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Londonist
Happisburgh: Where People Lived On The Thames A Million Years Ago The Thames had history 40,000 generations before the Romans.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Overground renaming - Severe Delays One thing that happens when transport deadlines slip is that some things happen anyway, things that...
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3 months ago
One thing that happens when transport deadlines slip is that some things happen anyway, things that were supposed to be associated with the launch. The weekend Crossrail was supposed to open but didn't, for example, Adidas inexplicably released a set of purple trainers with a 3D...
diamond geezer
All lines challenge "How can you travel just one stop on every tube line?" is an interesting question. 2003 as part of...
a year ago
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a year ago
"How can you travel just one stop on every tube line?" is an interesting question. 2003 as part of this blog's very first Tube Week, and again in 2015 when I went out and rode the solution. It's a question which can be varied according to how you choose to define a tube line,...
Londonist
Secrets Of Tower Bridge A behind the scenes tour of one of London's great icons.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Connection issues I had a nice 2025-related post lined up for you today, but I have issues. lot of...
a week ago
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a week ago
I had a nice 2025-related post lined up for you today, but I have issues. lot of twiddling. lightning port. Yes, I've tried cleaning it but to no effect. online advice. There are potential getarounds to get the photos off the phone. comments if(postComments['91681514525519'] !=...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The 6 Best Record Shops in Washington D.C.
8 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...
Londonist
Christmas Carol Concerts In London To Make You Feel All Warm And Fuzzy Inside This December Including one with dogs. Woof!
a year ago
Londonist
This Hammersmith Venue Hosts A Free Community Dinner Every Month "The simple act of eating together to spark connection."
a year ago
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #9 The roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, and have a lot more continuing to go. Bow side of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, and have a lot more continuing to go. Bow side of the flyover, although new kerbstones are now lined up along the new slightly-wider edge of the roundabout. major roadworks. For the last month one of these two lanes has been...
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #3 They've confirmed dates for the upcoming major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout. This is annoying...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
They've confirmed dates for the upcoming major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout. This is annoying for a number of reasons. It's hard to comprehend why local bus services have been worsened entirely unnecessarily for several weeks and I can only assume that this is because...
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Victoria Line A short chronology of the light-blue line.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Stratford station has a new entrance Stratford station has a new entrance. Gibbins Road entrance and for most passengers it's of no use...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Stratford station has a new entrance. Gibbins Road entrance and for most passengers it's of no use whatsoever. Stratford station has a new entrance. by the end of March but it didn't. It was due to open in May but it didn't. It's looked finished for ages but it clearly wasn't...
diamond geezer
LNER 70min Flex Tickets Long distance rail travel can be both complicated and expensive. fare pilot to tackle one of these...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Long distance rail travel can be both complicated and expensive. fare pilot to tackle one of these issues. LNER's innovation is 70min Flex, a flexible ticket which allows you to travel within a specific window either side of your booked train. Up to 70 minutes before, up to 70...
Londonist
The Modern Game Of Darts Was Invented In A London Pub In 1926 Although Henry VIII had a set of darts too.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Westminster 25 Silver Jubilee: Westminster Westminster's Jubilee line platforms opened 25 years ago today on 22nd...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
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...
diamond geezer
Walking between Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 A Nice Walk: Heathrow T2 to T3 (500m) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
A Nice Walk: Heathrow T2 to T3 (500m) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, world class transport connections, dry in all weathers, popular with tourists, moving walkways, duty free opportunities, entirely step-free, won't take...
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why You Should Visit Germany’s Ore Mountains
7 months ago
Londonist
The Lost Trees Of London The biggest and best trees that are no more.
a year ago
diamond geezer
The Bridge To Somewhere In the middle of Burgess Park is an old and seemingly pointless bridge. It's red, it crosses nothing...
a year ago
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a year ago
In the middle of Burgess Park is an old and seemingly pointless bridge. It's red, it crosses nothing worse than a footpath and you can walk/scoot/cycle past at ground level alongside its entire length. It need not be here and yet it is, and what's more it's just been repaired,...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Do U.S. Citizens Need a Passport to Go to Mexico?
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Japanese Designer New Year’s Cards of 2024 It’s been a rough start to the new year for Japan as one disaster begets another. We are of course...
a year ago
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a year ago
It’s been a rough start to the new year for Japan as one disaster begets another. We are of course talking about the evolving situation at Haneda airport, as well as the Noto Peninsula. Our hearts go out to everyone affected but we also want to highlight the many heroes of the...
Cheese and Biscuits
Nanyang Blossom, Knightsbridge For better or worse, every moment spent eating out in London is an education, and on a warm Tuesday...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
For better or worse, every moment spent eating out in London is an education, and on a warm Tuesday evening last week I went to Knightsbridge to learn about Nanyang cuisine. It has a somewhat fluid definition, as these things often do, but generally refers to food from SE China...
Cheese and Biscuits
Pied à Terre, Fitzrovia Since the closure of Le Gavroche, Pied à Terre is now the London restaurant which has held at least...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Since the closure of Le Gavroche, Pied à Terre is now the London restaurant which has held at least one Michelin star for the longest time. It first won the accolade shortly after it opened back in 1991, a time when fine dining meant French dining, and the term "gastropub" was...
AFAR Media - Travel...
How These Black Artists Shaped Charleston’s Culture
a year ago
diamond geezer
Bus of the day 157 Bus Route Of The Day 157: Crystal Palace to Morden Quadrant: London southwest Length of journey: 12...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Bus Route Of The Day 157: Crystal Palace to Morden Quadrant: London southwest Length of journey: 12 miles, 70 minutes Because it's 15th July I've been out riding the 157, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. Be warned I have a few of these up my sleeve as the week progresses,...
Londonist
Christmas Music Shows In London 2023 - Get Festive With Everything From Crooners To Massaoke Carols not your thing? There's still a sleigh-load of festive music to lap up.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Icoma Foldable Electric Bike Inspired by Japanese Transformable Toys The moment we saw this foldable electric bike, something awakened our inner child. We couldn’t quite...
a year ago
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a year ago
The moment we saw this foldable electric bike, something awakened our inner child. We couldn’t quite put our finger on it bit it was a feeling akin to seeing a brand new toy in a toy shop. It turns out that the origin story of the Icoma Electric Bike is very much a part of...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 27 November-3 December 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
Around London In 11 Fish Sculptures, puns and some actual real fish.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Old Oak Common to Euston A Nice Walk: Old Oak Common to Euston (6 miles) High Speed 2 is seemingly forever under threat, the...
a year ago
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a year ago
A Nice Walk: Old Oak Common to Euston (6 miles) High Speed 2 is seemingly forever under threat, the latest proposal being that it should run only between not-quite-central Birmingham and not-quite-central London. But would it really be so terrible to terminate the line at Old...
Londonist
Dive Into This Free Exhibition About Billingsgate Fish Market Living the bream.
10 months ago
Londonist
A Bald Man Chooses His Favourite Bald Spots In London The O2, the huge Hitchcock head - which is your fave?
9 months ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 23-29 October 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
diamond geezer
St Paul's Cathedral On Lord Mayor's Show day entrance to St Paul's Cathedral is free. Today's post comes free with 30...
a year ago
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a year ago
On Lord Mayor's Show day entrance to St Paul's Cathedral is free. Today's post comes free with 30 photos on Flickr. n.b. Doors open at 8.30am, so if you get there early you can get minimal people in your photos. 20 things to see inside St Paul's Cathedral Nave 1) The font...
diamond geezer
Christmas trees
2 weeks ago
Spoon & Tamago
The Unforgettable Landscapes of Ippan Nakamura’s World of Illustrations All images courtesy of Nakamura Ippan | used with permission Nakamura Ippan, a non-binary artist...
a year ago
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a year ago
All images courtesy of Nakamura Ippan | used with permission Nakamura Ippan, a non-binary artist known for their web comic series ‘Jimocoro‘ and ‘Minna no Gohan‘, held their first solo exhibition last month in Tokyo. Art enthusiasts had the opportunity to witness Nakamura’s...
Londonist
The Great Fire Of London: 10 Key Sites To See Monument, Pudding Lane, the Golden Boy and more.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 11-12 November 2023 The Lord Mayor's Show, music festivals, Diwali celebrations and more.
a year ago
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...
diamond geezer
Cromwell Road Bus Station Cromwell Road bus station in Kingston has reopened. There are eight versions of today's post,...
a month ago
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a month ago
Cromwell Road bus station in Kingston has reopened. There are eight versions of today's post, according to your level of interest. (click to jump to the right one) 1) I just need the basics 2) I never intend to visit but tell me more 3) I sometimes use this bus station 4) I...
Londonist
A Brief History Of Tower Bridge The history behind London's iconic bridge
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Close-up Photographs of Sumo Wrestlers Evoke Mountain Ranges Shrouded in Fog Last month, the 107th High School Kanazawa City Sumo Tournament was held. The event has been held...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last month, the 107th High School Kanazawa City Sumo Tournament was held. The event has been held annually for over 100 years and attracts spectators locally but also from across Japan. But for the past 3 years, because of covid restrictions, the event had been held without...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best Cultural Vacation in Monaco
9 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 6-7 April 2024 Last-chance exhibitions, an ice hockey weekender, and a miniature railway.
9 months ago
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London In October 2023 Beauty, Manga, miniatures and a whole load of art fairs.
a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 29 January-4 February 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
Londonist
New Barbie Exhibition To Open In London Next Year Hi Barbie!
a year ago
Londonist
Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs Getting A Glow-Up - As Part Of Huge Park Revamp Italian Terraces will also be restored and replanted with wildflowers.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Redbridge Museum reopens The London borough of Redbridge has boasted a solid mid-table museum since 2000, housed in a bespoke...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The London borough of Redbridge has boasted a solid mid-table museum since 2000, housed in a bespoke corner on the second floor of Ilford's main library. But it's needed a bit of a refresh for a while so they used lockdown as a chance to start updating it with lottery money and...
AFAR Media - Travel...
In-Depth Review of Buahan, a Banyan Tree Escape, a hotel in Bali, Indonesia
a year ago
Londonist
20 Remarkable Photos Of London In 1992 Concorde, IRA bombs and the Chippendales.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Esquelbecq Is Named France’s Favorite Village of 2023
a year ago
diamond geezer
Renaming the Overground, step by step The introduction of the six new London Overground names is finally, tangibly, underway. But the...
a month ago
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a month ago
The introduction of the six new London Overground names is finally, tangibly, underway. But the changes are being phased in, as befits a seriously complex operation, with some happening now, some delayed until next month or next year, and some kicked far into the future because...
Londonist
Things To Do In London On Christmas Day Guided tours, river trips and Christmas lunch.
a year ago
Londonist
London Transport Museum Is Throwing A Special Friday Late For Students London Calling takes place on 6 October.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Lesser-Known Adventures to Explore in Greece
a month ago
Londonist
The Dreamlike Tower Bridge From Poor Things Was Almost Real Yorgos Lanthimos revives Horace Jones' original design.
10 months ago
Londonist
Play On The Guitar Of Your Dreams At This Gibson Showroom Live out your Nigel Tufnel fantasy.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
10 Best, Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Portugal
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Papi, London Fields "We'll need your table back in an hour and a half, is that OK?" Still, there's a lot to like...
a year ago
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a year ago
"We'll need your table back in an hour and a half, is that OK?" Still, there's a lot to like about Papi. It's one of those places where you want to order everything on the menu, and as the menu isn't that huge, if you take a couple of friends along you probably can. We...
AFAR Media - Travel...
21 Must-Try Michelin-Star Restaurants in Monaco
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Bow Road Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things...
a year ago
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a year ago
Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things I haven't blogged about before. Odds 1) Autumn is a particularly good season to see Bow Road because many of our trees do the pretty yellow thing before the leaves fall...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Where Was Game of Thrones Filmed? 11 Locations You Can Visit
a year ago
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.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Discover the Artistic Side of Aspen: A Guide for Culture Lovers
7 months ago
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...
8 months ago
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8 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...
Herbert Lui
Serious writing In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject...
a month ago
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a month ago
In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject and discriminate, believing that the best artist was the one who made the most elegant choices. They analysed poems to show how difficult ‘real’ writing was, and they taught that I...
diamond geezer
The London Monopoly board Free ParkingStrand Fleet Street Trafalgar SquareFenchurch Street stationLeicester Square Coventry...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Free ParkingStrand Fleet Street Trafalgar SquareFenchurch Street stationLeicester Square Coventry St Water Works PiccadillyGo To Jail Vine Street Marlborough     Street Bow StreetMONOPOLY (the full clickable set)Regent Street Oxford Street Bond...
Londonist
David Attenborough Waxwork Comes To Madame Tussauds It's the second time he's been honoured here.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best New Restaurants in Toronto
8 months ago
Londonist
Tiddles - The Fat Cat Of Paddington Station He even had his own fridge.
11 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...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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)...
Spoon & Tamago
Go See 5.3 Million Baby Blue Eye Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan photo by teerayut hiruntaraporn Japan’s cherry blossoms usually get all the attention for their...
a year ago
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a year ago
photo by teerayut hiruntaraporn Japan’s cherry blossoms usually get all the attention for their short-lived beauty. But equally ephemeral are Japan’s Nemophila, or Baby Blue Eyes. And once a year, around late April to Early May, an astounding sea of 5.3 million of these little...
AFAR Media - Travel...
United Becomes First U.S. Airline to Add Braille to Planes
a year ago
diamond geezer
London's largest common What's London's largest common? In particular it depends on what common land is. The Open Spaces...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
What's London's largest common? In particular it depends on what common land is. The Open Spaces Society says this. "Common land is land that has an owner but over which other people have the right to use and take away certain natural produce. These people, known as commoners,...
Londonist
The Notable Benches Of London 64 unusual benches in one graphic (you might want to sit down).
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best Places for Art, Music, and Theater in Asheville
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Can You Get Banned from Flying for Skiplagging?
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Step Into a World of Contemporary Japanese Art at New Exhibition in New York a series of washi paper prints by artist takayuki. o “Stepping Into A World” is a the 5th in a...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
a series of washi paper prints by artist takayuki. o “Stepping Into A World” is a the 5th in a series of juried open call exhibitions aimed at showcasing undiscovered Japanese artists and integrating them into the forefront of the global art scene. The exhibition, which includes...
Spoon & Tamago
All Aboard the Deer Train to Nara all photos by mareiii04 Nara is known for several things including their gorgeous temples and...
a year ago
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a year ago
all photos by mareiii04 Nara is known for several things including their gorgeous temples and exquisite parks. But the historic Japanese city has another major tourist attraction: their devious deer. If you’re heading to Nara, be sure to try and board Kintetsu Railway’s new Deer...
One from Nippon
Japan's Comfort Food: The Onigiri Walk into any Japanese convenience store and you will always find a shelf dedicated to one item:...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
Walk into any Japanese convenience store and you will always find a shelf dedicated to one item: onigiri. The onigiri, often translated as “rice ball”, literally means “grasping a fistful” and is in many ways Japan's original fast food, before fast food. Quick to
Spoon & Tamago
Japan Society Presents Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux this post is sponsored by Japan Society Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan...
11 months ago
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11 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...
diamond geezer
Tickets are being accepted on alternative services The tube was seriously disrupted in northwest London yesterday morning when a signal failure at...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
The tube was seriously disrupted in northwest London yesterday morning when a signal failure at Wembley Park caused line closures and serious delays. And the advice which popped up is the advice which often pops up in such a situation, which is that tickets were being accepted on...
Londonist
Part Of The Piccadilly Line Is Closing For 5 Days This Month Heathrow will be off the cards.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
The Count 2024 For twenty-one consecutive Februaries on diamond geezer I've kept myself busy by counting things....
11 months ago
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11 months ago
For twenty-one consecutive Februaries on diamond geezer I've kept myself busy by counting things. Ten different counts, to be precise, in a stats-tastic 28-day feature called The Count. You therefore won't be surprised to hear that I intend to do exactly the same again this year....
AFAR Media - Travel...
New Luxury Cruises in the Adriatic and Baltic Seas
3 months ago
diamond geezer
Doctor Who 60 On Doctor Who's 60th birthday, here's a post about Doctor Who and birthdays. I checked back...
a year ago
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a year ago
On Doctor Who's 60th birthday, here's a post about Doctor Who and birthdays. I checked back recently and was amazed to see that my birthday had coincided with a new episode of Doctor Who in four consecutive years. This seemed somewhat improbable. 9th March 1982: Earthshock...
Londonist
Plunge Into An Icy Brockwell Lido For Charity This Christmas The Icebreaker challenge is back.
a year ago
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.
a year ago
Londonist
Londonist Talks To Just Stop Oil "No one will listen to you if they cannot hear you."
10 months ago
Herbert Lui
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...
a month ago
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a month ago
“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...
Londonist
TfL Raises Penalty Fare To £100 £130m-£150m lost a year thanks to fare dodgers.
10 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Artists Summon Mythical Creatures of the Echigo Region for the 2024 Wara Art Festival photos courtesy Wara Art Festival Autumn is officially upon us. It’s the season of shorter days,...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
photos courtesy Wara Art Festival Autumn is officially upon us. It’s the season of shorter days, brighter moons and bountiful harvests. Niigata prefecture, in Northern Japan, is known for its rice paddies and rice production. Around this time of year the rice harvest becomes a...
diamond geezer
Not very interesting transport news Friday's not very interesting transport news The Overground lines still haven't been...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Friday's not very interesting transport news The Overground lines still haven't been renamed double-sided Mildmay line panel was revealed at one end of platforms 1 and 2 (click to embiggen), while a separate sign directed passengers up to the Mildmay line from the subway. These...
Londonist
Hello Brain! At The Crick Probes Secrets Of The Mind... With Knitting See the latest brain research while you wait for a train.
10 months 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...
The Forney Flyer
Nineteen Years of Joy, and Counting! Nineteen years ago today, I married my best friend, Joy.  One year later our first child was...
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over a year ago
Nineteen years ago today, I married my best friend, Joy.  One year later our first child was born... ... and well before his first birthday, we were commissioned by our church to head to the mission field. That was 17 years ago, and we've spent the vast majority of our...
diamond geezer
Denham Green As unexpected street names go, this is right up there. n.b. there are four...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
As unexpected street names go, this is right up there. n.b. there are four Denhams. Specifically Stanley Kubrick Road is in Denham Green. Three things to see in Denham Green 1) Denham Film Studios Alexander Korda opened his film studios just north of Denham in 1935. Some...
Herbert Lui
Disorientation When you first land in a new place, where you don’t speak the language, you’re probably going to...
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a month ago
When you first land in a new place, where you don’t speak the language, you’re probably going to make some mistakes. You’ll get in the wrong line at the airport. Queue on the wrong side of the escalator. Realize you’ve unintentionally broken etiquette or convention of some sort....
diamond geezer
Rooms Through TIme The Museum of the Home in Hoxton has evolved again. It used to be the Geffrye Museum, a linear...
5 months ago
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The Museum of the Home in Hoxton has evolved again. It used to be the Geffrye Museum, a linear celebration of historic middle-class interiors. In 1998 it extended beyond the almshouses into a loopy extension with cafe and gift shop. In 2021 they added a thematic basement, shifted...
Londonist
Time Travel Back To 17th Century London - With This Royalist Reenactment Along The Mall Commemorating the execution of Charles I.
a year ago
Londonist
57 Magnificent Things To Do In London This Month: March 2024 Art fairs, Comic Con, the Boat Races, and other March events.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
B2024 This is the road of the year, the B2024. There was once an A2024 heading east out of Chichester,...
a year ago
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a year ago
This is the road of the year, the B2024. There was once an A2024 heading east out of Chichester, but a WW2 airfield severed that so the B2024 is now all we have. It kicks off in the middle of Westerham, a proper Wealden town with a coaching inn, tea rooms and a historic high...
Londonist
Dad's Army Museum: Go On A Classic Sitcom Pilgrimage On This Day Trip From London "Now pay attention..."
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Myrtle Beach’s Sensory-Friendly Hotels, Spots, Restaurants
3 months ago
diamond geezer
Unlocking QEOP Ten years ago, when Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park fully opened, I showed you this graphic showing all...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Ten years ago, when Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park fully opened, I showed you this graphic showing all the pedestrian entrances into the park. It wasn't an official list, simply those I'd spotted, numbered in an anti-clockwise direction starting from Westfield. greens were...
The Forney Flyer
Recent Stuff A few weeks ago we (fellow MAF pilot Andrew and I) landed at Amudat airstrip for the first time in a...
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over a year ago
A few weeks ago we (fellow MAF pilot Andrew and I) landed at Amudat airstrip for the first time in a very long time (below). Over the past year and a half quite a few of the upcountry airstrips in Uganda (especially in Karamoja) deteriorated so badly that we had to stop using...
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...
10 months ago
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10 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,...
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Boston Tea Party 250 10 ways to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party It's exactly 250 years since...
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10 ways to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party It's exactly 250 years since tax-averse demonstrators boarded ships in Boston Harbour and hurled chests of tea into the water, triggering a snowball of protest which led inexorably to the Declaration of...
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Maresco, Soho Shall we get the inevitable comparisons out of the way first? Yes, there's more than a little...
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a year ago
Shall we get the inevitable comparisons out of the way first? Yes, there's more than a little influence from the Hart Bros' Barrafina group of restaurants on display here at Maresco, a bright and bustling new arrival on the streets of Soho. There's a raw bar groaning with...
Spoon & Tamago
Mountain Villa in Yamanashi Integrates Landscape and Living Room photos by Daici Ano courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects We have a serious case of real estate envy...
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photos by Daici Ano courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects We have a serious case of real estate envy here. House in Saiko is a holiday home that overlooks Mount Fuji on the shore of Lake Saiko, one of the five Fuji Lakes. Designed by architect Keiji Ashizawa, and completed in 2017,...
diamond geezer
I've been to see some art I've been to see some art. Art West: Serpentine Gallery Many's the time I've traipsed to the...
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7 months ago
I've been to see some art. Art West: Serpentine Gallery Many's the time I've traipsed to the middle of Kensington Gardens only to be underwhelmed. Thankfully this time it was well worth the effort. Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States (until 1 September) Yinka did the...
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Multicultural Soho Shines In This AI-Enhanced Video From The 1950s Super-sharp footage of 50s Soho.
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50 posts I won't be writing 50 posts I won't be writing • January's fried chicken launches (except that's actually 51, so I...
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50 posts I won't be writing • January's fried chicken launches (except that's actually 51, so I will be writing one of them... here later) Retracing Terry and June Happy Ever After evolved into Terry and June in 1979, for copyright reasons. Both featured Terry Scott and June...
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Where To Recycle Or Dispose Of Your 2023 Christmas Tree In London Which London boroughs recycle them?
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In Pictures: London's Tube Station Gardens Which is your fave?
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London's highest High Street London's highest High Street High Street (Downe) [155m] High Street should be in Downe. Downe is...
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6 months ago
London's highest High Street High Street (Downe) [155m] High Street should be in Downe. Downe is a proper village surrounded by fields, not far from Biggin Hill airport. It used to be in Kent but is now in the outer orbit of the London borough of Bromley. It has two village...
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We Talk To John Rogers, Filmmaker And Author Of Welcome To New London A true London legend.
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Gaps between Easters You've probably noticed that Easter Day moves around a lot. Yes, it can fall on any date between...
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9 months ago
You've probably noticed that Easter Day moves around a lot. Yes, it can fall on any date between 22nd March and 25th April, but it never seems to end up on the same weekend it did last year. And indeed it never can. Let's take a look at how the date jumps around during the...
diamond geezer
Friday transport news Friday transport news n.b. London Reconnections does a longer list every Friday Ian Visits does a...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Friday transport news n.b. London Reconnections does a longer list every Friday Ian Visits does a longer list every Friday Raildate does a longer list every Friday Overground news recently restored, and it's one of the latter. It's the original waiting room from 1872 which...
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The Petrie Museum: Ancient Egypt Without The British Museum Crowds The Bloomsbury museum hidden in UCL.
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Unblogged June 30 unblogged things I did in June Sat 1: Kept bumping into Spanish and German football fans all over...
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6 months ago
30 unblogged things I did in June Sat 1: Kept bumping into Spanish and German football fans all over parts of London nowhere near where the Champions League final would be taking place. It's amazing how far a stadiumful spreads out. Dortmund had by far the better kit, and by far...
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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...
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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),...
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...
diamond geezer
Bond Street BOND STREET £320   London's Monopoly Streets BOND STREET Colour group: green Purchase price:...
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BOND STREET £320   London's Monopoly Streets BOND STREET Colour group: green Purchase price: £320 Rent: £28 Length: 800m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 penultimate street on the Monopoly board famously doesn't exist, even though it has a station named after it. It's also...
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In Pictures: The East End Pubs Of London Bars stools, sticky carpets, cash only - bliss.
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Wanding Juniors #10004 ✅ Oddities What the hell is wanding? Why does it need to be done to juniors? Who is the...
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a year ago
#10004 ✅ Oddities What the hell is wanding? Why does it need to be done to juniors? Who is the creepy character on the left? Is that a grinning CCTV camera? And why does that teddy bear look so pleased? This is our surveillance society gone mad! young supporters of West Ham...
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...
diamond geezer
Anorak Corner (rail edition) Anorak Corner [National Rail edition] passenger data from across Britain's railway network, this...
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a year ago
Anorak Corner [National Rail edition] passenger data from across Britain's railway network, this batch covering the period April 2022 to March 2023. After a couple of years of freakish statistics we've finally left the pandemic behind, with its subdued commuting, reduced...
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Be the first If you really want to make a difference in somebody’s life, be the first person to make a...
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If you really want to make a difference in somebody’s life, be the first person to make a contribution.  This could mean being their first customer, their first donor, or the first person to leave a comment or share the work.  It will make a powerful impression, give them energy,...
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BL1 London's Free Buses BL1: Bedfont Lakes - Feltham BL2: Bedfont Lakes - Hatton Cross Length of...
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2 months ago
London's Free Buses BL1: Bedfont Lakes - Feltham BL2: Bedfont Lakes - Hatton Cross Length of journey: 2 miles, 12 minutes It's a strange place, a 1990s commercial development built across former gravel pits, originally with IBM as the lead tenant. It's a bit like Stockley Park...
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over a year ago
I'm taking a quick break from the series I was doing about our past, to update you on what's going on here right now.  I mentioned a while back that I would update you regarding our summer plans when we knew more. Well, the uncertainty has persisted throughout the summer, so I...
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 16-17 March 2024 Vintage clothes, live jazz, and the St Patrick's Day parade.
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150-Year Old Florist in Yanaka Blossoms with a New Cafe all photos by Takuya Seki courtesy Maru Architects Founded in 1870, Hanaju is a florist that has...
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3 months ago
all photos by Takuya Seki courtesy Maru Architects Founded in 1870, Hanaju is a florist that has served Tokyo’s Yanaka neighborhood for over 150 years. The flower shop is located near the entrance of Yanaka Cemetery and is surrounded by traditional homes and businesses, including...
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London Gets A New Station As Brent Cross West Opens Handy for Brent Cross shopping centre.
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Uenosuke Shitanosuke: Twin Tumblers that Fit Perfectly Together For all the preaching on the health benefits of drinking more water, very few tools help us actually...
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a year ago
For all the preaching on the health benefits of drinking more water, very few tools help us actually achieve this. So when Taro Mukasa, an illustrator and toy designer at creative agency Zariganiworks came across a manga panel in which the protagonist declares that his hobby is...
diamond geezer
Coppermill Stream THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Coppermill Stream Tottenham Hale → Stamford Hill (1¼ miles) River Lee...
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2 days ago
THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Coppermill Stream Tottenham Hale → Stamford Hill (1¼ miles) River Lee Navigation Act authorised the creation of straighter cuts chopping off awkward meanders and the introduction of towpaths on both sides of the river. The sequential introduction of...
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Where To Watch The Rugby World Cup 2023 In London Pubs and bars screening the action.
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TfL FoI requests in September 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in September 2024 1) The average e-scooter hire trip...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in September 2024 1) The average e-scooter hire trip lasts 16 minutes, is 1½ miles long and is undertaken at 6½ mph. 2) TfL plan to replace the Lodge Avenue flyover on the A13 with a like-for-like replacement, with construction starting...
diamond geezer
Bus stops served by the most buses Sunday was the 5th best day ever on diamond geezer, visitornumberswise, and came within a smidge of...
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6 months ago
Sunday was the 5th best day ever on diamond geezer, visitornumberswise, and came within a smidge of being the 4th. As usual it had nothing to do with something I'd just written, just thousands of people piling onto an old post which just happened to answer a question someone had...
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Take A Peek Inside The Royal Albert Hall's New Archive Collection From Queen Victoria to Beyonce, this place has seen them all.
a year ago
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New 'Eurostar Snow' Service Will Whisk Londoners To Ski Resorts This Winter News comes after rumours that ski trains would end.
a year ago
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London Then And Now: Aerial Shots Show City Grow Over Past Two Decades Our city's put on a bit of a growth spurt since the 2000s...
a year 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...
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...
a year ago
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a year 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...
diamond geezer
Trafalgar 219 To celebrate/commemorate the 219th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, here are 40...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
To celebrate/commemorate the 219th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, here are 40 Trafalgar-based lists. Places called Trafalgar: cape in Spain, hamlet in Cornwall, town in Indiana, community in Nova Scotia, town in Victoria, waterfall in Dominica, village in South Africa,...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Dew Drop Inn, Hurley I think the Dew Drop Inn must exist, because I have photographic proof I was there on Saturday...
a year ago
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a year ago
I think the Dew Drop Inn must exist, because I have photographic proof I was there on Saturday afternoon, sheltering from the wind and rain in their front bar, cozying up next to a log fire and sipping on a pint of ale. I can see the payment on my credit card statement, I can see...
Cheese and Biscuits
AngloThai at Outcrop, the Strand Part of the vast, shiny new 180 Strand development, AngloThai at Outcrop is an entirely outside -...
a year ago
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a year ago
Part of the vast, shiny new 180 Strand development, AngloThai at Outcrop is an entirely outside - albeit thankfully mainly covered - restaurant designed to make the most of the summer months. Unfortunately on Friday the weather was a bit more traditionally Anglo than Thai,...
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Grown-Up Events To Take Your Baby To In London Baby-friendly events, designed with adults in mind.
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Where To Watch The Super Bowl 2024 In London Screenings and parties across the capital.
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Make Daily Life Comical With Manga Sound Effects These acrylic manga sound effects are the perfect item to introduce some comical playfulness into...
a year ago
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a year ago
These acrylic manga sound effects are the perfect item to introduce some comical playfulness into your room or office. Need to drop off a stack of documents for your coworker to review? The ドーン sound effect accentuates the weight and intimidation of the pile. Want to show off you...
One from Nippon
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs (Part 2) Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part post. Part 1 can be found here. The Hot Spring...
a year ago
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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
diamond geezer
National Rail interchange symbols What does the National Rail symbol on the tube map mean? I ask because several stations with a...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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....
Cheese and Biscuits
Crispin at Studio Voltaire, Clapham Common Although my useless photos hardly do it justice (let's just get that out of the way from the start),...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
Although my useless photos hardly do it justice (let's just get that out of the way from the start), Crispin at Studio Voltaire is a lovely space to eat in. The candles on each table aren't the only source of light, but provide a romantic accessory to the tealights dangling above...
diamond geezer
Rejigging the Bow Roundabout (this is the first post written on my new laptop) (Windows 11 remains very unfamiliar - a lot's...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
(this is the first post written on my new laptop) (Windows 11 remains very unfamiliar - a lot's changed since 7!) I'm still trying to work out what's going on with the imminent roadworks at the Bow Roundabout. I keep checking the Causeway one.network map where everything's...
Londonist
Ramadan And Eid Events In London 2024 Illuminations, shopping festivals and Eid celebrations.
10 months ago
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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6 months ago
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...
Londonist
The Great Exhibition Road Festival Returns This June One street, hundreds of free events.
9 months ago
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 11-17 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Ealing NEWS North Ealing northernmost point in the borough of Ealing. Which is here in the corner of Roxeth...
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7 months ago
North Ealing northernmost point in the borough of Ealing. Which is here in the corner of Roxeth Recreation Ground. North Ealing station is 4 miles away. Roxeth Rec may be large but it's tucked into a dead end wedge between two railway lines, hidden behind a rack of terraced...
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Define it Ambiguity makes language wonderful. The same sentence, or even word, could mean something entirely...
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2 weeks ago
Ambiguity makes language wonderful. The same sentence, or even word, could mean something entirely different to another person. A writer may have a specific intention for their words, and yet there could be as many different interpretations as there are readers.  This also means...
Londonist
Festival of Railway Modelling Returns To Alexandra Palace Hundreds of mini trains steam into town.
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The Gravy Fondue: Will You Be Dipping Into London's Winter Food Trend? Chuck out the cheese - it's all about the brown stuff.
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The Massive (And Massively Controversial) Stratford Sphere Is Vegas coming to east London?
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London's Smallest Art Gallery Is In A Phone Box Outside The British Museum You can buy the art, too.
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Jeune & Jolie, Carlsbad To a visitor from lands afar (me) who sees this part of the world in little two-week periods twice a...
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a month ago
To a visitor from lands afar (me) who sees this part of the world in little two-week periods twice a year, Jeune & Jolie feels like it did all the work of establishing itself as one of the best restaurants in California in a metaphorical blink of an eye, a few short months...
Cheese and Biscuits
Crocadon, Cornwall Great restaurants often involve a great journey, and the journey to Crocadon, for everyone involved,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Great restaurants often involve a great journey, and the journey to Crocadon, for everyone involved, staff and guests, is greater than most. Dan Cox was head chef at Fera at Claridges when I last sampled his cooking, and although the restaurant eventually turned out to be a bit...
Londonist
The Elysian Arcs: Giant Rainbows And Bubbles Appear Beneath Cheesegrater Free installation bring colour to City.
10 months ago
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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
London's highest lettered house What's London's highest lettered house? Sorry, that's a bad question. I don't mean the highest...
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a year ago
What's London's highest lettered house? Sorry, that's a bad question. I don't mean the highest above sea level, not like the highest station I blogged about on Thursday. And letters aren't generally higher than other letters, F isn't higher than E, it's more an alphabetical...
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 2-3 September 2023 A vintage sale, a David Bowie club night, and a wealth of festivals to kickstart September.
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The Forney Flyer
Way Back When Our flying has been quite slow lately because of the Covid-19 situation. I have, however, recently...
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over a year ago
Our flying has been quite slow lately because of the Covid-19 situation. I have, however, recently done several maintenance and test flights from our home airstrip, which as you can see, is about half underwater from the high levels of Lake Victoria. In fact, this is better than...
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A Weekend Guide to Skiing and Dining in Park City, Utah
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How-to Guide for Art Enthusiasts in Dallas
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diamond geezer
25 years of hurt 25 years ago today a total solar eclipse could be seen from the UK. How is that ever quarter of a...
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5 months ago
25 years ago today a total solar eclipse could be seen from the UK. How is that ever quarter of a century ago? small part of the UK mainland in south Devon and Cornwall, arriving over Land's End at 11:10am and departing near Salcombe five minutes later. All you had to do to...
diamond geezer
It's official Journalists working at various media portals are under increasing pressure to churn out more and...
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2 months ago
Journalists working at various media portals are under increasing pressure to churn out more and more stories because the more they write the more page views they get. Clickbait isn't going away any time soon. But a trope that's sadly gathering more prominence lately is a...
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Top 6 Underrated Places to Visit in the BVI
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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...
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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...
Londonist
More Tube Strikes For London This October Dispute over staff cuts and working conditions.
a year ago
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Khan Announces TfL Fare Freeze - But Is Everything As It Seems? It does't apply to everyone...
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Japan’s Tiniest Botanical Garden is in Shibuya photos by Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office Walk south from Shibuya station and within...
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10 months ago
photos by Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office Walk south from Shibuya station and within 10 minutes you’ll stumble upon a glass dome-shaped building sandwiched between several nondescript buildings. Hidden in plain sight is the Shibuya City Botanical Garden, Japan’s...
Londonist
16 Spring Day Trips From London: April 2024 Steam trains, flower festivals and a mysterious grotto.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
346 Last Saturday one bus route on the edge of east London disappeared and another quadrupled in length....
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10 months ago
Last Saturday one bus route on the edge of east London disappeared and another quadrupled in length. I didn't fancy spending my birthday in Upminster so left it a few days before taking a ride on the end result. • The 346 used to be one of London's shortest bus routes, a brief...
diamond geezer
We're drinking less tea Yesterday the BBC website had a story about the amount of tea people aren't drinking any more. do...
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a month ago
Yesterday the BBC website had a story about the amount of tea people aren't drinking any more. do drink tea it's often green tea, herbal tea or bubble tea, not traditional black tea. 18 year-old Sharma, for example, said she prefers herbal tea and hasn't even heard of Typhoo...
Londonist
Jings! London Is Getting A Deli Selling Nothing But Scottish Food The Shoap opens in Angel in February.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Route 59 Route 59: Smithfield to Streatham Hill Location: London south, inner Length of bus journey: 6 miles,...
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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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Evolving Themes of Absence and Presence in the Paintings of Minoru Nomata Still-28 1986 Painting is an escapist world, but I would like it to be a place to become energized...
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Still-28 1986 Painting is an escapist world, but I would like it to be a place to become energized Minoru Nomata Over the past four decades, Minoru Nomata has developed a distinctive painting style characterized by imaginary architectonic and topographical forms. His works...
diamond geezer
Brent Cross West, West and East The new Brent Cross West station serves two very different communities either side of the tracks....
a year ago
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a year ago
The new Brent Cross West station serves two very different communities either side of the tracks. You could call them Brent Cross West West and Brent Cross West East. Neither is buzzing with potential passengers. Brent Cross West West is commercial and car-dominated, as befits...
diamond geezer
Bus of the day 177 Bus Route Of The Day 177: Peckham to Thamesmead Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 12...
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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...
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...
Londonist
70+ Spectacular Things To Do In London This Month: September 2023 Open House London! Plus a new music festival, fashion exhibitions, pole dancing, and sheep on the...
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diamond geezer
Hampton Water Works The square after Coventry Street on the Monopoly board is the Water Works. London has all kinds of...
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3 months ago
The square after Coventry Street on the Monopoly board is the Water Works. London has all kinds of water infrastructure, from sewage treatment works to reservoirs and ring mains, not to mention sewers, pumping stations and the Tideway Tunnel. But I thought I'd visit the largest...
diamond geezer
It's this blog's 22nd birthday It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or...
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It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or 20, but it's still a big number.
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19 Images That Tell The Vivid History Of The South Bank From Roman temples to futuristic domes.
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diamond geezer
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A Nice Walk: Ted Lasso (1 kilometre) Richmond as seen on Ted Lasso, nowhere near enough to make a day of it but a nice walk all the same. n.b. I'm walking the route suggested on page 26 of the Visit Richmond Guide 2024/2025 Turn left out of the station and cross the road at...
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diamond geezer
London's wind turbines I was in Dagenham and I saw this wind turbine and I wondered How many wind turbines are there in...
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6 months ago
I was in Dagenham and I saw this wind turbine and I wondered How many wind turbines are there in London? So I made a map using OpenStreetMap and OverpassTurbo. It produced a map showing 44 wind turbines in the Greater London area. Except I looked a bit closer and some of...
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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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I don't usually like to do invited reviews back-to-back, so this was supposed to be a post about a lovely Catalonian restaurant called El Molí de L'Escala. El Molí serve a daily-changing menu of exciting and unusual local seafood (they had sea cucumber on the menu last week, and...
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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...
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How do you decide what’s worth reading? Travel brings about a great opportunity: to visit local bookstores. On a trip to Hong Kong, Tokyo,...
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Travel brings about a great opportunity: to visit local bookstores. On a trip to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai, my family and I had the privilege of visiting these bookstores: Daikanyama T-Site (my favorite in the world and default recommendation to anyone visiting Tokyo), Ginza...
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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...
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Wimbledon expands Last week the Deputy Mayor approved the All England Club's planning application to build 39 new...
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Last week the Deputy Mayor approved the All England Club's planning application to build 39 new tennis courts across Wimbledon Park. But was that decision right or was it wrong? extend across the road with a new show court and dozens of practice courts, and throw in a new...
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Monday transport news Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Monday. You've Got...
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Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Monday. You've Got Mail Here's the roundel mat at Acton Main Line which is located just behind the gateline. It's easiest seen by those exiting the station, although they can only read it upside-down...
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The Wrythe Today we're off to the only south London suburb that starts with The, namely The Wrythe which is a...
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Today we're off to the only south London suburb that starts with The, namely The Wrythe which is a significant part of Sutton. Essentially it's North Carshalton but has had a separate identity since medieval times, actual residents since Victorian times and today forms a...
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Weather 2023 the dg weather review of the year used to do this with big colourful monthly tables but that's too...
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the dg weather review of the year used to do this with big colourful monthly tables but that's too much effort for too little reward so here's a breezier summary. All data is for Hampstead, as per usual.  temperaturerainfallsunshine Janmild then...
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See Three New Morphing Sculptures By Nick Hornby Trio of incredible shape-changing sculptures hit town.
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But what are the first stations beyond the Greater London boundary? Herts Moor Park z6/7 Carpenders Park z7 Herts Elstree and Borehamwood z6 Potters Bar Herts Cuffley Theobalds Grove z7 Waltham Cross z7 Essex Buckhurst Hill z5 Roding Valley z4 Grange Hill...
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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...
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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...
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Tokyo-based artist Ogino Yuna creates semi-abstract paintings using motifs of living things that are familiar to her, such as flowers and people. But for her latest exhibition, which just opened in Tokyo, the artist has pointed her brush at one of the most basic yet intimate...
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images courtesy Death Fes April 14th is the unofficial “day of good death” in Japan. The date 4-1-4 can be pronounced yo-i-shi, or good death, making today the perfect day to kick-off the Death Fes, an event aimed at encouraging people to think and talk about their inevitable...
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Seaside postcard: Hunstanton Hunstanton is a seaside town at the northwest tip of Norfolk and reputedly the only resort on the East Coast that faces west. It's like Great Yarmouth in that it boasts amusements, tattoos and chippies, but also smaller, newer, remoter, genteeler,...
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Inner monologue Hello to all of you who, like me, live by yourself. Not for us the chance of a friendly chat over...
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Hello to all of you who, like me, live by yourself. Not for us the chance of a friendly chat over breakfast, nor a natter in the bedroom, nor an entire evening sitting in front of the TV offering a running commentary on everything you watch. Our inner monologue stays private,...
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I wish it could be Christmas Eve every day • Shopping would always be madness. • No more Countdown on C4, just endless reruns of The Snowman. • You'd forever be wrapping presents but not opening them. • You'd soon run out of sellotape. • Christmas jumpers would no longer be a...
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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...
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this post was sponsored by the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau This travel guide originally appeared in February 2023 and ever since Covid restrictions were lifted, Ishikawa prefecture has seen a steady climb in tourism. However, the tragic Noto Earthquake at the beginning of...
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We're still a couple of weeks away from the renaming of the Overground lines. On the left is the list of Overground line closures displayed at every station this week... It may look unfamiliar, and the line names may not mean much to you yet. But I'd hope we can agree it's...
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A Map Of Camden Place Name Origins Etymology of the borough's road, parks and pubs.
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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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It makes perfect sense that with London commercial property rents sky-high, wiley restaurateurs should look further afield and towards quirkier, more unusual spaces to set up shop. I have had mixed experiences dining on a boat (the London Shell Company: great fun; our office Xmas...
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There are now less than 20 weeks until the London Mayoral elections and most of the top candidates have laid out their key policies. Sadiq hasn't, his personal website is still a 1-slogan void, but as the incumbent it's easy to imagine what 'more of the same' might mean. Nobody...
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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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Every year on May 15th the people of Cheam hold a charter fair. Also much of the above may not be true. Firstly there is no evidence that Henry III granted a charter to Cheam in 1259 or in any other year. Tradition says he did but no historical records exist to confirm this,...
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The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout are now into their second month (or their third month if you're the manager who cancels buses). a curve of concrete block paving that's due to become roadway, so fairly trivial. Previous updates: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
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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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Senko hanabi, literally meaning ‘incense fireworks,’ are small and subtle sparklers that are packed with about 10 seconds of delicate pyrotechnics. Typically sold alongside other handheld fireworks, the unspoken rule is that senko hanabi are reserved for the grand finale....
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Eversleigh Road At this time of year I like to blog about a festively-named London street, however mundane it might...
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At this time of year I like to blog about a festively-named London street, however mundane it might be. In the past I've taken you to Noel Street, Noel Square, three Noel Roads, Noel Park Road, Turkey Street, Christmas Street, Yuletide Close, Shepherds Hill, Angel Road, Stables...