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5 Exciting New Electric Camper Vans
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Manifest, Liverpool Some restaurants just make it all look so easy. From the moment you walk into the room to the moment...
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a year ago
Some restaurants just make it all look so easy. From the moment you walk into the room to the moment you pay up and leave, everything about the experience at Manifest is just so effortlessly polished, professional and enjoyable, and pitched at such reasonable prices, that it's...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Fat Crab, Clapham One of the best things about being a food blogger in London, and especially as one that has been...
a year ago
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a year ago
One of the best things about being a food blogger in London, and especially as one that has been going as bloody long as I have, is that you generally get to see each of the great global cuisines, or at least global restaurant styles, tackled increasingly successfully. There's...
diamond geezer
Gridmaps London in 1       Charing Cross       London in 2     Westminster    City London in...
a year ago
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a year ago
London in 1       Charing Cross       London in 2     Westminster    City London in 3   Westfield  Oxford StreetWestfield London in 4 Harefield    Harold Hill       HeathrowOrpington London in 6   M1  A10A12   M4  A3A2 London in...
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #4 Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday. So how's that...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday. So how's that going? Monday 30th September Tuesday 1st October I popped up to Old Ford to see what's happened with route 8 terminating one stop early. A temporary stand has been created...
diamond geezer
Stratford & Bow All the candidates for the upcoming General Election are now in place, so I thought I'd have a look...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
All the candidates for the upcoming General Election are now in place, so I thought I'd have a look to see who mine are. approximately equal electorates, which is terrible news for Wales (which is losing eight MPs) and good news for London (which is gaining two). Tower Hamlets...
Londonist
The Best London Pubs With Private Function Rooms To Hire Looking to party? We've got the pub for you.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
The Playable Poetry of Zeni Tainaka The Day I Couldn’t Write a Poem is a short, playable game in which the reader moves a character...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
The Day I Couldn’t Write a Poem is a short, playable game in which the reader moves a character through text, interacting with obstacles and making your way through a narrative. It’s the work of Zennyan (Zeni Tainaka), a Japanese pixel artist who has been experimenting with...
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What to Do if Your Flight Was Canceled or Delayed
a year ago
Londonist
A Bonkers Alt Tube Map Feat. Clockwork Trains And A Sedan Chair Replacement Service Zones 8 to 9 are WILD.
a year ago
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Getaway to the Best of Palm Springs' Outdoors
a month ago
Spoon & Tamago
An Ethereal Bubble Emerges from a Japanese Townhouse in New Art Installation by MAD Architects photos by Osamu Nakamura In Niigata prefecture’s Murono Village, a surreal scene has unfolded…or...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
photos by Osamu Nakamura In Niigata prefecture’s Murono Village, a surreal scene has unfolded…or should I say, inflated? From the rear of an abandoned townhouse a colossal, semi-transparent bubble has emerged, immediately transforming the quiet village into what could easily be...
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Hammersmith And City Line It's London's newest line; or second-oldest.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
The disappearing Status updates map The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. Status...
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The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. Status updates page on the TfL website where for the last ten years you've been able to see a map of disruptions to the network. The map was removed three weeks ago when the big...
Londonist
Regent's Park Is Getting A New Garden Dedicated To The Late Queen Two-acre space will open in 2026.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
DIY blogpost For one day only I'm offering you the opportunity to write today's post. Ten or so paragraphs of...
a year ago
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a year ago
For one day only I'm offering you the opportunity to write today's post. Ten or so paragraphs of factual musings, hopefully entertaining and illuminating, for the wider readership to enjoy. I'll pick the topic, you provide the words. Don't worry, I'm not expecting you to write...
diamond geezer
The Bridge To Somewhere In the middle of Burgess Park is an old and seemingly pointless bridge. It's red, it crosses nothing...
a year ago
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a year ago
In the middle of Burgess Park is an old and seemingly pointless bridge. It's red, it crosses nothing worse than a footpath and you can walk/scoot/cycle past at ground level alongside its entire length. It need not be here and yet it is, and what's more it's just been repaired,...
diamond geezer
National Gallery 200 The National Gallery first threw open its doors 200 years ago today. It wasn't in Trafalgar Square...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
The National Gallery first threw open its doors 200 years ago today. It wasn't in Trafalgar Square at the time, that hadn't been built yet, but at 100 Pall Mall in a dead banker's townhouse. Here John Julius Angerstein's small collection of Old Masters was displayed, slowly...
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Isabelle Star LaBlanc's Guide to Minneapolis
7 months ago
diamond geezer
completely screwed at the moment I was on the Central line the other day and there was a 15 minute gap between trains. You might...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
I was on the Central line the other day and there was a 15 minute gap between trains. You might expect this kind of thing at the extremities or late at night, but not at Bethnal Green mid-morning. "Sorry, we're going to be held here for 5 minutes," said the driver. "This is due...
Londonist
Eid In Trafalgar Square: Muslim Celebrations Return This April End of Ramadan marked in style.
9 months ago
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Stratford Eats in E20.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Victoria, Oxshott More often than not, any given world-class gastropub is a good journey away from London. There are...
a year ago
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a year ago
More often than not, any given world-class gastropub is a good journey away from London. There are exceptions, of course - the Drapers Arms, the Pelican, and the Baring are all brilliant places to enjoy a pie and a pint within the M25 - but these are rare. Usually, to find that...
Herbert Lui
A place and its magic When my partner and I were on our honeymoon in Hawaii earlier this year, a driver told us about how...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
When my partner and I were on our honeymoon in Hawaii earlier this year, a driver told us about how the island had lost its magic to him. After he spent a couple of years there, he naturally stopped noticing the beauty of the island. He felt wistful about this, and while his...
diamond geezer
Opening up the Thames Path I'm indebted to Ian Visits for alerting me that a new stretch of the Thames Path has just opened up....
3 months ago
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3 months ago
I'm indebted to Ian Visits for alerting me that a new stretch of the Thames Path has just opened up. It's alongside Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham FC, where previously you had to divert inland around three sides of the stadium. That's no longer necessary because a new...
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...
diamond geezer
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis 1) Pave over golf courses golf courses in London covering...
a week ago
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a week ago
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis 1) Pave over golf courses golf courses in London covering approximately 3% of the capital by area, a ridiculously wasteful proportion. A lot of fairways are also very close to existing railway stations so could swiftly become a key part...
Londonist
One Of The First Victorians Born Was Called 'Hyde Park' Apparently.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London On New Year's Day 2024 The best events in London on 1 January.
a year ago
Londonist
Delightful Literary Days Out Near London That All Book Lovers Should Do Immerse yourself in the worlds of famous authors, from Charles Dickens to AA Milne.
a year ago
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The Safest Countries for LGBTQ Travelers
a year ago
diamond geezer
Old Oak Common to Euston A Nice Walk: Old Oak Common to Euston (6 miles) High Speed 2 is seemingly forever under threat, the...
a year ago
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a year ago
A Nice Walk: Old Oak Common to Euston (6 miles) High Speed 2 is seemingly forever under threat, the latest proposal being that it should run only between not-quite-central Birmingham and not-quite-central London. But would it really be so terrible to terminate the line at Old...
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The Northern Lights Could Appear in the Lower 48 This Week
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Union, Rye Over the last, I don't know, ten or fifteen or so years - certainly since the expansion of the St...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Over the last, I don't know, ten or fifteen or so years - certainly since the expansion of the St John universe but also since places like Lyle's and the Sportsman and the Draper's Arms spread their wings - a kind of consensus has appeared on what constitutes a Modern British...
Londonist
Grown-Up Events To Take Your Baby To In London Baby-friendly events, designed with adults in mind.
a year ago
Londonist
Ticket Alert: Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour Film Is Coming To London Welcome to the Renaissance.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
You’ll Soon Be Able to Stay in One of Japan’s Most Beautifully Designed Prisons photos by Masashi Mizowaki and Takaharu Yagi Spending the night in jail is usually not a good thing....
a year ago
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a year ago
photos by Masashi Mizowaki and Takaharu Yagi Spending the night in jail is usually not a good thing. Unless of course you’re staying in Japan’s Nara Prison, a historic red-brick structure built in 1908 with western archways and onion domes that lend an air of castle more than...
Londonist
Dreaming Of Owning A Home In France? You Need To Know About This Event! The French Property Exhibition returns to London this month.
11 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Garden Museum Café, Lambeth Beautiful 15th century Lambeth Palace is a strange London landmark - widely recognisable, with a...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Beautiful 15th century Lambeth Palace is a strange London landmark - widely recognisable, with a stately position Thames-side and passed by a number of busy bus routes, it is nevertheless very rarely visited, most of the main structures off-limits as the Archbishop of...
diamond geezer
Route 24 A New Year means new digits, and new digits mean a series of posts about the number 24. I've chosen...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
A New Year means new digits, and new digits mean a series of posts about the number 24. I've chosen to start with London's oldest unchanged bus route, the 24's north/south run from Hampstead down to Pimlico. Rest assured I won't be writing a full travelogue because I did that...
diamond geezer
Crewe Gadabout: CREWE Crewe is a large town in Cheshire and a key junction on the West Coast Main Line....
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Gadabout: CREWE Crewe is a large town in Cheshire and a key junction on the West Coast Main Line. It's only here because of the railway so has pretty much no history before that arrived, and the railway's only here because the nearby towns of Nantwich and Winsford turned the...
diamond geezer
McDonald's in Woolwich at 50 50 years ago today England's first McDonald's restaurant opened. There's a brilliant plaque...
a month ago
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a month ago
50 years ago today England's first McDonald's restaurant opened. There's a brilliant plaque outside. The three signatories were big names in the American company - Robert Rhea, Fred Turner and Ray Kroc - but none of them turned up. Instead the ribbon was cut by the dynamic...
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Travel to Costal Germany's Historical UNESCO Sites
7 months ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 15-21 January 2024 The best articles from the past week.
11 months ago
Londonist
See Three New Morphing Sculptures By Nick Hornby Trio of incredible shape-changing sculptures hit town.
a year ago
One from Nippon
The World's First App Store Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week. I will start...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week. I will start with an honest admission. I didn’t set out to write about the world’s first app store. I set out to write about Brother printers. But
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 11-17 March 2024 Our best articles from the past week.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Behind The Red Moon Big Brother isn't the only cultural phenomenon dividing public opinion annually since the turn of...
a year ago
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a year ago
Big Brother isn't the only cultural phenomenon dividing public opinion annually since the turn of the millennium. There's also the giant artwork in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, which over the years has been amazing, tedious, thought-provoking, bland, must-see, involving,...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Buxton, Brick Lane Continuing a recent theme, here comes along another example of excellent restaurant pedigree...
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7 months ago
Continuing a recent theme, here comes along another example of excellent restaurant pedigree producing a fantastic place to eat. The Buxton is a smart and buzzy spot halfway down Brick Lane, within trotting distance of sister restaurant the Culpeper which is also a lovely (if...
diamond geezer
Anorak corner - bus edition Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual...
a month ago
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a month ago
Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual spreadsheet listing the number of passengers using every London bus route and how many kilometres those buses travelled. Data is for April 2023 - March 2024. Comparisons are with the...
Londonist
In Pictures: Notting Hill Carnival 2023 Relive the magic, or see what you missed out on.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Rayners Lane Four tube stations are named after country lanes, the longest of which is Rayners Lane in Harrow....
a month ago
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a month ago
Four tube stations are named after country lanes, the longest of which is Rayners Lane in Harrow. What's more it still follows exactly the same meandering path across two miles of suburbia as it did when everything was fields. So I've walked it. entirely undeveloped agricultural...
Londonist
On 29 February Do One Of These Things A Londoner Would Never Do From rickshaws to Angus Steakhouses.
10 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
Londonist
Review: Yoko Ono's Music Of The Mind Is Bizarre, Baffling, Laughable, Brilliant Immersive retrospective lands at Tate.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
NewsBites From Norfolk NewsBites From Norfolk (It's been a busy week) n.b. one of these didn't actually happen, sorry.
5 months ago
diamond geezer
London's shortest and longest High Streets Having identified London's longest and shortest High Streets, I thought I'd better visit...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Having identified London's longest and shortest High Streets, I thought I'd better visit them. London's shortest High Street High Street (Wembley) [50 metres] The first thing that strikes you about High Street is it's on a hill, indeed this is likely how the road originally...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Travel by Sea With Luxury, Sustainability, and Adventure
3 months ago
Londonist
"My Obsession With London's Modernist Council Estates" The beauty of the capital's social housing.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Littlehampton Seaside postcard: Littlehampton Littlehampton is a seaside town, I hesitate to say resort, midway...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Seaside postcard: Littlehampton Littlehampton is a seaside town, I hesitate to say resort, midway along the coast of West Sussex. It has a Heatherwick cafe, a sort-of lighthouse, Britain's longest bench and a lot of crabs. I visited yesterday. [Visit Littlehampton] [12...
Spoon & Tamago
Not a Hotel: A Unique Timeshare Concept Redefining Luxury Travel All images © Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office “Buy a vacation home that doubles as a...
a year ago
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a year ago
All images © Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office “Buy a vacation home that doubles as a hotel.” That’s the tagline for ‘Not A Hotel,’ a real estate start-up founded by Shinji Hamazu. The company challenges the traditional hotel model by treating it as a timeshare and...
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The British Virgin Islands Is Your Ultimate Vacation Destination
a year ago
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Best Places to Shop and Eat In Los Angeles
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Hinchley Wood One Stop Beyond: Hinchley Wood Hinchley Wood, one stop beyond Surbiton on the New Guildford...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
One Stop Beyond: Hinchley Wood Hinchley Wood, one stop beyond Surbiton on the New Guildford line. unsung fields to the east of Esher, officially in the parish of Thames Ditton, sliced through by a non-stopping railway. What changed things was the arrival of the Kingston Bypass...
Londonist
A Map Of Women's History In London From Boudicca to Rachel Whiteread.
9 months ago
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5 Ways to Experience Curaçao’s Culture
a year ago
Londonist
The Archives With 100 Kilometres Of Historic London Documents LMA is a dream for lovers of London.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Last week unblogged 10 things I've seen/done/read over the last week Tuesday (a): Last week I wrote a post about...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
10 things I've seen/done/read over the last week Tuesday (a): Last week I wrote a post about housing built on former airfields. Today I found myself standing outside some housing built on a former airfield, a fact made plain by someone mounting a model plane on the front of one...
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Kid-Friendly Historic Sites and Attractions to Visit in Germany
6 months ago
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You Can See the 2024 Solar Eclipse During This 22-Day Cruise
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
The New 12 Kanda Co-Working Space Supports Small Businesses all photos by Toshiyuki Yano Right across the Kanda River from Akihabara Station is 12 Kanda, a new...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
all photos by Toshiyuki Yano Right across the Kanda River from Akihabara Station is 12 Kanda, a new co-working space dedicated to supporting small businesses and startups. A visually eye-catching building, it features multiple stories with different forms and functions stacked on...
Londonist
Things To Do In London On Christmas Eve 2023 Ice skating, festive films and Christmas carols.
a year ago
Londonist
12 Predictions For London In 2024 What can we expect from the next 12 months?
11 months ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 11-17 December 2023 Roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
Review: Kate Berlant's Masterful Show Will Have You Crying With Laughter Believe the hype.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Where to Celebrate Pride in Washington, D.C.
a year ago
Londonist
SWANA Clubs In London, And How They Give Me A Sense Of Cultural Identity Finding yourself in the rhythmic pulse of Arabian music.
10 months ago
Londonist
The Vagina Museum Is Reopening In November "We're absolutely delighted... we love a big opening!"
a year ago
diamond geezer
50 dull lists 50 dull lists UK cities without a railway station: Armagh, Ripon, St Asaph, St Davids,...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
50 dull lists UK cities without a railway station: Armagh, Ripon, St Asaph, St Davids, Wells Commemorative stamps 2024: Spice Girls, Weather forecasting, Vikings, Dinosaurs, 100 years of commemorative stamps, Peppa Pig, Dogs, Red Arrows, Dungeons & Dragons, Tower of London,...
AFAR Media - Travel...
What To Do and Visit in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
a year ago
One from Nippon
A peek into the world of Japan's electric rice cookers It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to everyone who reached...
a year ago
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a year ago
It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to everyone who reached out! We are now restarting our articles, though we might not always write once a week. If we don't think it's interesting, we
Londonist
Ramadan And Eid Events In London 2024 Illuminations, shopping festivals and Eid celebrations.
10 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 6-7 January 2024 Last-chance exhibitions, comedy, ice hockey, and bottomless fondue.
11 months ago
Herbert Lui
Invest in your stories My friend Peter started posting at LinkedIn a couple of years ago. He noticed that while people who...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
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...
Londonist
We Talk To John Rogers, Filmmaker And Author Of Welcome To New London A true London legend.
a year ago
Londonist
Greenwich's Old Town Hall To Become Flats And Viewing Gallery Art deco landmark gets green light for regeneration.
9 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Toba, St James It's a strange part of town, is St James. Essentially a lesser-known southern extension of Mayfair,...
a year ago
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a year ago
It's a strange part of town, is St James. Essentially a lesser-known southern extension of Mayfair, it's barely a half mile square and yet contains quite a high density of fancy hotels (Duke's, the Stafford, the Ritz), private members' clubs and the odd royal palace. Whereas some...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 25 September-1 October 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
A Relic of the Past, Shibuya Green Tea is Leafing Out Once Again Umeharaen, a green tea seller that once stood at the corner of Shibuya Crossing Shibuya typically...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Umeharaen, a green tea seller that once stood at the corner of Shibuya Crossing Shibuya typically conjures images of tall skyscrapers, neon lights, and the world’s busiest pedestrian crossings. Not tranquil tea plantations. But 150 years ago in the early Meiji era, Shibuya, as...
Londonist
TfL Releases Treasure Trove Of Historic Tube Maps, Photos And More The transport motherlode via Google Arts & Culture.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Mayfair MAYFAIR £400   London's Monopoly Streets MAYFAIR Colour group: dark blue Purchase price:...
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2 days ago
MAYFAIR £400   London's Monopoly Streets MAYFAIR Colour group: dark blue Purchase price: £400 Rent: £50 Area: 1km² Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 Mayfair was mostly fields until the late 17th century when Sir Thomas Grosvenor, a Cheshire baronet, made an exceptionally...
Londonist
Secrets Of 19th Century Workhouse Uncovered At St Pancras Dig Fireplaces, vibrant walls and hot water bottles revealed.
a year ago
Londonist
TfL Launches A New Podcast Hosted By Tim Dunn Guests include Tube Mapper and, er, Rylan.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Counties visited Now that my blog is really old, I thought it might be interesting from time to time to go back and...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Now that my blog is really old, I thought it might be interesting from time to time to go back and revisit a post from 20 years ago. Ideally exactly 20 years ago, which in this case would be 8th February 2004. When I asked this.  Sunday, February 08, 2004   I've visited the...
diamond geezer
S2 This is the S2, a bus which ran between Clapton and my neck of the woods between 1970 and 2008, back...
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9 months ago
This is the S2, a bus which ran between Clapton and my neck of the woods between 1970 and 2008, back when 'S' meant Stratford. It now means Sutton, there already being an S1, S3 and S4 threading across the borough, but it's taken until 2024 for the gap to be filled with an...
AFAR Media - Travel...
In-Depth Review of the Inn at Mattei's Tavern in Los Olivos, California
a year ago
diamond geezer
Rooms Through TIme The Museum of the Home in Hoxton has evolved again. It used to be the Geffrye Museum, a linear...
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The Museum of the Home in Hoxton has evolved again. It used to be the Geffrye Museum, a linear celebration of historic middle-class interiors. In 1998 it extended beyond the almshouses into a loopy extension with cafe and gift shop. In 2021 they added a thematic basement, shifted...
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A Guide to Relaxation and Luxury in Al Ain
a year ago
Londonist
Dozens Of Well-Dressed Dandies Saunter Through Central London In May What Londoner doesn't like a good flan?
8 months ago
diamond geezer
The Overground renaming story The Overground renaming story Sep 2006: The Mayor announced yesterday that he's found a cunning way...
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The Overground renaming story Sep 2006: The Mayor announced yesterday that he's found a cunning way of extending the tube network without forking out billions on new tunnels. He's taking a couple of existing rail services - namely Silverlink's North London line and TfL's East...
Londonist
A Bald Man Chooses His Favourite Bald Spots In London The O2, the huge Hitchcock head - which is your fave?
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Open House (2) For Open House Day Two I zipped around the capital and visited seven different and quite varied...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
For Open House Day Two I zipped around the capital and visited seven different and quite varied properties. It was a long day. I therefore don't have the time or energy to write about them all, not right now, so instead I've prioritised selecting some good photos and uploading...
diamond geezer
Bow Road Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things...
a year ago
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a year ago
Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things I haven't blogged about before. Odds 1) Autumn is a particularly good season to see Bow Road because many of our trees do the pretty yellow thing before the leaves fall...
diamond geezer
Sullivanlessness London's only independent bus operator threw in the towel on Friday, withdrawing their services from...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
London's only independent bus operator threw in the towel on Friday, withdrawing their services from eleven routes in north London. Sullivan Buses have operated out of South Mimms since 1998 and will continue to run their Herts-based services as usual. But boss Dean Sullivan has...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 21-27 August 2023 EVERY brewery taproom, a view higher than the Shard, and NFL in London.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
This is the Time of Year Bamboo Shoots Grow, Sometimes Wreaking Havoc a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s)...
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a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s) According to Japan’s ancient calendar of 72 microseasons, right now is microseason 21: the time of year when “Bamboo Shoots Sprout.” Known as takenoko in Japan, these voracious plants have...
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What are Cenotes and Where to Find Them in Mexico
a year ago
diamond geezer
Redbridge Museum reopens The London borough of Redbridge has boasted a solid mid-table museum since 2000, housed in a bespoke...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
The London borough of Redbridge has boasted a solid mid-table museum since 2000, housed in a bespoke corner on the second floor of Ilford's main library. But it's needed a bit of a refresh for a while so they used lockdown as a chance to start updating it with lottery money and...
One from Nippon
A peek into Japan's Convenience Stores (Part 2) Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part article. It will mostly make sense even without...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part article. It will mostly make sense even without reading Part 1, but you would be missing out on a lot of context! Before we start, let's take a quick detour to talk about that word in the
AFAR Media - Travel...
24 Best Airbnb Cabins You Can Rent to Get Off the Grid
a year ago
Londonist
10 Times That Fictional London Has Slipped Into Our Universe Glitches in the matrix.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Stratford station has a new entrance Stratford station has a new entrance. Gibbins Road entrance and for most passengers it's of no use...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Stratford station has a new entrance. Gibbins Road entrance and for most passengers it's of no use whatsoever. Stratford station has a new entrance. by the end of March but it didn't. It was due to open in May but it didn't. It's looked finished for ages but it clearly wasn't...
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Eight Must-See Places and Women-Owned Businesses in Kansas City
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Birthdays are often great, but a birthday with a 9 on the end can give cause to ponder as the end of another decade grows uncomfortably close. So I thought I'd look back at my previous birthdays ending in 9, the moments I found myself on final approach to another decade's end,...
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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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all images courtesy Gaku Yamazaki Gaku Yamazaki, a 21-year old college senior, spends his spare time traversing Japan in search of what he has dubbed ikei-yajirushi, or ‘unusual arrows.’ There are thousands of these abnormal road signs dotted across Japan and while drivers might...
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I often like to look up the situation of restaurants I'm heading out to on Google Streetview, just so I know what to expect when I get off the bus and lessen (though not completely mitigate) the chance I might head off in completely the wrong direction. I wouldn't recommend doing...
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all images courtesy Furuya Design Eshikoto is a brand created by Nizaemon Ishidaya, proprietor of the Kokuryu Sake Brewery which was founded in 1804 in the mountains of Fukui. With a motto not dissimilar to the famous quote from Field of Dreams–”if we make good sake, people will...
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One reason I went to Redditch is that it's one of England's largest towns and I'm trying to turn this list blue. Admittedly it's only number 98, but every blogpost counts. England's 100 largest towns and cities by population 1-10: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol,...
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Open House is here again, indeed it kicked off earlier than the first official weekend which is how yesterday I managed to visit an unvisitable tourist attraction. Open House: Prince Henry's Room (17 Fleet Street) Prince Henry's Room is a first-floor Jacobean chamber...
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Bow Roundabout update #10 Major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue to create long queues of traffic. This is a queue...
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Major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue to create long queues of traffic. This is a queue of traffic moving very slowly in brief bursts towards the end of Bow Road. On this particular day the back of the queue was around Bus Stop M although often it goes a lot further....
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Thursday transport news Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Thursday. Four stations...
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Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Thursday. Four stations miss out on 4G can't ring a friend and have a very loud conversation and they are Paddington, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf and Woolwich. These will be added to the roster next year,...
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Pall Mall PALL MALL £140   London's Monopoly Streets PALL MALL Colour group: pink Purchase price:...
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PALL MALL £140   London's Monopoly Streets PALL MALL Colour group: pink Purchase price: £140 Rent: £10 Length: 500m Borough: Westminster Postcode: SW1 Pall Mall is the first of the pinks, all of which lead off Trafalgar Square, and a classically posh street to boot. At less...
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London's triple points There are six points around the Greater London boundary where three counties...
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There are six points around the Greater London boundary where three counties meet. London/Kent/Surrey Specifically: Biggin Hill/Westerham/Tatsfield Location: Rag Hill To get here take a walk along the quiet twisty country lane that wends between Tatsfield Green and the...
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Japanese Designer New Year’s Cards of 2024 It’s been a rough start to the new year for Japan as one disaster begets another. We are of course...
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It’s been a rough start to the new year for Japan as one disaster begets another. We are of course talking about the evolving situation at Haneda airport, as well as the Noto Peninsula. Our hearts go out to everyone affected but we also want to highlight the many heroes of the...
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SL10 Route SL10: Harrow - North Finchley Length of journey: 9 miles, 50 minutes London gained a new...
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Route SL10: Harrow - North Finchley Length of journey: 9 miles, 50 minutes London gained a new outer orbital bus route yesterday, a peripheral dash connecting the boroughs of Harrow, Brent and Barnet. new Superloop service, the previous four merely being existing routes...
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Inner monologue Hello to all of you who, like me, live by yourself. Not for us the chance of a friendly chat over...
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Hello to all of you who, like me, live by yourself. Not for us the chance of a friendly chat over breakfast, nor a natter in the bedroom, nor an entire evening sitting in front of the TV offering a running commentary on everything you watch. Our inner monologue stays private,...
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Wembley Brook THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Wembley Brook Sudbury → Wembley → Tokyngton (2½ miles) This one's minor...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Wembley Brook Sudbury → Wembley → Tokyngton (2½ miles) This one's minor enough that I'd never heard of it before squinting more closely at a map of Wembley. This may be because the brook only spends a mile on the surface and spends the rest of its...
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A Nice Walk: Ted Lasso (1 kilometre) Richmond as seen on Ted Lasso, nowhere near enough to make a day of it but a nice walk all the same. n.b. I'm walking the route suggested on page 26 of the Visit Richmond Guide 2024/2025 Turn left out of the station and cross the road at...
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photos by Tomooki Kengaki courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park is a new boutique hotel located in Tokyo’s quiet Tomigaya neighborhood that just opened this month. Designed by architect Keiji Ashizawa, the 7-story hotel has 25 rooms, a restaurant and a...
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The Evolution of Meiji Era Craftsmanship, On Full Display in Tokyo It’s hard to overstate the cataclysmic impact that the Meiji Restoriation had on Japan. The Meiji...
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It’s hard to overstate the cataclysmic impact that the Meiji Restoriation had on Japan. The Meiji period, defined as the period between 1868 and 1912, followed what was nearly 300 years of almost complete isolation from the globe. Craftsmen and artists who had previously served...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in June 2024 1) Whatever 16 members of the public have said, no occurrences of bedbugs have been identified on TfL services over the past two years. 2) London's least busy bus stop is at Dysart Avenue (I blogged about this in some...
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Oimachi’s New Shopping Oasis Coexists with the Mountains and Sea All images © Osamu Morishita Architect and Associates Built on reclaimed land that seamlessly blends...
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All images © Osamu Morishita Architect and Associates Built on reclaimed land that seamlessly blends the expanse of the sea with the majestic mountains, ‘See-Sea Park‘ is a new commercial complex spanning over an area of 10,800 square meters in Oimachi, Fukui. The structure aims...
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A Giant Animated Snowman Will Light Up The Shard This Christmas Spoiler alert: it melts.
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I ended up in the Audley, newly refurbished and reimagined gastropub in Mayfair, rather by accident on Saturday, and I'm afraid I didn't set out with my usual forensic (ha!) bloggery attitude to proceedings. I wasn't planning on having lunch out at all, but walking down Mount St...
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Bakerloop An exciting new express bus is on its way if the Mayor is re-elected, which he obviously will be, so...
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An exciting new express bus is on its way if the Mayor is re-elected, which he obviously will be, so an exciting new express bus is on its way. All aboard the Bakerloop! If I’m re-elected - a new Express bus will help Londoners get between Elephant & Castle, Old Kent Road,...
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Gadabout: STAFFORD Stafford is a West Midlands market town at the heart of its own county, located halfway between Crewe and Birmingham. It may be the same size as Crewe but it's over a millennium older, has much better shops and boasts a castle and some nice old buildings. It's...
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Bond Street BOND STREET £320   London's Monopoly Streets BOND STREET Colour group: green Purchase price:...
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BOND STREET £320   London's Monopoly Streets BOND STREET Colour group: green Purchase price: £320 Rent: £28 Length: 800m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 penultimate street on the Monopoly board famously doesn't exist, even though it has a station named after it. It's also...
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Where's WHS? I needed to buy something from WHSmith but they didn't have it in the Stratford Westfield branch so...
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I needed to buy something from WHSmith but they didn't have it in the Stratford Westfield branch so I went to Canary Wharf instead. Except it turned out there isn't a Canary Wharf branch, there hasn't been for years, despite Google telling me it existed and was open. I did some...
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Greater London contains around 2000 National Grid squares, each 1km by 1km in size. What I like to do, very occasionally, is pick one at random, visit it and write about what's there. Which random grid square did I pick? TQ2492 Where is it? Frith Manor in the borough of Barnet,...
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Looking ahead to 2024 Looking ahead to 2024 Jan: Londoners ignore the New Year Parade; the popular blog diamond geezer...
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Looking ahead to 2024 Jan: Londoners ignore the New Year Parade; the popular blog diamond geezer publishes a New Year quiz but in the afternoon when regular readers aren't expecting it; this year's Apprentice candidates are grating smug muppets Feb: new London bus routes include...
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It's this blog's 22nd birthday It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or...
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3 months ago
It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or 20, but it's still a big number.
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Doctor Who 60 On Doctor Who's 60th birthday, here's a post about Doctor Who and birthdays. I checked back...
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a year ago
On Doctor Who's 60th birthday, here's a post about Doctor Who and birthdays. I checked back recently and was amazed to see that my birthday had coincided with a new episode of Doctor Who in four consecutive years. This seemed somewhat improbable. 9th March 1982: Earthshock...
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Asda Express Bow Petrol Most days I walk past the Co-op on Bow Road - Bow Road's Co-op. I don't shop there, it's only a...
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Most days I walk past the Co-op on Bow Road - Bow Road's Co-op. I don't shop there, it's only a garage forecourt store, nothing large or special. But it's well stocked - plenty of chiller choice, all the cereals, lots of booze. Co-op had suddenly metamorphosed into an Asda...
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London's Monopoly streets New year, new blog series. I speak of visiting all the streets in Monopoly.       OLD...
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11 months ago
New year, new blog series. I speak of visiting all the streets in Monopoly.       OLD KENT ROAD £60    →        MAYFAIR £400   I'm using the London version of the board, obviously, and the original 1935 streets rather than any of the silly thematic...
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An Architect Collaborated with 7 Renowned Artisans to Create this Stunning Home All images © Koji Fujii / TOREAL courtesy Cubo Design Architect “We believe houses that are rooted...
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a year ago
All images © Koji Fujii / TOREAL courtesy Cubo Design Architect “We believe houses that are rooted in an understanding of Japan’s cultural context and a respect for the skills and innovations of our ancestors, which can nevertheless be passed onto future generations, are the kind...
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346 Last Saturday one bus route on the edge of east London disappeared and another quadrupled in length....
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9 months ago
Last Saturday one bus route on the edge of east London disappeared and another quadrupled in length. I didn't fancy spending my birthday in Upminster so left it a few days before taking a ride on the end result. • The 346 used to be one of London's shortest bus routes, a brief...
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Japan Quietly Shines at Milan Design Week Milan Design Week—Coachella, but for furniture—is running this week from April 16-21. All the...
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Milan Design Week—Coachella, but for furniture—is running this week from April 16-21. All the biggest names and brands in the design world descend upon the Italian city, which sees its population swell by nearly 25%. Now in its 62nd iteration, the design extravaganza is an...
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Tower Bridge Will Be Stuck In The Raised Position, As It Closes Over Bank Holiday It's supposed to be like that.
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Burnt Oak Brook THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Burnt Oak Brook Mill Hill → Burnt Oak (2 miles) London's bountiful...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Burnt Oak Brook Mill Hill → Burnt Oak (2 miles) London's bountiful supply of unlost rivers continues to provide opportunities for waterside walking if you know where to look. This one flows not far from Edgware and is yet another tributary of the Silk...
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diamond geezer
Six 15-minute posts Here are six brief posts, none of which I spent more than 15 minutes on. 1) The consultation...
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Here are six brief posts, none of which I spent more than 15 minutes on. 1) The consultation report for "Extending the DLR from Gallions Reach to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead" has just been published. At this very early stage in the project it focused on asking people...
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This Luxury Hotel Brand Helps Protect and Preserve the Ocean
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World Cup of London Walks The best thing about the creation of the Green Link Walk is that it brings the number of Walk London...
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9 months ago
The best thing about the creation of the Green Link Walk is that it brings the number of Walk London walks to eight. So let's do it, let's bring on the WORLD CUP OF LONDON WALKS. Two rivers: Thames Path v Lea Valley Walk Two greens: Green Chain Walk v Green Link Walk Two...
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The Wandering Caryatids Of Southwark Park They've stood in three different locations.
a year ago
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Fancy Eating Cricket-Topped Hummus At This Bug-Based Restaurant? Celeb chefs dish up bugs at this pop-up.
a year ago
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9 months ago
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Sing With Dogs In Church At Battersea's Barking Mad 2023 Carol Concert An un-fur-gettable Christmas event in London.
a year ago
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a year ago
diamond geezer
Park Lane PARK LANE £350   London's Monopoly Streets PARK LANE Colour group: dark blue Purchase price:...
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a week ago
PARK LANE £350   London's Monopoly Streets PARK LANE Colour group: dark blue Purchase price: £350 Rent: £35 Length: 1200m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 Park Lane, a seething dual carriageway that somehow retains a luxury cachet. One side is a wall of superior hideaways and...