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Londonist
The Glass Heart: A Smashing Exhibition At Two Temple Place Intriguing artwork in a stunning building.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Westminster 25 Silver Jubilee: Westminster Westminster's Jubilee line platforms opened 25 years ago today on 22nd...
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Silver Jubilee: Westminster Westminster's Jubilee line platforms opened 25 years ago today on 22nd December 1999. Westminster station - a clickable choose-your-own adventure (it is genuinely clickable - give it a go!) (1) You have arrived on the westbound Jubilee line...
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Embark on Epic Adventures in the British Virgin Islands
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London Over The Bank Holiday Weekend Ways to fill a long weekend in the capital.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
TfL FoI requests in August 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in August 2024 1) In 2023/24 TfL sold 3,143,828 One Day...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in August 2024 1) In 2023/24 TfL sold 3,143,828 One Day Travelcards (down 38% on 2018/19). They also sold 3,849,293 Weekly Travelcards (down 65%), 801,367 Monthly Travelcards (down 67%) and only 15,192 Annual Travelcards (down 80%). 2)...
Londonist
London On Fire: Paintings Of The Blitz By The Firefighters Who Were There City's darkest hour captured in vivid paint.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 16-17 December 2023 Festive pursuits, family events, and a huge horse show.
a year ago
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8 Lesser-Known Places to Visit in the Nordic Countries
4 months ago
Londonist
London's Best Whisky Bars Fancy a wee dram?
11 months 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...
12 months ago
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12 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
In Pictures: Notting Hill Carnival 2023 Relive the magic, or see what you missed out on.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Off-the-Beaten-Path Experiences in Budapest
a year ago
Londonist
Stunning Light Trails And Illumination Festivals To See Near London This Winter Absolutely enchanting evenings out in south-east England.
a year ago
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Is It Safe to Travel to Greece During a Heatwave?
a year ago
diamond geezer
Algorithmic non-chronological I'm delighted to announce that diamond geezer now has a new non-chronological algorithm. From...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
I'm delighted to announce that diamond geezer now has a new non-chronological algorithm. From today an automated algorithm will determine the order in which posts appear in your feed. This algorithm uses various factors to prioritise content with the goal of showing you the...
Londonist
Around London In 14 Lions And Lionesses One to paw over.
a year ago
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Why you should visit Story Parlor in Asheville, NC
12 months 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
Ian McKellen Is Back Doing Shakespeare On The London Stage In 2024 Player Kings launches in the spring.
a year ago
Londonist
Tempting New Afternoon Teas To Try In London Right Now: March 2024 Get booking for the newest afternoon tea menus in the capital.
10 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 16-17 March 2024 Vintage clothes, live jazz, and the St Patrick's Day parade.
9 months ago
Londonist
How London Underground Became The Coolest Brand In The World From the first roundel to moquette trainers.
a year ago
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Local Artist's Guide to Dallas, Texas
6 months ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 1-7 April 2024 Our top stories from the last seven days.
9 months ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 25-31 March 2024 Catch up with the best Londonist articles from the past week.
9 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Craft Your Own Salt From Over 600 Varieties at this New Salt Specialist in Tokyo unless otherwise noted, all photos by Takeshi Shinto This summer, a unique store opened in Tokyo....
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unless otherwise noted, all photos by Takeshi Shinto This summer, a unique store opened in Tokyo. Located just a few steps away from Tokyo Sky Tree is “Guruguru Shakashaka,” a salt specialty store that lets you explore 600 varieties of salt and then blend your own. Equally unique...
Londonist
Secretive Central London Cold War Tunnels Could Open As Visitor Attraction Kingsway Telephone Exchange is said to have inspired Q Branch.
a year ago
Londonist
We Talk To John Rogers, Filmmaker And Author Of Welcome To New London A true London legend.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Euston Road EUSTON ROAD £100   London's Monopoly Streets EUSTON ROAD Colour group: light blue Purchase price:...
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10 months ago
EUSTON ROAD £100   London's Monopoly Streets EUSTON ROAD Colour group: light blue Purchase price: £100 Rent: £6 Length: 1 mile Borough: Camden Postcode: NW1 Euston Road is the broadest, busiest, most polluted street on the Monopoly board, so hardly somewhere you'd want to...
Londonist
Cricket Cornish Pasty Anyone? London's Bug Restaurant Has Just Gone Permanent Hop to it!
10 months ago
diamond geezer
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9 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Trunk Hotel’s Newest Yoyogi Park Location Embraces Its Neighboring Park and City photos by Tomooki Kengaki courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park is a new...
a year ago
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a year ago
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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Best Places to Shop and Eat In Los Angeles
10 months ago
Herbert Lui
The new direction When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a...
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3 weeks ago
When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a particularly painful, vulnerable, emotion. You may experience an emotional instinct to reach out and fall back into the familiar. All of a sudden, the old, familiar, well-trodden...
Londonist
A Brief History Of Tower Bridge The history behind London's iconic bridge
a year ago
diamond geezer
Sharpenhoe Clappers Over the weekend I went to Sharpenhoe Clappers. The Canine Activity paragraph memorial stone at...
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9 months ago
Over the weekend I went to Sharpenhoe Clappers. The Canine Activity paragraph memorial stone at Sharpenhoe Clappers because just before I reached it I encountered a group of young people with two dogs. I wasn't at all pleased when the bull terrier looked up and started running...
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Getaway to the Best of Palm Springs' Outdoors
a month ago
Spoon & Tamago
Travelling Through Eizan Railway’s Picturesque ‘Momiji Tunnel’ all photos courtesy Eizan Electric Railway Along Kyoto’s Eizan Electric Railway is a section known...
a year ago
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a year ago
all photos courtesy Eizan Electric Railway Along Kyoto’s Eizan Electric Railway is a section known as “Maple Tree Tunnel” (momiji tunnel, in Japanese) that is lined with hundreds of maple trees. They are, of course, beautiful any time of year. But maple trees are particularly...
diamond geezer
Dangleway Week (1) Danglewatch (2) Art on the Dangleway The Line, a meridian-based public art walk (which doesn't truly...
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a year ago
Danglewatch (2) Art on the Dangleway The Line, a meridian-based public art walk (which doesn't truly follow the meridian but it makes for a good name). Squatting on a small pontoon beside the northern terminal is the quirky sculpture Bird Boy by Laura Ford, a figure of a lost...
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What it's Like to Try an Adaptive Outdoor Recreation Tour
a year ago
Londonist
Panto In London - Where To Watch The Best Pantomimes This Festive Season Panto is back for 2023 - oh yes it is!
a year ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged 1984 30 unblogged things I did in September 1984 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago,...
3 months ago
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30 unblogged things I did in September 1984 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago, indeed my Sinclair ZX81 wasn't capable of much, but here are 30 things I didn't digitally publish at the time. To help you get your bearings I was 19 and most of this is the end...
Londonist
Leicester Square And The Big Apple London could have had a very weird monument to Isaac Newton.
10 months ago
Londonist
Captain Zip's Amazing Film Footage Of London Punks In The 1970s And 80s They even visit Downing Street.
a year ago
Londonist
Life Drawing With Wolves... In A London Hotel Anyone can get involved... even kids!
a year ago
Londonist
The Best Places For Free Hot Desking In Central London All free. No membership required.
11 months ago
Londonist
Victorian Society "Very, Very Sad" About Development Around Turkish Bathhouse City of London Corporation has green-lit Landsec's £500m plan.
a year ago
Londonist
Trivia About Other Places Called London Around The World Including one which is FREAKISHLY similar to our own London.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Algorithmic feed I'm delighted to announce that diamond geezer now has a new non-chronological algorithm. From...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
I'm delighted to announce that diamond geezer now has a new non-chronological algorithm. From today an automated algorithm will determine the order in which posts appear in your feed. This algorithm uses various factors to prioritise content with the goal of showing you the...
Londonist
Kong And Godzilla Appear By/In The Thames For Epic Selfie Op! They're only here till tonight.
9 months ago
Londonist
How Many Underground Stations Are Overground, And How Many Overground Stations Are Underground? If you see what we mean...
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
An Alberta Winter Getaway for Nature, Wellness, and Culture
a month ago
Spoon & Tamago
Director Ryota Nakano to be Special Guest at Japan Society’s Family Portrait: Japanese Family in... this post is sponsored by Japan Society Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
this post is sponsored by Japan Society Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society are proud to announce the eighth installment of the ACA Cinema Project film series, Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux. The series examines the shifting dynamics and...
Londonist
Olympic Park's East Bank Is Open, With Two Landmark Buildings To Visit Just walk in: UCL East and London College of Fashion.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Watch Dickens' A Christmas Carol On Stage In London, 2023 From traditional retellings to drunk adaptations.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Liverpool Street LIVERPOOL   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets LIVERPOOL STREET STATION Group:...
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a month ago
LIVERPOOL   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets LIVERPOOL STREET STATION Group: British Railways Purchase price: £200 Rent: £25 Annual passengers: 95 million Borough: City of London Postcode: EC2 busiest station in the UK, a great contrast to mere Marylebone and...
Londonist
Policing Brixton: An Insider's Account Book reveals what it's like to patrol the streets of Brixton, Clapham and Stockwell.
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
17+ Crowd-Free Things to Do in Paris This Summer
a year ago
diamond geezer
River Wogebourne THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON River Wogebourne Shooters Hill → East Wickham → Abbey Wood → Thamesmead...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON River Wogebourne Shooters Hill → East Wickham → Abbey Wood → Thamesmead (5 miles) The Wogebourne is a five mile tributary of the River Thames in the southeast London boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley, that flows generally in a northeasterly direction,...
diamond geezer
The five smallest parks in Barking & Dagenham Join me on a journey of data-driven disappointment as I attempt to answer a question nobody else is...
a month ago
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a month ago
Join me on a journey of data-driven disappointment as I attempt to answer a question nobody else is asking. What are the five smallest parks in Barking & Dagenham? map. "We're so proud Barking and Dagenham has 28 brilliant parks and open spaces which are much loved by so many...
Londonist
David Hockney Makes A Splash With His Battersea Power Station Christmas Trees You can see them every night till Christmas Day.
a year ago
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5 Great Destinations Around the World for Food-Lovers
a year ago
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5 Excursions With Afar and Atlas Ocean Voyages
7 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Mamapen at the Sun and 13 Cantons, Soho There are a few pubs in London notable for their hosting of fledgling food businesses, giving...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
There are a few pubs in London notable for their hosting of fledgling food businesses, giving talented but cash-strapped teams a chance to test their market and their cooking skills without the risk and stress of opening a completely brand new restaurant. Over the years, you will...
diamond geezer
Snowflakes A lot has been added to the tube map in recent years. Accessibility blobs, walking connections,...
a year ago
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a year ago
A lot has been added to the tube map in recent years. Accessibility blobs, walking connections, cablecars, trams, river piers and most recently Thameslink, all have been shoehorned into an increasingly cluttered diagram. But whatever ridiculous woke nonsense have they added...
diamond geezer
London's most terminussy bus terminus I won't keep you long today. Let's answer a dull question. Which London bus terminus has the most...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
I won't keep you long today. Let's answer a dull question. Which London bus terminus has the most terminating routes? See, half of you can head off already. This is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. It used to be easy when TfL made bus maps. I made myself a list...
diamond geezer
Taking the piss In an ideal world every TfL station would have toilet facilities but the truth is you're more likely...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
In an ideal world every TfL station would have toilet facilities but the truth is you're more likely to be caught short. announce "bold plans to grow and improve toilet provision" because that'd be a very good thing. The press release promised "investment totalling £3m per year...
Spoon & Tamago
MUJI Fans Can Now Rent this Countryside MUJI Kominka MUJI’s new rentable townhouse in Kamogawa MUJI, everyone’s favorite Japanese lifestyle retailer, has...
a year ago
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a year ago
MUJI’s new rentable townhouse in Kamogawa MUJI, everyone’s favorite Japanese lifestyle retailer, has been in the homebuilding business for over 15 years. But in a new initiative they’re calling MUJI Base, the company has begun restorring, renovating and renting countryside...
Spoon & Tamago
Undercover’s Jun Takahashi Lights up Paris Fashion Week with Glowing Terrarium Dresses images courtesy Undercover Flora and fauna were abound as designer Jun Takahashi’s fertile...
a year ago
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a year ago
images courtesy Undercover Flora and fauna were abound as designer Jun Takahashi’s fertile creativity was unleashed during Paris Fashion Week 2023. The designer’s iconic brand Undercover, equally revered as a cult name in streetwear and as a fixture on Paris’ haute couture...
Londonist
Bush Hall: Live Music At Historic West London Venue Under Immediate Threat Four months to save the Shepherd's Bush icon.
10 months ago
Londonist
Inside London's New Women's Museum Head east for London's latest cultural offering.
10 months ago
Herbert Lui
Kowloon Walled City A couple of years ago, I visited a beautiful park where the Kowloon Walled City used to stand. It...
a week ago
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a week ago
A couple of years ago, I visited a beautiful park where the Kowloon Walled City used to stand. It was my first time hearing about it. This article breaks down its history. There is also some great information in this infographic. Here was what the Kowloon Walled City looked like...
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Where to Celebrate Pride in Washington, D.C.
a year ago
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The 15 Best Hotels in Los Angeles to Book Right Now
a year ago
diamond geezer
The zone 1 challenge It's time once again to go on a pointlessly challenging train journey. How many zone 1 stations can...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
It's time once again to go on a pointlessly challenging train journey. How many zone 1 stations can you travel through without repeating any? And there are 72 zone 1 stations altogether, so it's going to be a long journey. It's perhaps best to think of the question as...
diamond geezer
2024 fares TfL's annual fare rise was announced last yesterday. And it's no fare rise at all. "The Mayor of...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
TfL's annual fare rise was announced last yesterday. And it's no fare rise at all. "The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced bold action to freeze TfL fares this year, to support Londoners struggling with the cost of living and London’s recovery from the pandemic....
Londonist
Five Big Firsts For West End Cinemas From the first British talkie to the first circular cinema.
a year ago
Londonist
The Natural History Museum Is Throwing Another Epic New Year's Eve Bash It's going to be WILD.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Osaka Celebrates Star Festival with River of 40,000 LED Lights Evoking the Milky Way The Okawa River, which runs through central Osaka, was lit up on Friday with 40,000 LED lights...
a year ago
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a year ago
The Okawa River, which runs through central Osaka, was lit up on Friday with 40,000 LED lights floating down the river as they evoked the celestial milky way. The surreal scene was part of a celebration of Tanabata, or the Star Festival, which is a major summer festival in Japan...
Londonist
Non-Christmassy Things To Do In London In December Where to avoid Christmas completely in London this year.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Chilean Food Festivals to Plan Your Trip Around
a week ago
Herbert Lui
Worth the wait Late is better than never, and it’s never too late. Even if the line is long, and you missed a...
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3 weeks ago
Late is better than never, and it’s never too late. Even if the line is long, and you missed a chance to join earlier. If the best time to start was yesterday, the second best time is today. Being patient is much easier than it looks.  Some lines don’t need you to be present, so...
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Upgrading to Lufthansa Allegris’ New Business Class
5 months ago
Londonist
'Eatalong' With Kevin Mac Allister At These Special Home Alone Screenings Including a dish called a 'Filthy Animals'.
a year ago
Londonist
How Aldwych Tube Station Could Have Become A Heritage 'Theme Park' A subterranean heritage railway.
10 months ago
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The Best Outdoor Destinations for Every Kind of Traveler
6 months ago
Londonist
A Map Of London Nicknames: From The Gherkin To The Silicon Roundabout What would you add to the map?
a year ago
Londonist
Santa Steam Express: Meet Father Christmas On A Vintage Train In London The kids will be chuffed.
a year ago
Londonist
Brixton Tube Station Gets A New Artwork From Jem Perucchini Rebirth of a Nation adds a bright touch to station entrance.
a year ago
Londonist
How To Spend A (Relatively Cheap) Weekend In Florence We did say relatively.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Pig Farm Alley Underwhelming London: Pig Farm Alley, Worcester Park Pig Farm Alley is a long straight path, off...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Underwhelming London: Pig Farm Alley, Worcester Park Pig Farm Alley is a long straight path, off limits to traffic, in the London borough of Sutton. It runs from Trafalgar Avenue, off Stonecot Hill, to an edgeland nomansland by the Lower Morden Equestrian Centre. It's about a...
diamond geezer
The temperature post The temperature post 19.6°C at Kinlochewe. Kinlochewe is a village in NW Scotland, about halfway...
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11 months ago
The temperature post 19.6°C at Kinlochewe. Kinlochewe is a village in NW Scotland, about halfway between Skye and Inverness. It sits at the head of a loch and is also surrounded on three sides by mountains, so is precisely the sort of place where the Föhn effect might boost...
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #7 The second full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen drilling continue on the Stratford...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The second full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen drilling continue on the Stratford side, both under and beside the flyover. A third lane is already substantially carved out at the end of Stratford High Street. Below we see a broad curve where grey concrete block...
diamond geezer
The Kingsdown Avenue air crash 100 years ago today, on Christmas Eve 1924, an Imperial Airways passenger flight crashed onto a hill...
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a week ago
100 years ago today, on Christmas Eve 1924, an Imperial Airways passenger flight crashed onto a hill near Purley killing everyone on board. It was one of Britain's earliest commercial air disasters and resulted in the very first public inquiry into a civil aviation accident. The...
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How Chai Pani Is Transforming Asheville’s Food Scene
a year ago
diamond geezer
Anorak corner - bus edition Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual...
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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...
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United Becomes First U.S. Airline to Add Braille to Planes
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
School Lunch Provider Creates Manga Milk to Encourage Kids to Finish Their Milk Seki Milk, a Gifu-based provider of milk and other dairy-based products to local schools, had long...
a year ago
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a year ago
Seki Milk, a Gifu-based provider of milk and other dairy-based products to local schools, had long been dealing with an inconvenient truth. A large majority of students—65%, according to their own research— weren’t finishing their milk. This was leading to food loss but also a...
Londonist
Where To Celebrate Lunar New Year And Chinese New Year 2024 In London Events and celebrations to welcome 2024's Year of the Dragon.
12 months ago
Londonist
Non ULEZ Compliant Car? TfL Wants You To Give It To Ukraine Help Ukraine, the environment - and get paid!
9 months ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Metropolitan Line The world's first underground railway.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Shimmering Glass Plates Make You Feel Like You’re Eating Off Water Droplets It’s said that shutter speeds of around 1/1000th of a second are necessary to really capture the...
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a year ago
It’s said that shutter speeds of around 1/1000th of a second are necessary to really capture the detail of moving water in photography. So you can imagine the technical challenge of accurately capturing water as a three-dimensional object. Product designer Masahiko Tanoue has...
Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Gibraltar The best things to see and do on 'the Rock'.
12 months ago
Herbert Lui
Itoya and the charm of stationary While corporations such as Staples or Office Depot may sell supplies, a retailer like Itoya sells...
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3 weeks ago
While corporations such as Staples or Office Depot may sell supplies, a retailer like Itoya sells stationary. The difference is stationary comes with a charm just as essential as the equipment—creativity, possibilities, and consideration. If you visit Itoya’s 18-floor flagship...
diamond geezer
Dangleway Week Often around this time of year I go totally tubular with a week devoted to the London Underground -...
a year ago
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a year ago
Often around this time of year I go totally tubular with a week devoted to the London Underground - five days of quizzes, quirks, commentary and obscure statistics. Well not this year. I should warn you that I haven't actually ridden the cablecar while researching these fifteen...
diamond geezer
Dunton Green One Stop Beyond: Dunton Green In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
One Stop Beyond: Dunton Green In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London boundary, getting off and seeing what's there. Today that means Dunton Green, one stop beyond Knockholt on the Sevenoaks line, a disparate village at the foot of the North Downs...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Embark on island-hopping adventures and explore ancient wineries in Croatia
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Historic Hounslow High Street Historic Hounslow High Street Past bypassed in 1925 reducing the flow of traffic and boosting...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Historic Hounslow High Street Past bypassed in 1925 reducing the flow of traffic and boosting the High Street's importance as a shopping centre for the growing suburb. Then in the late 1960s it was part-pedestrianised in readiness for nearby redevelopment (as you can see...
Cheese and Biscuits
Kachori, Elephant and Castle There's a lot to be said about the redevelopment/regeneration/whitewashing (delete as applicable) of...
a year ago
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a year ago
There's a lot to be said about the redevelopment/regeneration/whitewashing (delete as applicable) of Elephant and Castle, and I am singularly unqualified to say it. I'm not trying to avoid the issue (honest), but am very aware that having nothing invested in the old place and...
Londonist
Stooky Bill: The Sinister Puppet From Doctor Who Was Real And where to see him in London.
a year ago
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Top 10 Family-Friendly Luxury Resorts in the U.S.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Green Link Walk 1 For those of us who like walking, yesterday was a red letter day. A new official London walkway was...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
For those of us who like walking, yesterday was a red letter day. A new official London walkway was launched, the first in over a decade - the first of six potential new Greenways proposed by the London Ramblers in 2021. It's been a while because waymarking and accessibility take...
diamond geezer
Greens Once their leaves come out, trees are green until the autumn. But they're never as brilliantly green...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Once their leaves come out, trees are green until the autumn. But they're never as brilliantly green as they are in early spring when the leaves are still young. The canopy is a beautiful burst of light greens, a mix of subtle tones of jade and emerald. Here's the view from...
Londonist
Brentford's Enchanting Musical Museum Is Under Threat - And You Can Help Save It Uniquely quirky museum could close later this year.
11 months ago
Londonist
See The '12 Days Of Christmas' Decorations In Duke Of York Square "...And a partridge in a pear tree."
a year ago
diamond geezer
Southwark 25 Silver Jubilee: Southwark Southwark station opened 25 years old today on 20th November 1999. The...
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Silver Jubilee: Southwark Southwark station opened 25 years old today on 20th November 1999. The platforms are much like many of the others on the Jubilee line extension, but the concourse between them is unique. Step through and you enter a long cylindrical space on two...
diamond geezer
Bus of the day 197 Bus Route Of The Day 197: Croydon to Peckham Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 10 miles,...
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5 months ago
Bus Route Of The Day 197: Croydon to Peckham Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 10 miles, 65 minutes Because it's 19th July I've been out riding the 197, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. My apologies for the repetition. Threepenny Bit building, stopping not...
diamond geezer
London's highest station What's London's highest station? Richard). en-gb.topographic-map.com. This displays the elevation...
a year ago
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a year ago
What's London's highest station? Richard). en-gb.topographic-map.com. This displays the elevation of the land using a colourful scale, with blue the lowest and red the highest. Precisely what colour equals what height varies as you zoom in and out. On this map at this scale...
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How to Explore Graz's Food Scene
6 months ago
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Reasons Why Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Are the Getaway Destinations
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Recycle Or Dispose Of Your 2023 Christmas Tree In London Which London boroughs recycle them?
a year ago
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How to Apply for Canada's New Digital Nomad Visa
a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 14-20 August 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Londonist
When A Tube Train Full Of Passengers Was Abandoned In The Tunnel The stuff of nightmares.
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As the summer solstice rolls round (tonight, 9.50pm) I've been to London's sole summery suburb. Summerstown is a semi-indeterminate neighbourhood straddling the boundaries of Wandsworth and Merton on the eastern banks of the Wandle. If you know Garratt Lane it's quite a long...
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TfL FoI requests in July 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2024 1) TfL will not reveal the maximum speed on...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2024 1) TfL will not reveal the maximum speed on each tube line because "disclosure of the information you have requested would be likely to adversely affect the safety and security of TfL employees and members of the general...
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The Docklands Gym Where Muslim Women Are Toughening Up And Feeling Empowered "I used to be a couch potato, but now I love coming here"
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Objects of Nostalgia Recreated in Pixelated Ceramics by Toshiya Masuda all images courtesy the artist On the spectrum of artistic materials, pixel art and ceramics...
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all images courtesy the artist On the spectrum of artistic materials, pixel art and ceramics seemingly couldn’t be further apart. On one end you have one of mankind’s oldest forms of expression dating back to the late Paleolithic period. On the other, a digital form of art that...
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The news from your borough The News From Your Borough If I went to your borough yesterday, here's some news from...
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The News From Your Borough If I went to your borough yesterday, here's some news from it. Barnet Brent Camden the same name for a pub they've rebranded on Camden High Street so I'm suddenly much less impressed. Also Tripadvisor reckons that Brondes Age is #14,524 of 15,760...
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Little Cellars, Camberwell Having enjoyed the original Peckham Cellars very much, I eagerly jumped on a very kind invitation to...
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Having enjoyed the original Peckham Cellars very much, I eagerly jumped on a very kind invitation to their new Camberwell offshoot. Little Cellars is aptly named - there's a couple of high tables for 6 in the middle of the room and 8 lower seats arranged looking out of the two...
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 18-19 November 2023 Chocolate tasting, a wine festival, Winter Wonderland and more.
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The Killer 1962 Smog Of London And no, we don't mean 1952.
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The vessel heuristic What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something...
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What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something greater to express themselves through? “The human mind is literally an antenna,” Pharrell says. “It picks up waves and transmissions from the ultimate source, from the ether.”...
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The Best Winter Resorts and Activities in Central Minnesota
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The 25th bus stop on route 25 The 25th bus stop on route 25 I'm starting at the western end of the route, or at least where...
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The 25th bus stop on route 25 I'm starting at the western end of the route, or at least where route 25 now starts following several sequential truncations. In 1950 the western end was at Victoria station, the 25 being the route that plied through Mayfair, then in 1992 this...
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Get A Dose Of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum Small museum that's free to visit.
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30 Beautiful Giraffe Sculptures To Discover On This Croydon Art Trail Done the gorillas? Now do these.
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Roti King, Battersea Power Station Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops,...
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Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops, street food joints, delis and the like, places that are perhaps noteworthy but for which the usual 1000+ words could be considered overkill. This resolution didn't last long, partly...
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Brixton Academy Is Reopening In April First gigs announced since December 2022.
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The Lamb Inn, Little Milton Most visitors to the Lamb Inn will approach from the car park and be greeted with the sight pictured...
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Most visitors to the Lamb Inn will approach from the car park and be greeted with the sight pictured above - an achingly cute thatched countryside pub in whitewashed stone looking like it hadn't changed much in the past few hundred years. And this is, of course, a great way to...
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Silver Jubilee In May 2004 I wrote a month-long series called Silver Jubilee to celebrate the 25th anniversary of...
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In May 2004 I wrote a month-long series called Silver Jubilee to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jubilee line. I believe in playing the long game, so today I'm reviving the feature to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jubilee line extension. So here's what I wrote...
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London's Going Snowdrop Crazy This Month - Here's Where To See Them The flower that's about to take over your Instagram feed.
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18U 55V 51W On Saturday I proposed that 18U Brondesbury Park NW6 7BT is London's highest lettered house....
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On Saturday I proposed that 18U Brondesbury Park NW6 7BT is London's highest lettered house. Nothing's going to beat a run of houses that goes 18J, 18K, 18L, 18M, 18N, 18P, 18Q, 18R, 18S, 18T, 18U, I thought. Not so. There are in fact over 50 properties in the capital that can...
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Signs of autumn in Old Malden I worry sometimes that my content isn't niche enough. Things on hills in Hainault. Ex-country lanes...
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I worry sometimes that my content isn't niche enough. Things on hills in Hainault. Ex-country lanes in Harrow. Bridges in Norwich. So today I'm going all-out niche in an attempt to dampen interest even further. Welcome to... Signs of Autumn in Old Malden Malden, a manorial...
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The Top Exhibitions To See In London In September 2023 A crystal dinner and chic couture in this month's top shows to see in London.
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Fenchurch Street FENCHURCH   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets FENCHURCH STREET STATION Group:...
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FENCHURCH   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets FENCHURCH STREET STATION Group: British Railways Purchase price: £200 Rent: £25 Annual passengers: 10 million Borough: City of London Postcode: EC3 Fenchurch Street was between 1923 and 1948. It's a small and mostly...
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Festive Shows, Winter Cocktails, And Gifts Galore At The Barbican So much seasonal cheer to unwrap.
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National Rail interchange symbols What does the National Rail symbol on the tube map mean? I ask because several stations with a...
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What does the National Rail symbol on the tube map mean? I ask because several stations with a National Rail service don't have the symbol, for example here in the northwest corner of the map. The two symbol-less Metropolitan line stations are Rickmansworth and Chorleywood....
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Fleet Street FLEET STREET £220   London's Monopoly Streets FLEET STREET Colour group: red Purchase price:...
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FLEET STREET £220   London's Monopoly Streets FLEET STREET Colour group: red Purchase price: £220 Rent: £18 Length: 500m Borough: City of London Postcode: EC4 Fleet Street precisely links the edge of the ancient walled city (at Ludgate) to the edge of the expanded medieval...
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Dickens Tourism In London Has Been A Thing Since Victorian Times And you won't believe who started it, either...
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A Free Exhibition Featuring Virtual Rainforests Is Coming To Oxo Tower Wharf Shrug off the city and immerse yourself in a forest.
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Confidence vs. trusting the process “This might not work,” Seth Godin writes in his blog post, “Out on a limb.” (It’s one of my...
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“This might not work,” Seth Godin writes in his blog post, “Out on a limb.” (It’s one of my favorites, alongside “Talker’s Block.” ) It’s fascinating to see this idea make it into a key part of his book The Practice, which I recently picked up and find myself liking a lot. If you...
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Vacation Ideas for Families with Neurodivergent Children
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‘Mirai No Table’ Brings Childcare and Dining Together As One All images © Atelier Air Flo Nukasawa courtesy of Harema Design Office At the crossroads of...
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All images © Atelier Air Flo Nukasawa courtesy of Harema Design Office At the crossroads of childcare and dining, ‘Mirai no Table‘ (Table of the Future) is a café conceived from the dual perspectives by Harema Design Office. The café embodies the idea that our food choices shape...
Londonist
Free Things To Do In London At Christmas Budget-friendly Christmas events in the capital.
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Detailed Survey Drawings of Tokyo Hotel Rooms by Kei Endo Kei Endo is an accomplished architect and draughtswoman. And she also enjoys staying at hotels,...
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a year ago
Kei Endo is an accomplished architect and draughtswoman. And she also enjoys staying at hotels, which was the beginning of a wonderful side-hustle that brought together the best of both her worlds, and resulted in a new book deal. Endo reports on the hotels she stays in through...
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Pentonville Road PENTONVILLE ROAD £120   London's Monopoly Streets PENTONVILLE ROAD Colour group: light...
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PENTONVILLE ROAD £120   London's Monopoly Streets PENTONVILLE ROAD Colour group: light blue Purchase price: £120 Rent: £8 Length: ¾ mile Borough: Islington Postcode: N1 Euston Road and the Angel Islington. That's because it's another segment of the New Road, London's first...
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Bus timetables are rubbish TfL run all their services to timetable, but increasingly hide these from the public on the...
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4 months ago
TfL run all their services to timetable, but increasingly hide these from the public on the assumption we don't need to know. "The timetable redesign follows research that shows people want even more simplistic bus information than already exists. People want larger type and...
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Driving Across Norway, the Most Electric Car-Friendly Country in the World
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Flood Relief Flying You may remember that I mentioned in a previous blog post a few weeks ago, that there had been...
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over a year ago
You may remember that I mentioned in a previous blog post a few weeks ago, that there had been severe floods in Western Uganda (and other parts of the country) in early-mid May. Well, several weeks later, we were given special permission by various authorities to fly relief...
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Family-Friendly Vacations on Alabama's Gulf Shores and Orange Beach
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Visit The Ankerwycke Yew, The "Last Surviving Witness To The Signing Of Magna Carta" A remarkable tree on the edge of London.
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The Devonshire, Soho There's no avoiding the fact, and there's no point dancing around it. There's no need for lengthy,...
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a year ago
There's no avoiding the fact, and there's no point dancing around it. There's no need for lengthy, thoughtful or measured arguments; no sense in analysing the details. There needs to be no slow and steady building of a case, culminating in a grand and weighty conclusion. The...
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Open House (3) For Open House this weekend I visited twelve different and varied properties, ranging from...
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3 months ago
For Open House this weekend I visited twelve different and varied properties, ranging from underwhelm to amazeballs. I'll save the wow until later but here are brief reports on the others, hopefully as testament that exploring otherwise inaccessible spaces is an opportunity not...
Cheese and Biscuits
Peckham Cellars, Peckham Though it's always flattering to be invited to try the latest and greatest of London restaurants,...
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over a year ago
Though it's always flattering to be invited to try the latest and greatest of London restaurants, and more often than not I'm happy to play a part in the tricky first few weeks of a new operation to help get it off the ground, or to refocus attention on an established place...
Londonist
Paul Foot Is Barmy Brilliance In A Boiler Suit A hilarious, uncynical, remarkable piece of comedy.
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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...
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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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Christmas Rooms Through Time
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Bow Roundabout update #11 Major road works at the Bow Roundabout continue. They might even be halfway through, depending on...
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Major road works at the Bow Roundabout continue. They might even be halfway through, depending on when you think the start and finish dates are. new sliproad underneath the flyover is nearing completion. This'll carry westbound traffic from the contraflow lane on Stratford High...
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The FAA Bill Could Greatly Improve Air Travel—Here's How
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Except Islington Sorry, that was two Tower Hamlets posts in a row.   Harrow  BarnetEnfieldHaringeyWaltham...
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a year ago
Sorry, that was two Tower Hamlets posts in a row.   Harrow  BarnetEnfieldHaringeyWaltham ForestRedbridgeHavering Hillingdon  Ealing  BrentCamdenIslingtonHackneyBarking & Dagenham   Hounslow  H'smith & FulhamKensington &...
diamond geezer
Why did they say that? This post is about announcements I’ve heard on TfL services recently. The announcements split into...
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10 months ago
This post is about announcements I’ve heard on TfL services recently. The announcements split into two groups. a) Why did they say that? b) Why did they say that now? Why did they say that? "Customers using the escalators are advised to carry pets at all times" [Whitechapel...
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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...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
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...
diamond geezer
Farewell Evening Standard The Evening Standard, first published in 1827, went to press for the last time on...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
The Evening Standard, first published in 1827, went to press for the last time on Thursday. <insert anecdotes here, including how it used to have competition, and how it used to be good, and how it used to cost money but you'd still buy it, and how it was never the same after...
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How to Redeem AmEx Membership Rewards Points for Top Value
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Spoon & Tamago
Demographics Professor Warns that by 2531, Everyone in Japan Will be Named Sato image courtesy Mainichi Shimbun Despite today’s date, this is not an April Fool’s prank. At a press...
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image courtesy Mainichi Shimbun Despite today’s date, this is not an April Fool’s prank. At a press conference in Tokyo last weekend, professor Hiroshi Yoshida from the Tohoku University Research Center for Aged Economy and Society, sounded the alarm bell for a looming crisis. By...
diamond geezer
30s update This is probably a good day for my annual heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at...
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4 months ago
This is probably a good day for my annual heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at Hampstead reached 30°C  JunJulAugSep 2010279/10   201127    2012 2518  2013 13  15/16/17  221  2014 18   2015 122  2016 18/19/202413 201717/18/19/20/216   2018 5/6/7/8 15 23 25/26/272/3...
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South Sudan Photo Archives Here's some shots from South Sudan from the archives. These first three shots were taken just a few...
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over a year ago
Here's some shots from South Sudan from the archives. These first three shots were taken just a few months ago, when I flew a Caravan load of medicines up to a remote health clinic in South Sudan. This is the only clinic that offers actual medicine and medical treatment in that...
Londonist
The Unique London Spot Where A Railway, A Road And A Canal All Cross Each Other But which came first?
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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...
Spoon & Tamago
Fender’s First Ever Flagship Store by Klein-Dytham Architecture Fender, the iconic guitar brand, has opened its first-ever flagship store in Harajuku, Tokyo, riding...
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a year ago
Fender, the iconic guitar brand, has opened its first-ever flagship store in Harajuku, Tokyo, riding on the wave of soaring demand of Guitars during the COVID-19 pandemic. Related posts: House Tour: Yoyogi Artist Studio (with a hidden bed) #thatPOWER | Will.i.am’s new music...
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Where To Eat And Drink In Stratford Eats in E20.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged May 31 unblogged things I did in May Wed 1: The latest exhibition at The Curve gallery at the Barbican...
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7 months ago
31 unblogged things I did in May Wed 1: The latest exhibition at The Curve gallery at the Barbican is dark and almost empty apart from 20 scant full-frontal paintings. I completely missed the subtext ("The exhibition highlights how The Curve’s shape reflects the Arabic letter...
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How to Visit Japan's "Art Islands"
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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