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Cheese and Biscuits
The Blind Bull, Little Hucklow A large menu is rarely a good sign, and I have to admit a part of my heart sank when I sat down at...
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3 months ago
A large menu is rarely a good sign, and I have to admit a part of my heart sank when I sat down at the Blind Bull and counted 12 items in the starters section, 6 mains, 3 sides and 5 desserts (even if I'm being kind and counting all the ice creams as one) - fully 26 dishes...
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Five Best Hotels in Switzerland
a year ago
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Vacation Ideas for Families with Neurodivergent Children
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Tamiya’s New Plamodel Factory in Tokyo is a Model Maker’s Paradise Photos by Daici Ano and Tomoyuki Kusunose, courtesy Torafu Architects Tamiya, perhaps the most...
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Photos by Daici Ano and Tomoyuki Kusunose, courtesy Torafu Architects Tamiya, perhaps the most recognized brand name in the modeling industry, recently opened a new flagship facility in the Shimbashi Toranomon area of Tokyo. Dubbed the Tamiya Plamodel Factory, the shiny new...
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Experience Richmond's Cultural Heritage
2 months ago
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24 Best Airbnb Cabins You Can Rent to Get Off the Grid
a year ago
diamond geezer
Gridmaps London in 1       Charing Cross       London in 2     Westminster    City London in...
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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
Building churches on housing estates When did they stop building churches on housing estates? Time was when even the smallest village...
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When did they stop building churches on housing estates? Time was when even the smallest village had a church, such was the domination of religion in our society. As towns and suburbs grew they too were always built with churches, often of multiple denominations, these an...
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Kayak, Hike, and Bike in Off-Season Virginia Beach
5 days ago
Londonist
There Are So Many Swan Lakes Coming To London This Summer The Year of the Swan.
8 months ago
Londonist
Ian McKellen Is Back Doing Shakespeare On The London Stage In 2024 Player Kings launches in the spring.
a year ago
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Premier Yachting in The British Virgin Islands
a year ago
diamond geezer
Havant Until yesterday I hadn't been to Havant. Havant is a large town in southeast Hampshire on the way...
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Until yesterday I hadn't been to Havant. Havant is a large town in southeast Hampshire on the way to Portsmouth. They Havant got many old buildings because most of the town burnt in a fire in 1760. Only the church and a row of cottages survived. St Faith's and they found...
Londonist
19 Images That Tell The Vivid History Of The South Bank From Roman temples to futuristic domes.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Another Islington post Thanks for your suggestions for another Islington-based post. Allow me to sort-of tackle what some...
a year ago
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a year ago
Thanks for your suggestions for another Islington-based post. Allow me to sort-of tackle what some of you asked. How about a walk around the gardens and squares of Islington? Please can you explore Thornhill Square? I've walked around it a few times, and wondered what it would...
diamond geezer
Clandon and Hatchlands Yesterday I took the train to Surrey to tick off two more National Trust properties. Cost of...
a year ago
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a year ago
Yesterday I took the train to Surrey to tick off two more National Trust properties. Cost of off-peak return from Waterloo to Clandon: £14.50 Cost of off-peak return from Wimbledon to Clandon: £8.00 (so maybe do that) You alight the train a couple of stops before Guildford and...
diamond geezer
Doors Doors (by Christian Marclay) White Cube, Masons Yard 6-30 September 2023 10am-6pm, closed Sunday and...
a year ago
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a year ago
Doors (by Christian Marclay) White Cube, Masons Yard 6-30 September 2023 10am-6pm, closed Sunday and Monday Christian Marclay is always a treat, if what you enjoy is an exemplarily-crafted audio-visual montage. He's best known for The Clock, a 24 hour compilation of clips from...
Londonist
Myra DuBois Takes Us On Her Perfect Day Out In London "Look at St Paul's! An icon in the capital! Much like myself."
a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 26 February-3 March 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
10 months ago
Londonist
Where To Watch The Six Nations 2024 In London Watch rugby greats battle it out at these pubs and bars.
11 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
The Conran Shop, A New Chapter For Hillside Terrace by Keiji Ashizawa Design All images courtesy of Keiji Ashizawa Design Since opening its London flagship in 1973, The Conran...
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a year ago
All images courtesy of Keiji Ashizawa Design Since opening its London flagship in 1973, The Conran Shop has been a go-to destination for all things contemporary design. And in their latest chapter, the curated shop welcomes you to its new space in Hillside Terrace, a relaxing...
diamond geezer
Anorak corner (rail edition) Anorak Corner [National Rail edition] passenger data from across Britain's railway network, this...
a month ago
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a month ago
Anorak Corner [National Rail edition] passenger data from across Britain's railway network, this batch covering the period April 2023 to March 2024. The UK's ten busiest National Rail stations (2023/24) (with changes since 2022/23) 1) -- Liverpool Street (95m) 2) -- Paddington...
Londonist
A (Free) Newsletter For Everybody Excited About The London Art World It's going to be a masterpiece.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged September 30 unblogged things I did in September (contains nine additional clickable photos) Fri 1: "Hi,"...
a year ago
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a year ago
30 unblogged things I did in September (contains nine additional clickable photos) Fri 1: "Hi," said the email. "I hope this doesn't come across as too strange but here goes. I was recently browsing eBay for a few things and came across something that I think you might like. So...
Londonist
Part Of The Piccadilly Line Is Closing For 5 Days This Month Heathrow will be off the cards.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Stratford & Bow election roundup Stratford & Bow election roundup my constituency? Leaflets yes • Uma Kumaran (Labour) A letter...
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Stratford & Bow election roundup my constituency? Leaflets yes • Uma Kumaran (Labour) A letter from Keir with his six pledges, minimal promises. Looks like they sent out millions of these. • Halima Khan (Workers Party) Roughly-folded and left sticking out of all our...
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 year 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 2022 - March 2023. Comparisons are with the...
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London: March 2024 Photography, portraits and protest.
10 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Tamatsukuri Kindergarten’s Renewed Circular Campus Fosters Inquisitive Learning and an Appreciation... Tamatsukuri Kindergarten is a school for early-learning that is located in a forested region of...
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Tamatsukuri Kindergarten is a school for early-learning that is located in a forested region of Japan’s Chiba prefecture. For over 40 years the school has dedicated itself to nourishing the souls, minds and bodies of its pupils. In 2022, the school decided to renew its main...
Londonist
HS2: What's Going On? Is Is Still Going To Euston? Is It Too 'Londoncentric'? This could just be the fattest, whitest elephant ever to lumber across Britain.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Yoko Tada Began Painting in her 80s. At 100 She’s Publishing Her First Book “natsu no prelude” (prelude of the summer) by Yoko Tada won honorable mention last year from the...
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a year ago
“natsu no prelude” (prelude of the summer) by Yoko Tada won honorable mention last year from the Japan Watercolor Association The painter Yoko Tada is having what some would call “a moment.” Last year her work was recognized by the Japan Watercolor Association, an organization...
Spoon & Tamago
Coworking Space in Kinosaki Onsen Encourages Users to Take Bath Breaks Photo: Madoka Nishiyama courtesy KIAC This might very well be the coworking space of our dreams. The...
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a year ago
Photo: Madoka Nishiyama courtesy KIAC This might very well be the coworking space of our dreams. The Kinosaki International Art Center (KIAC) is a multipurpose community center located in Kinosaki Onsen, a quaint town on the coast of Japan that’s known for their natural hot...
Londonist
Pollock's Toy Museum Is Reopening... In Croydon Six month pop-up arrives this January.
11 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Tan Yamanouchi’s New House Speaks to His Cats’ Desires Ever wondered what your home might look like if it were custom-designed to cater to the tastes of...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ever wondered what your home might look like if it were custom-designed to cater to the tastes of your beloved feline companions? Well,  the architect Tan Yamanouchi of AWGL has designed a purr-fect home, prioritizing his two cats over himself and his partner. Related posts: a...
diamond geezer
Dunton Green One Stop Beyond: Dunton Green In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
a month ago
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a month 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...
diamond geezer
The Map House An exhibition of tube maps, dozens and dozens of them, is pretty much nirvana for some people. If...
a month ago
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a month ago
An exhibition of tube maps, dozens and dozens of them, is pretty much nirvana for some people. If this is you be sure to make a pilgrimage to The Map House (nearest station Knightsbridge) before the end of the month. Look for the gold tube map in the window, just round the corner...
Londonist
This Free Quentin Blake Exhibition Lands In London At The End Of January You can even buy the artworks.
11 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...
3 months ago
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3 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...
Londonist
Things To Do This Week In London: 13-19 November 2023 Winter Wonderland, Doctor Who, Elf The Musical and Christmas at Kew.
a year ago
One from Nippon
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs (Part 3) Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part article. Part 1 and Part 2 painted the history of...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part article. Part 1 and Part 2 painted the history of onsens and the science behind them. In this article we take a deep-dive into the business of onsens. Onsen as a Business Despite all the hype in Part 1
AFAR Media - Travel...
The 6 Best Record Shops in Washington D.C.
7 months ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 11-17 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Keep Cool This Summer With the Komorebi Uchiwa Komorebi (木漏れ日) is one of those uniquely untranslatable Japanese words. It means “sunlight filtering...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Komorebi (木漏れ日) is one of those uniquely untranslatable Japanese words. It means “sunlight filtering through the tree leaves” and embodies a poetic appreciation for nature and its changing seasons. Capturing that aesthetic, and embedding it into a beautiful handheld fan (uchiwa),...
Londonist
See The '12 Days Of Christmas' Decorations In Duke Of York Square "...And a partridge in a pear tree."
a year ago
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The FAA Bill Could Greatly Improve Air Travel—Here's How
a year ago
diamond geezer
London Heritage Quarter Summer Trail What is this bolx? London Heritage Quarter 'Journey Through Time' Summer Trail and it's bolx. It's...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
What is this bolx? London Heritage Quarter 'Journey Through Time' Summer Trail and it's bolx. It's been organised not to inspire and delight but to drive footfall to four commercial districts. It kicked off last week and runs all summer. It's lowest common denominator art. It's...
diamond geezer
Climbing Campden Hill A Nice Walk: Campden Hill (¾ mile) Campden Hill, a full 42 metres above sea level. Here it is on a...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
A Nice Walk: Campden Hill (¾ mile) Campden Hill, a full 42 metres above sea level. Here it is on a topographic map, a raw bruise to the east of Holland Park, entirely untroubled by public transport. [1872 map] [2024 map] Campden Hill rises to the south of Notting Hill Gate,...
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What to Know About Renting an Electric Vehicle
a year ago
Londonist
Conkers In London: Where To Find Them, Where To Play Our hard-hitting guide.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
9 Reasons to Visit This Underrated SoCal Town
2 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 30-31 December 2023 The best ways to spend the last weekend of 2023 in the capital.
12 months ago
Londonist
LNER Launches Its Summer Sale Hundreds of thousands of cheaper tickets available.
8 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Cord, Fleet Street Basil Fawlty: Mr. Johnson: Basil Fawlty: Mr. Johnson: Basil Fawlty: Mr. Johnson: Basil...
a year ago
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a year ago
Basil Fawlty: Mr. Johnson: Basil Fawlty: Mr. Johnson: Basil Fawlty: Mr. Johnson: Basil Fawlty: gralefrit, we idolised the food of France, where they did things properly. Whipped into shape back in the 19th century by towering figures like Escoffier, French cuisine...
Londonist
The Vagina Museum Is Reopening In November "We're absolutely delighted... we love a big opening!"
a year ago
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5 Great Travel Tours for Music-Lovers
a year ago
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The Northern Lights Could Appear in the Lower 48 This Week
a year ago
diamond geezer
Why are people wrong? Why are people wrong? There's no need to be wrong these days, all the facts are there. All you...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Why are people wrong? There's no need to be wrong these days, all the facts are there. All you need to do is look. It's not clear where all this wrongness comes from. Nobody's born with wrong opinions but many accrue them later in life. Could be nature, could be nurture,...
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London In November 2023 David Hockney, Antony Gormley and some strange creatures.
a year ago
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Why You Should Visit Germany’s Ore Mountains
7 months ago
diamond geezer
Green Link Walk 2 Let's return to London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Let's return to London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st March. If you need a map try here, if you need an app try here, if you want 45 pages of walking instructions try here, and if you're reading this several months in the future try...
diamond geezer
Some transport news Some transport news Overground news It's only accessible via QR code so it's not that...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Some transport news Overground news It's only accessible via QR code so it's not that accessible, but I clicked through and discovered the URL is vin.cloud.gomedia.io/HOXTON so you can check it out too. The homescreen is a list of the next three departures and their expected...
Londonist
HOW MUCH Sewage Did Thames Water Pump Into The Thames? We do the math.
a year ago
Londonist
Tate Britain Reveals Grenfell-Inspired Staircase Chris Ofili's Requiem unveiled.
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
diamond geezer
Vehicle registration pairs My latest numberplate-spotting game is trying to spot all the pairs of letters at the start of a...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
My latest numberplate-spotting game is trying to spot all the pairs of letters at the start of a vehicle registration plate.    AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP... You might expect there to be 26×26 = 676 possible combinations, but the letters I, Q and Z are never...
diamond geezer
Euros final liveblog Euros final liveblog 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 19:00 Only an hour to go. 19:10 I'm having steak and ale...
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Euros final liveblog 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 19:00 Only an hour to go. 19:10 I'm having steak and ale pie. 20:00 Kick-off. The score is nil nil. 20:48 Off for oranges at half time. 21:05 Back. 21:06 Goal 😢 21:32 Goal 😀 21:46 Goal 😢 21:54 ENGLAND HAVE COME SECOND! 21:55 I'm sure...
diamond geezer
New year, new niggles My 2020 niggle arrived during lockdown. It started small. It wasn't much of a niggle to start with,...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
My 2020 niggle arrived during lockdown. It started small. It wasn't much of a niggle to start with, it just came on. They say it happens to most people so I shouldn't have been surprised. It was still a bit of a shock though. The first inkling was several years ago. It's got more...
Londonist
We Talk To John Rogers, Filmmaker And Author Of Welcome To New London A true London legend.
a year ago
Londonist
Join The Race To Help Beat Childhood Cancer On A Family-Friendly Fun Run RBC Race for the Kids returns.
a year 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
diamond geezer
Tube map gaps It's exactly 11 months since London last had a new tube map. Intervals between tube maps in reverse...
a month ago
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a month ago
It's exactly 11 months since London last had a new tube map. Intervals between tube maps in reverse chronological order 11 months Dec 2023  A Little Slice of Paradise ← Brent Cross West 7 months May 2023  Come Out, Come Out 6 months Nov 2022  Routes/Roots ← Bond Street 6...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 23-24 March 2024 Charity gigs, a glamorous speakeasy, and a boat race on the river.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
The 'Inside The Circle Line' Tube Challenge Let's celebrate the cancellation of today's tube strike by tackling a really pointless...
a year ago
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a year ago
Let's celebrate the cancellation of today's tube strike by tackling a really pointless challenge. The 'Inside The Circle Line' Tube Challenge No station can be visited more than once. So, for example, you might ride one stop from Queensway to Lancaster Gate, then get out...
Londonist
Pick Your Own Christmas Tree At These Festive Farms In And Around London Christmas jumpers optional. Wellies recommended.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Bourneview London has eight public footpath level crossings, and today I'm going to walk you across another of...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
London has eight public footpath level crossings, and today I'm going to walk you across another of them. Bourneview (CR8 5AD) Kenley in the London borough of Croydon, a couple of miles southeast of Purley. Two railway lines wend down this dry chalk valley but we want the line...
diamond geezer
CIIIR 75 Today is the King's 75th birthday. Nationwide to celebrate his 30th, but here we are. His mother...
a year ago
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a year ago
Today is the King's 75th birthday. Nationwide to celebrate his 30th, but here we are. His mother had a hospital, a bridge, an Olympic Park, a reservoir, a conference centre, an airport terminal, a parliamentary tower, a concert hall and a railway line, to mention but a few....
diamond geezer
Substacks For those who like writing online, the blogging platform of choice continues to evolve. Substack,...
a week ago
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For those who like writing online, the blogging platform of choice continues to evolve. Substack, founded in 2017, which has been picking up more and more top writers of late. I have no intention of jumping ship, let's make that clear at the start, but I thought I'd take a...
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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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,...
Londonist
Inside London's New Women's Museum Head east for London's latest cultural offering.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Wildlife & Wellbeing Trail #10001 ✅ Places Footpath 47, the desolate estuarine footpath at Barking Riverside. In good news...
a year ago
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a year ago
#10001 ✅ Places Footpath 47, the desolate estuarine footpath at Barking Riverside. In good news it's still there and ten thousand flats haven't yet encroached close enough to wreck it. But that day draws closer, and a couple of recent changes are a hint that local developers are...
Londonist
Sadiq Promises 'Bakerloop' Express Bus Route Mirroring the proposed Bakerloo line extension.
8 months ago
Londonist
Time Travel Back To 17th Century London - With This Royalist Reenactment Along The Mall Commemorating the execution of Charles I.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
with a 9 on the end Birthdays are often great, but a birthday with a 9 on the end can give cause to ponder as the end of...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
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,...
Spoon & Tamago
Tachinomi Ura is a Standing Eatery in Kurashiki Carrying on Local Sake and Cuisine Culture unless otherwise noted, all photos by Go Itami courtesy Schemata Architects Located steps from...
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10 months ago
unless otherwise noted, all photos by Go Itami courtesy Schemata Architects Located steps from Kurashiki Station in Okayama is Tachinomi Ura, a new standing eatery that opened late last year. Ura emphasizes local ingredients and seafood sourced from the Setouchi region, stylishly...
Londonist
London Overground Strikes Next Week Cancelled Normal service now planned.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Not the Metropolitan line extension Eight years ago the Metropolitan line extension to Watford Junction was cancelled when the incoming...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Eight years ago the Metropolitan line extension to Watford Junction was cancelled when the incoming Mayor chose to ditch the outgoing Mayor's underfunded project. The people of London barely noticed - they had no desperate need to go to west Watford and the money saved went on...
Spoon & Tamago
Wakuni Cafe: New Tokyo Cafe Made from 700 Bronze Plates Salvaged from Hayatani Shrine the wakuni cafe, which opens January 19, 2024, is inside a 50-year old renovated building Opening in...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
the wakuni cafe, which opens January 19, 2024, is inside a 50-year old renovated building Opening in the Tokyo neighborhood of Higashimurayama this month is Wakuni Cafe, a new destination that embodies history, craftsmanship and a spirit of reusing old materials. The exterior of...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why Madeira, Portugal Is the Ideal Stopover Destination
a month 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...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 14-15 October 2023 A rum festival, a new fashion exhibition, Cocktail Week and more.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 23-24 September 2023 Exhibitions, festivals, workshops, talks, cabaret, comedy... phew!
a year ago
Londonist
Warm Your Cockles At London's Best Winter Drinks Pop-Ups And Cosy Bars Igloos, rooftops, ski lodges and trains.
a year ago
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The Best Outdoor Destinations for Every Kind of Traveler
6 months ago
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Vacation Ideas in Los Angeles
9 months ago
Londonist
10 Rather Shocking Images From A Victorian Tabloid Bread riots, carriage crashes, and tussling with bears.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
The Taylor Swift tube map The most important event of the summer, if publicity is to be believed, is the arrival of Taylor...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
The most important event of the summer, if publicity is to be believed, is the arrival of Taylor Swift to play eight gigs at Wembley Stadium. Taylor, as you'll be aware, is a billionaire singer from West Pennsylvania whose hit canon includes Shake It Off and several lesser known...
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
Christmas Gift Guide: London Themed Presents To Buy For London Lovers! Books, booze and unique stocking fillers.
a year ago
Londonist
Those Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides Through London Parks Are Back For Winter The mane event.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Random borough 2 Twenty years ago today I brought you my very first Random Borough report from the London borough of...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Twenty years ago today I brought you my very first Random Borough report from the London borough of Merton. But it was fairly brief - most of my posts were back then - so two decades on I'm having another go to do Merton justice. Yesterday somewhere sporty and somewhere pretty,...
diamond geezer
An A-Z of London post offices I wanted to buy a dozen stamps. For this alphabetical challenge I needed a list of London's post...
a year ago
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a year ago
I wanted to buy a dozen stamps. For this alphabetical challenge I needed a list of London's post offices, which is awkward because the Post Office's branch finder doesn't do lists, only "closest to"s. Thankfully this is a problem other people also have, and volunteers at...
diamond geezer
Oxford Street OXFORD STREET £300   London's Monopoly Streets OXFORD STREET Colour group: green Purchase price:...
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a month ago
OXFORD STREET £300   London's Monopoly Streets OXFORD STREET Colour group: green Purchase price: £300 Rent: £26 Length: 2km Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 Oxford Street is one of the Roman Empire's most successful roads, at least in terms of retail income. It started out as...
Londonist
We're Getting Fired Up About This Hot Sauce Festival In Peckham Enjoy the spicier things in life.
8 months ago
diamond geezer
Open House (4) Yesterday's Open House tally was eight. • The pricey building where I carried on climbing past the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Yesterday's Open House tally was eight. • The pricey building where I carried on climbing past the last public room and accidentally ended up in an attic space where a private group were celebrating something, so retreated rapidly. Let's do five of those in more detail (not...
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Discover the Best Fall Getaways: 3 American Cities You Must Visit
6 months ago
Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Gibraltar The best things to see and do on 'the Rock'.
11 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Hainan House, Angel Hainan is an island off the south coast of China about the size of Vancouver Island - that makes it...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Hainan is an island off the south coast of China about the size of Vancouver Island - that makes it bigger than Sicily and Sardinia and twice the size of Hawaii, with a population of over 10 million people (more than London). And yet inevitably until last week I'd never heard of...
Londonist
Things To Do In London On Christmas Eve 2023 Ice skating, festive films and Christmas carols.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Except Islington Sorry, that was two Tower Hamlets posts in a row.   Harrow  BarnetEnfieldHaringeyWaltham...
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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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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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Bus Route Of The Day 177: Peckham to Thamesmead Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 12 miles, 75 minutes Because it's 17th July I've been out riding the 177, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. There are more glamorous ways to travel. 177 is your friend, and...
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QEOP development check Ten years ago, when Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park fully opened, I showed you this graphic showing all...
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Ten years ago, when Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park fully opened, I showed you this graphic showing all the adjacent parcels of land proposed for development. Ignore the blues because they were already up and running in 2014, specifically the East Village (previously the Athletes...
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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...
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Inconsequential transport news Inconsequential transport news The graphic shows a child standing beside an adult, well away...
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Inconsequential transport news The graphic shows a child standing beside an adult, well away from the teeth at the edge. But it also breaks the cardinal rule of "standing on the right", indeed if every parent chose to behave this way it'd block walker-uppers and...
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a year ago
Mumbling and grumbling during my journey to Dalston the other night, as the 38 bus did an average speed of just less than walking pace all the way from Holborn in the pouring rain, just helped to highlight how I end up travelling to some parts of town for dinner over and over...
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The Limit I have not yet faced the coming of The Limit. It comes to most of us, some sooner than others, a...
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a year ago
I have not yet faced the coming of The Limit. It comes to most of us, some sooner than others, a one-way, permanent restriction after which life is never quite so free again. I'm not trying to be maudlin here, nor am I building up to the revelation that The Limit has come to...
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Unblogged March 31 unblogged things I did in March Fri 1: I always have to reset my ancient Casio digital watch...
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31 unblogged things I did in March Fri 1: I always have to reset my ancient Casio digital watch after a leap day because it thinks today is the 2nd, but this year the already-somewhat-dodgy button jammed through over-use and I fear I'm going to be stuck with the wrong date...
diamond geezer
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The first full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen lengthy queues and a bit more drilling. The queues were at their worst on Wednesday when an additional set of roadworks temporarily afflicted Tredegar Road, at one point stretching over three quarters of a mile along...
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Check Out This Hand-Drawn Culture Map Of London ALL the culture. Well, a lot of it.
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The 47th President Two months ago I asked you the following question. Who do you think will be the next American...
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Two months ago I asked you the following question. Who do you think will be the next American President? (poll closed) Kamala HARRIS comments (71) Donald TRUMP comments (29) And now here we are the morning after the election. A red dawn is rising. 10 comments from readers...
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Jings! London Is Getting A Deli Selling Nothing But Scottish Food The Shoap opens in Angel in February.
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Bow Roundabout update #1 Roadworks have yet to start at the Bow Roundabout but buses on route 8 have already been curtailed...
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Roadworks have yet to start at the Bow Roundabout but buses on route 8 have already been curtailed so they no longer start at Bus Stop M. Unfortunately nobody's told the passengers yet. They're still standing around waiting for buses that aren't coming, some for ages until the...
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Rude Tube: 160 Years Since First Naughty Graffiti On The Underground What *did* he write?
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One from Nippon
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a year ago
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part post. Part 1 can be found here. The Hot Spring Act of 1948 Lest you think any old well could be an onsen, the Japanese government has very clear rules on what can be called an onsen. These are
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Bonfire of the bonfires Time was when bonfires and fireworks were the done thing on 5th November. Be it Jacobeans haranguing...
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a year ago
Time was when bonfires and fireworks were the done thing on 5th November. Be it Jacobeans haranguing Catholics, Victorians burning effigies or Elizabethans lighting Roman Candles, the day has been celebrated for centuries. But it used to be hugely more important.  Monday,...
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Laxative Literally ‘Empties Out’ All Other Ads in Creative Campaign Targeting Tokyo Metro If you’ve boarded the Tokyo Metro this month, there’s a good chance you walked into a train car that...
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If you’ve boarded the Tokyo Metro this month, there’s a good chance you walked into a train car that was…well, different. Perhaps you felt unobstructed, light and fluid as you passed with ease through the typical blockage. If you experienced any of those symptoms, it’s the work...
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...
diamond geezer
dg's TikTok tips dg's TikTok tips: the iconic phonebox shot only one has the pixiedust to glam up your socials big...
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dg's TikTok tips: the iconic phonebox shot only one has the pixiedust to glam up your socials big time. It's the red phone box in Parliament Square, north side, and if you stand alongside you can combine the holy trinity of a) red phone box b) the actual Big Ben c) your pouting...
Cheese and Biscuits
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over a year ago
The Terrace restaurant in Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight is situated not just handily near the ferry terminal, but literally on top of it, the outside dining area (or Terrace, if you will) regularly enveloped in shade as the giant Lymington ferry pulls alongside. This means that...
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a year ago
The University Challenge My university adventure started with a car journey to destiny, and a selection of my worldly belongings packed into the boot. It had looked like a reasonable number of belongings when piled up in my bedroom, a stack of clothes and books and gadgets I...
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diamond geezer
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10 months ago
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One from Nippon
$450 for a School Bag?! Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families. Parents of kids...
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11 months ago
Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families. Parents of kids entering elementary school visit the grandparents and gingerly tread the topic of buying the kids a very expensive item: a randoseru. And gingerly they must tread. The randoseru, a...
Spoon & Tamago
A Weathered Copper Facade Oxidized by Soy Sauce Defines Suetomi’s New Kyoto Cafe Suetomi, the well-established Japanese Confectionery shop in Kyoto, has started a new venture with a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Suetomi, the well-established Japanese Confectionery shop in Kyoto, has started a new venture with a café business named AoQ Related posts: Kaikado’s Tea and Coffee Cafe in Kyoto Cafe Fang: An Oasis of Books and Coffee in Kyoto Discover Souvenirs Galore at Kyoto’s Newest Gift...
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diamond geezer
Tube 160 Treasure Hunt Are you at a loose end tomorrow? Do you like looking at station architecture? Would you like a...
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11 months ago
Are you at a loose end tomorrow? Do you like looking at station architecture? Would you like a surprise birthday gift from TfL? If the answer to all these questions is yes then why not take part in the Tube 160 Treasure Hunt? You even get to travel round central London for...
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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3 weeks ago
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...
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The Counter, Tunbridge Wells As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the...
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a month ago
As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the world that are somewhat better-represented on these pages than others. Obviously as I live in London, and it's the best food city on the planet, that's the main focus of this blog....
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diamond geezer
Unblogged November 30 unblogged things I did in November Wed 1: I went to peripheral Hadley Wood and walked the length...
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a year ago
30 unblogged things I did in November Wed 1: I went to peripheral Hadley Wood and walked the length of peripheral Waggon Road, having climbed the peripheral footpath over the tunnel portal. In the process I spent 30 seconds in Hertfordshire, which it turns out is the last time I...
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diamond geezer
Pointless push-button crossings There are seven pedestrian crossings at the Bow Roundabout. This one's worthwhile. However this...
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7 months ago
There are seven pedestrian crossings at the Bow Roundabout. This one's worthwhile. However this one's useless. This one's useless too. And what's interesting is that people generally don't realise this and press the buttons anyway. Parents heading to the shops press the...
diamond geezer
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...
diamond geezer
10 Centuries in 1 Day One of the capital's best places to go walking is the City of London, and what's more they have the...
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7 months ago
One of the capital's best places to go walking is the City of London, and what's more they have the wherewithal to have created all sorts of self-guided walks for you to follow. 21 downloadable walks are listed on their old website (although they're increasingly hard to find...
diamond geezer
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diamond geezer
Where's Gail's? The bakery chain Gail's has been busy spreading its sourdough tentacles across London over recent...
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The bakery chain Gail's has been busy spreading its sourdough tentacles across London over recent years. It had been doing this successfully and also quietly until it dared to suggest opening a branch in Walthamstow Village whose residents promptly set up a petition to campaign...
Londonist
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Cokeco are a Fukuoka-based design duo who create leather accessories inspired by the natural curiosities of the world around them. Lately, their attention has been focused on sealife: specifically, our multi-limbed mollusc friends whose tentacles provide endless inspiration for...
Londonist
Flotilla Led By Royal Barge To Carry Atomic Clock Along The Thames This Weekend Watch time literally travel.
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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...
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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
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diamond geezer
Crewe Gadabout: CREWE Crewe is a large town in Cheshire and a key junction on the West Coast Main Line....
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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...
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diamond geezer
Canteenlessness I was out in the City at lunchtime, not far from St Paul's, and found myself amid a horde of...
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2 months ago
I was out in the City at lunchtime, not far from St Paul's, and found myself amid a horde of businessfolk buying lunch. They were flocking to nearby shops, mainly specialist food outlets, for a calorific haul to tide them over into the afternoon. You could tell it was peak...
diamond geezer
Slowing the Bow Roundabout (this is the last post written on my old laptop) temporary timetables on bus routes 25, 205, 276,...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
(this is the last post written on my old laptop) temporary timetables on bus routes 25, 205, 276, 277 and 425 "to help with reliability during roadworks at the Bow Roundabout and displacement of traffic onto local roads". For example buses on route 25 usually run every 7-8...
diamond geezer
Horizon 22 These are great times for going up very tall buildings. Last month 8 Bishopsgate opened its rooftop...
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a year ago
These are great times for going up very tall buildings. Last month 8 Bishopsgate opened its rooftop viewing platform to the public, free of charge, and on Wednesday 22 Bishopsgate followed suit. Its viewing platform is called Horizon 22, and at 254m above ground level it's two...
diamond geezer
Victoria vents in Islington One thing every underground railway needs is ventilation and the Victoria line needs it more than...
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a year ago
One thing every underground railway needs is ventilation and the Victoria line needs it more than most. It runs fully underground from end to end and has lengthy distances between stations, so without atmospheric release would soon come unstuck. Engineers therefore had to include...
Londonist
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diamond geezer
Banksy's zoo Over the course of the last nine days, the artist Banksy has been out daily painting animals at...
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4 months ago
Over the course of the last nine days, the artist Banksy has been out daily painting animals at various locations across London. As publicity goes it's been a summer season masterstroke. Some have since been removed, some have been screened off, some have been further...
Londonist
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a year ago
diamond geezer
Bond Street BOND STREET £320   London's Monopoly Streets BOND STREET Colour group: green Purchase price:...
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diamond geezer
SL3 Route SL3: Thamesmead - Bromley North Length of journey: 14 miles, 75 minutes SPOD CLUB...
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10 months ago
Route SL3: Thamesmead - Bromley North Length of journey: 14 miles, 75 minutes SPOD CLUB MEET-UP Location: Thamesmead Town Centre Date: Saturday 24th February 2024 Time: 10:30am Purpose: To ride the SL3!!!!! In attendance: BusTokker09, Ian, Jings, Markie, Rizzo, Tim Apologies:...
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diamond geezer
Twickenham Riverside A Nice Walk: Twickenham Riverside (1½ miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing...
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8 months ago
A Nice Walk: Twickenham Riverside (1½ miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, lots to see, pretty views, leafy waterside, historic houses, plenty of seating, optional foot ferry, multiple refreshment opportunities, entirely...
Londonist
Captain Zip's Amazing Film Footage Of London Punks In The 1970s And 80s They even visit Downing Street.
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diamond geezer
Unwritten Seven posts that I considered writing today but they were going nowhere so I didn't finish...
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a year ago
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diamond geezer
TfL FoI requests in October 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in October 2024 1) The five road junctions with the most...
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Londonist
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One from Nippon
A peek into Japan's Convenience Stores Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a...
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a year ago
Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a two-part article. All across Japan, one sight remains ubiquitous – the convenience store. A far, far cry from their American cousins, convenience stores in Japan are without...
diamond geezer
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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a month ago
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...
Spoon & Tamago
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Something must have come over me, says Kohei Ohmori, reflecting on the 280 hours or roughly 5 months spent drawing a hyper realistic composition of a metallic bolt and nut using just pencils. The 30-year old artist, who has publicly discussed his struggles with OCD (obsessive...
Londonist
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diamond geezer
London's longest countdowns Works to remodel the Old Street roundabout are nearing completion, above ground at least. It was...
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8 months ago
Works to remodel the Old Street roundabout are nearing completion, above ground at least. It was still possible to drive round it five years ago, then massive sequential roadworks intervened and the northwest arm was slowly pedestrianised. Cars now have to negotiate a very...
diamond geezer
The news from Barking and Dagenham Yesterday I went to the Becontree estate to take some photos of its churches. Then I added those...
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Yesterday I went to the Becontree estate to take some photos of its churches. Then I added those photos to yesterday's post about churches on estates. I didn't add this photo, even though it was my favourite. This is St Cedd's in Becontree. It has a lovely postwar copper roof...
diamond geezer
The Tower of London Residents of Tower Hamlets can visit the Tower of London for £1. n.b. You don't book in advance...
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Residents of Tower Hamlets can visit the Tower of London for £1. n.b. You don't book in advance online, you just turn up at the ticket desk and ask. library card, but now all you need is proof of address. website. 20 things to see inside the Tower of London White Tower 1)...
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After the tragic and fatal Halloween crowd crush that occured in Seoul last year, Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, which has increasingly become a go-to spot for Halloween parties—often with dangerous consequences—is taking preemptive measures to discourage people from congregating in their...
diamond geezer
Walking With The Snowman "Have you done the snowman sculpture trail yet?" my brother asked. He does like a good thematic...
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"Have you done the snowman sculpture trail yet?" my brother asked. He does like a good thematic painted fibreglass orienteering gadabout. Walking With The Snowman and is spread across part of the City between Chancery Lane and St Paul's. There are a dozen snowmen altogether, and...
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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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Exiting Northwood I said I wasn't going to make a habit of this, and I'm not, but I've ticked off nine more. The...
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I said I wasn't going to make a habit of this, and I'm not, but I've ticked off nine more. The black ticks are all the crossings I've crossed and my latest tranche are on the eastern side of the map between Batchworth Heath and Oxhey Woods, i.e. this bit. this stretch of the...
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Even More Of London's Crappiest Benches When London's seats fail to bring their A game.
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Bouchon Racine, Farringdon Such is the cyclical nature of these things, trends in food or clothing or plenty of other areas...
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Such is the cyclical nature of these things, trends in food or clothing or plenty of other areas besides will, given long enough, find themselves fading in and out of favour. There was a time, within living memory, when French cuisine was considered the gold standard of...
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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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First steps As the phoney war before the next election escalates, I'd like to express my disappointment that the...
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As the phoney war before the next election escalates, I'd like to express my disappointment that the next government won't be as left wing as it should have been. These are Comrade Starmer's so-called first steps, a limp selection of depressingly weak promises which reads...
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The Petrie Museum: Ancient Egypt Without The British Museum Crowds The Bloomsbury museum hidden in UCL.
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Extinguishing the 497 This post is about little-used buses on the eastern edge of Havering. If you've never ridden the...
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11 months ago
This post is about little-used buses on the eastern edge of Havering. If you've never ridden the 346, 347 or 497 it may not be for you. least frequent bus (speciality routes excepted), and Geoff's just made a video about it. consultation to tweak/combine/withdraw these three...
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Unblogged October 31 unblogged things I did in October Sun 1: If you're putting together a 'Joyridden Cars Smashed...
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31 unblogged things I did in October Sun 1: If you're putting together a 'Joyridden Cars Smashed Into Bus Shelters' Calendar, this is the ideal photo for November. Mon 2: I've been enjoying the podcast Uncharted with Hannah Fry in which the BBC's go-to mathematician tells...
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Best Of Londonist: 18-24 September 2023 A tube map for planes, a street with four names - plus a really silly interview.
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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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Battersea Power Station And Nine Elms Tube Stations Just Got Mark Wallinger Labyrinths Great news for Labyrinth hunters!
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Just 18 Pictures Of Modernist Tube Stations Looking Dreamy They don't make 'em like they used to.
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Xi Home Dumplings Bay, I often like to look up the situation of restaurants I'm heading out to on Google Streetview, just...
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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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5 London Underground Stations That Totally Ripped Off Other Buildings From Berlin to Amsterdam to Moscow.
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As a child, growing up in Japan, there was one book that terrified me. Luckily, I didn’t own it. The red hardback sat on the bottom shelf in my friend’s room and every time I went over to play I could see it, out of the corner of my eye, staring me in the face. […] Related...
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Replacing Overground signage The renaming of the Overground lines draws closer, indeed should be taking place next month. The...
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3 months ago
The renaming of the Overground lines draws closer, indeed should be taking place next month. The original intention was for the changeover to be in August in conjunction with a new tube map, but that's not happened so technically it's late. That said, an awful lot of signage on...
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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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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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over a year ago
Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we enjoyed in the boreal forests of the far north. Obviously most of these photos feature frigid beauty. That's because it was cold and snowy/icy much of the year. Also, there were...
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2025 fares -->TfL's annual fare rise was announced yesterday. It's good news for buses and bad news for...
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-->TfL's annual fare rise was announced yesterday. It's good news for buses and bad news for trains. GOOD: "The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced that he will freeze bus and tram fares for an historic sixth time next year, meaning Londoners continue to pay the...
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diamond geezer
Borough visitor websites Some London boroughs like to have a web presence that draws tourists in, should anyone be...
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2 months ago
Some London boroughs like to have a web presence that draws tourists in, should anyone be interested, or highlights places of interest for the benefit of local residents. These websites attempt to reinforce the idea that a borough has history, or culture, or some sort of life,...
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diamond geezer
I'll look it up later Sometimes while out and about I see something intriguing, take a photo and research it when I get...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Sometimes while out and about I see something intriguing, take a photo and research it when I get home. Here are three of this week's serendipitous discoveries. North: Gilpin's Bell Where: Fore Street, Edmonton, N18 What I thought: Hmm, what's that lump of concrete in the...
Londonist
The Colony Room: Soho's Infamous Drinking Den is Back From The Dead... Sort Of Drinks will be at 2008 prices too.
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60-Year-Old Machiya Adapted into Hender Scheme’s New Osaka Flagship All images © toha courtesy DDAA Hender Scheme’s flagship store in Kansai is an adaptive reuse of a...
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All images © toha courtesy DDAA Hender Scheme’s flagship store in Kansai is an adaptive reuse of a sixty-plus-year-old one-story wooden house near Umeda Station in Osaka. With a spacious area of around 175m² and impressive high ceilings, the store has been designed to reflect...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 13-14 January 2024 Circus, comedy, drag, live music and more.
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diamond geezer
Route 59 Route 59: Smithfield to Streatham Hill Location: London south, inner Length of bus journey: 6 miles,...
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9 months ago
Route 59: Smithfield to Streatham Hill Location: London south, inner Length of bus journey: 6 miles, 55 minutes It's traditional around every birthday that I take a numerically significant bus journey. Seventeen years ago I took the 42 to Dulwich, then subsequently the 43 to...
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A Glimpse Inside the Whimsical Wooden Miniature Homes of Yukihiro Akama Artist Yukihiro Akama is set to unveil his largest exhibition to date, ‘Basho no Kankaku – A Sense...
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9 months ago
Artist Yukihiro Akama is set to unveil his largest exhibition to date, ‘Basho no Kankaku – A Sense of Place,’ at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). Related posts: Whimsical Wooden Automata by Kazuaki Harada A Wooden Cabin Constructed Locally in the Mountains of Japan Using a 3D...
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Marylebone MARYLEBONE  STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets MARYLEBONE STATION Group: British...
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7 months ago
MARYLEBONE  STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets MARYLEBONE STATION Group: British Railways Purchase price: £200 Rent: £25 Annual passengers: 10 million Borough: Westminster Postcode: NW1 that question, announcements on the Bakerloo line pronounce it MARR-le-bone. A...
Londonist
Christmas In London 2023: A Guide To Festive Events, Food And Drink In The Capital This Winter Top tips for spending Christmas in the capital.
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Where To Volunteer In London At Christmas 2023 Make someone else's Christmas special.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
This Halloween, a Zombie Shinkansen Will Travel Between Tokyo and Osaka Want a taste of the frights but too busy to go to a haunted house? How about a haunted train? This...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Want a taste of the frights but too busy to go to a haunted house? How about a haunted train? This year, a Tokaido shinkansen, in what is being called the world’s first zombie bullet train, will travel between Tokyo and Osaka. The stage will be set in car 16 of the “Nozomi 435”...
Londonist
Things To Keep You Busy For LGBT+ History Month 2024 In London Museums, guided walks, cabaret and kids events.
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Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2024 Happy Jimi Halloween to everyone who celebrates. It’s that wonderful time of year when our favorite...
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Happy Jimi Halloween to everyone who celebrates. It’s that wonderful time of year when our favorite Japanese festival, Jimi Halloween, is on full display. Mundane Halloween, as we coined it back in 2018, is when people dress up in costumes so mundane they have to be explained....
Londonist
Another Free Quentin Blake Exhibition In April The master illustrator is back.
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The Superloop Loop Completes This Weekend - With The Launch Of SL2 (But yes, we know there's a gap in the loop.)
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