a month ago
In her latest exhibition ‘FACE’ the illustrator points her gaze to the facial expressions of people, pets and even food Marie Asaba is a Yokohama-based illustrator who depicts children, animals and plants using delicate expressions and bold compositions. Raised in lush Toyama,...
Londonist
The West End's Atmospheric Alleys: A Self-Guided Tour 10 of London's most characterful alleys.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Birthday round-up A selection of thoughts from Sunday 1) I only received 5 birthday cards this year, most of them...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
A selection of thoughts from Sunday 1) I only received 5 birthday cards this year, most of them from people who remember me being born in 1965 (dgD, dGA3, dgDBM). Pictured are some of the 43 cards I received when I was born, all of a very 1960s aesthetic. Number of birthday...
The Forney Flyer
And Here We Go Trying Yet Again... There are so many good reasons/excuses I could give you as to why I did just one blog post last...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are so many good reasons/excuses I could give you as to why I did just one blog post last June, with indications that I would start consistently blogging again, and then I disappeared... again. I could tell you that life has been super crazy busy, and that by...
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...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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
When A Tube Train Full Of Passengers Was Abandoned In The Tunnel The stuff of nightmares.
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...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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
Buy A Toy For One Of The 5,000 Poorest London Kids In London This Christmas Winter Toy Appeal back for 10th year.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Memory, reliability, trust, and confidence People need time to learn. You and I are constantly in the role of a teacher, and in the role of a...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
People need time to learn. You and I are constantly in the role of a teacher, and in the role of a student. A teacher might go over a set of facts, an example, or a standard operating process once. That isn’t enough. Knowledge transfer happens over time, with application and...
Londonist
The Dreamlike Tower Bridge From Poor Things Was Almost Real Yorgos Lanthimos revives Horace Jones' original design.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
BIPOC Guide to Asheville's Outdoors
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The 11 Best Airbnbs for Stargazing
over a year ago
diamond geezer
Transport News July 2025 What's new this week in the world of London transport? Cutting the DLR timetable walk-through...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
What's new this week in the world of London transport? Cutting the DLR timetable walk-through train arrived for testing in January 2023 and should have entered public service in April 2024, yet somehow still hasn't. The latest official estimate for the first new train in public...
Londonist
Fears Over Redevelopment Of Surbiton Station Public consultation now open.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Kamon Reinvented: Food-Inspired Family Crests by So Terada Japanese family crests, or kamon, are visual symbols that have represented family lineage and...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Japanese family crests, or kamon, are visual symbols that have represented family lineage and identity sometimes for centuries. While they are often associated with tradition and cultural heritage, their meanings, usage, and significance can vary widely. Some kamon hold profound...
AFAR Media - Travel...
How These Black Artists Shaped Charleston’s Culture
over a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Kuroneko Delivers More Than Just Packages at Expo 2025 If you’re heading to the Osaka Expo, you need to stop by Kuroneko Yamato’s booth. Trust us. And...
a month ago
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a month ago
If you’re heading to the Osaka Expo, you need to stop by Kuroneko Yamato’s booth. Trust us. And while they do offer baggage storage and shipping, that’s not why you want to go. Running for the duration of the Expo (through October 13), the “Dreaming World of Kuroneko” has an...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Enjoy an Intimate Cruise for Seamless Peak Seasonal Travel
2 months ago
diamond geezer
V&A East Storehouse This is Blythe House, a monumental Edwardian office block round the back of the Olympia exhibition...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
This is Blythe House, a monumental Edwardian office block round the back of the Olympia exhibition centre. Swindon, the British Museum are off to Reading and the V&A shifted their repository to the Olympic Park... opening yesterday. New in E20: V&A East Storehouse Location:...
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Local Baker’s Top Picks to Maine’s Best Winter Adventures
11 months ago
Herbert Lui
A place for feelings that interfere “Did you ever tap into something that you feel is bad in you to win?” That’s a question Donald...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
“Did you ever tap into something that you feel is bad in you to win?” That’s a question Donald Glover asks in this interview, before confessing that he made one of his most popular songs because he felt a drive to prove somebody wrong. In response, LeBron James says that he not...
Londonist
Punchdrunk: Immersive Doyens Return In 2024 With "Moonlit Fever Dream" Tickets for Viola's Room on sale this week.
a year ago
Londonist
Ayyy! The Fonz Is Coming To London In June Happy days.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Extremities I've been testing the extremities of my new 60+ Oyster card. The most northerly station you can...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
I've been testing the extremities of my new 60+ Oyster card. The most northerly station you can reach with a 60+ Oyster card: CHESHAM market town is a small delight, as I well know because I've been many times but I can go more often now. The joy starts as you rattle off down...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 18-19 November 2023 Chocolate tasting, a wine festival, Winter Wonderland and more.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
What To Do and Visit in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The 15 Best Hotels in Los Angeles to Book Right Now
over a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London In The Summer Holidays 2025 Family-friendly shows, exhibitions and events for all ages.
3 weeks ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Embark on Epic Adventures in the British Virgin Islands
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Northern Scenery, Way Back When... Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we enjoyed in the boreal forests of the far north. Obviously most of these photos feature frigid beauty. That's because it was cold and snowy/icy much of the year. Also, there were...
Londonist
Quobna Ottobah Cugoano: 18th Century Abolitionist Celebrated In Permanent Artworks Che Lovelace canvasses bring Trinidadian colour to St James's Piccadilly.
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While I've been preoccupied on the south coast, London has continued unabated. Monday 5th May Red Arrows didn't arrive until 2pm. Tuesday 6th May ceramic poppies are back at the Tower of London to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. However this time there are only...
diamond geezer
Chatty Cabins Over the years I've blogged about numerous contrived campaigns to encourage usage of the Dangleway,...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Over the years I've blogged about numerous contrived campaigns to encourage usage of the Dangleway, including the Valentine's Experience, The Snowman and the Snowdog, Sky High Dining, the Lady Penelope Afternoon Tea, the Teddy Workshop and the Spooky Scavenger Hunt. Now it's...
Londonist
Things To Do This Easter Weekend In London: 29 March-1 April 2024 Our bumper events guide for the long weekend.
a year ago
Londonist
Just 18 Pictures Of Modernist Tube Stations Looking Dreamy They don't make 'em like they used to.
a year ago
Londonist
That Time Someone Rode A Lambretta Down The Thames Spoiler alert: it later sank.
a year ago
Londonist
Shoreditch Has A New Secret Garden... On A Viaduct Get eye-level with Village Underground's tube trains.
a year ago
Londonist
Leadenhall Market Is Wrapped In Giant Purple Tentacles Again And other Halloweeny fun to be had, too.
a year ago
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Shop the Best Artisan Goods in China, Colombia, and Spain
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Roding Valley If you want to use the least used tube station, from today you're semi-buggered. You probably...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
If you want to use the least used tube station, from today you're semi-buggered. You probably don't, it is the least used tube station after all, but the Londoners who live nearby are being inconvenienced even more than normal. RODING VALLEY STATION: From Tuesday 6 May until...
Londonist
Tate Modern To Open Late Every Friday And Saturday From September Stay up to three hours after normal closing time.
a week ago
Herbert Lui
This is the perfect time Image by Austin Chan If you’re reading this, you’re thinking, “I’m too late,” or “Other people are...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Image by Austin Chan If you’re reading this, you’re thinking, “I’m too late,” or “Other people are so much better at this than me,” or, “Why bother?”  You’re probably feeling defeated, depressed, and a special kind of self-loathing that comes with awareness. You know that you...
Herbert Lui
Discovering the work that needs to be made I’m finally making good progress on the second draft of my next book. It feels good enough to...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
I’m finally making good progress on the second draft of my next book. It feels good enough to actually discuss—and much less fragile than the first draft. To be precise, it actually feels more like the first draft of the book that it was actually meant to be. “Every block of...
Spoon & Tamago
In a New Pop-Up Exhibition, Erica Ward Presents Tokyo as a Living, Breathing Organism all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and watercolor artist who has called Tokyo her home for over 10 years. Inspired by Japanese designs and imagery, as well as the ever-changing landscape of Tokyo, Ward reinterprets everyday...
diamond geezer
Mortgramit Square 45 45 Squared 4) MORTGRAMIT SQUARE, SE18 Borough of Greenwich, 130m Though much of central...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
45 45 Squared 4) MORTGRAMIT SQUARE, SE18 Borough of Greenwich, 130m Though much of central Woolwich has been redeveloped, a lot of the west end of the town centre remains relatively unloved. The far end of Powis Street is particularly desolate, including an outdoor car park, a...
Londonist
Pedlar's Acre: The Mysterious Bit Of South Bank Where The London Eye Now Stands Who was the Pedlar of Lambeth?
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Why Ted Lasso gets away with not knowing anything about football Imagine that you’re an American football coach that is now only going to coach European football...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Imagine that you’re an American football coach that is now only going to coach European football (better known in the U.S.A. as soccer). And you know absolutely nothing about the sport. So on the pitch of 22 players, the kitman, the assistant coach, you know the least about the...
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How to Explore Innsbruck, the Capital of the Alps
a year ago
Londonist
What's The Commonest Baby Name In London? 2024 Stats Announced Find out the commonest names in your borough.
6 hours ago
Londonist
Greenwich Planetarium To Close For More Than Two Years The Royal Observatory begins its major upgrade.
2 days ago
diamond geezer
London's dialling codes 020 is the dialling code for London. This is Wikipedia's map of the 020 dialling code area. It...
a week ago
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a week ago
020 is the dialling code for London. This is Wikipedia's map of the 020 dialling code area. It forms an approximate circle spreading 20 miles from the centre of London. But London is not circular. Places outside London with an 020 dialling code telephone exchanges outside...
Londonist
15 Pictures Of London's Beautiful Shopfronts From floating Chinese restaurants to everyone's favourite foliage-smothered boozer.
a year 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...
8 months ago
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8 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...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 18-24 March 2024 Our best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
Tiddles - The Fat Cat Of Paddington Station He even had his own fridge.
a year ago
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A Travel Itinerary Exploring the Roman Empire in Germany
a year ago
Londonist
These Are The London Boroughs With The Most Public CCTV Cameras And they're not the ones you might think.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Hangry Hangry is an emotional state of being hungry and feeling angry. If I don’t eat, I get hangry. The...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Hangry is an emotional state of being hungry and feeling angry. If I don’t eat, I get hangry. The longer I go, the hangrier I get. When I travelled with my friends, they would crack jokes as they reminded me to pack a snack bar.  I used to get really upset with myself for feeling...
Londonist
55+ Summery Things To Do In London This Month: August 2025 Carnival! Afternoon Tea Week! A lovely long bank holiday weekend!
a week ago
diamond geezer
O purple train O purple train (a poem on the occasion of the Elizabeth line's 1000th day) O purple train,...
5 months ago
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5 months 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...
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A Guide to D.C. for Music Lovers by Local Musician Neffy
a year ago
Londonist
Mayor Of London Opposes Latest Heathrow Third Runway Plans Cites "severe impact it will have in terms of noise, air pollution."
5 days ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged February 28 unblogged things I did in February Sat 1: London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946–1981 is...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
28 unblogged things I did in February Sat 1: London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946–1981 is an absolutely gorgeous book, assuming you like full-colour photos of postwar flats from over 250 estates across London. I don't know how Thaddeus has managed to collect so many...
Londonist
A Map Of London Nicknames: From The Gherkin To The Silicon Roundabout What would you add to the map?
a year ago
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The Best Beachfront Suites in the Caribbean
2 months ago
The Forney Flyer
Random Shots from the Phone This post features a few random shots from the iPhone. Some are from my very old iPhone 5s, that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This post features a few random shots from the iPhone. Some are from my very old iPhone 5s, that recently died. And some are from the refurbished iPhone 8 that replaced it. As a photographer, I don't buy into the concept that phone cameras will ever totally replace 'real'...
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5 Great Travel Tours for Music-Lovers
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Way Back When Our flying has been quite slow lately because of the Covid-19 situation. I have, however, recently...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Our flying has been quite slow lately because of the Covid-19 situation. I have, however, recently done several maintenance and test flights from our home airstrip, which as you can see, is about half underwater from the high levels of Lake Victoria. In fact, this is better than...
diamond geezer
Dover to Deal Dover to Deal (10 miles) Dover is a town most people pass through, a swirl of traffic converging...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Dover to Deal (10 miles) Dover is a town most people pass through, a swirl of traffic converging on a mighty seaport, but also a historic town in its own right primed for national defence. I was merely passing through, launching off through the more ordinary side of town where...
Londonist
Expect To Hear Lots More Buskers In Tube Stations Over The Next 2 Weeks It's the X Factor of the London Underground.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Keep You Busy For LGBT+ History Month 2024 In London Museums, guided walks, cabaret and kids events.
a year ago
Londonist
Get Free Entry To The London Dungeon This Monday To cheer you up on 'Blue Monday'.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 21-27 July 2025 The best articles from the past week.
a week ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 21-27 August 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
diamond geezer
More transport news July 2025 What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success...
a week ago
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a week ago
What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success unless it isn't detailed data reports on how the Silvertown Tunnel's doing every three months and the first report is just out. Here are ten things I noticed. » Since the...
Londonist
An Entire Barbra Streisand Season Is Coming To North London A star is celebrated.
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Making the Most of Being Stuck I'm taking a quick break from the series I was doing about our past, to update you on what's going...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I'm taking a quick break from the series I was doing about our past, to update you on what's going on here right now.  I mentioned a while back that I would update you regarding our summer plans when we knew more. Well, the uncertainty has persisted throughout the summer, so I...
Herbert Lui
Clocks Centuries ago, clocks were advanced technology. To the members of the Qing dynasty that ruled China...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Centuries ago, clocks were advanced technology. To the members of the Qing dynasty that ruled China from the Forbidden City in Beijing, clocks did more than just tell time and help them organize their day. These very rare, well-decorated, ornate, devices represented status and...
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Explore Sonoma’s French-Style Wineries and Eats
3 months ago
Londonist
Brewery Taprooms In London: A List Of Every Single One Of 'Em Have we got brews for you.
a year ago
diamond geezer
25 dull lists 25 dull lists One stop short of Barking: Upney, East Ham, West Ham, Upminster, Woodgrange Park,...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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,...