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Londonist
How London Underground Became The Coolest Brand In The World From the first roundel to moquette trainers.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Eight Must-See Places and Women-Owned Businesses in Kansas City
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Go Ice Skating In London For Christmas 2023 London's best festive ice rinks this year - including a couple of brand new ones!
a year ago
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...
diamond geezer
Moor Park One Stop Beyond: Moor Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
One Stop Beyond: Moor Park 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 Moor Park, one stop beyond Northwood on the Metropolitan line, a Hertfordshire halt which exists thanks to a golf...
diamond geezer
Pentonville Road PENTONVILLE ROAD £120   London's Monopoly Streets PENTONVILLE ROAD Colour group: light...
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9 months ago
PENTONVILLE ROAD £120   London's Monopoly Streets PENTONVILLE ROAD Colour group: light blue Purchase price: £120 Rent: £8 Length: ¾ mile Borough: Islington Postcode: N1 Euston Road and the Angel Islington. That's because it's another segment of the New Road, London's first...
diamond geezer
Interview with a Bus Rescheduler An interview with Liam Fennell, TfL Bus Rescheduler DG: Hi Liam, tell us what you do. Liam: Hi, I'm...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
An interview with Liam Fennell, TfL Bus Rescheduler DG: Hi Liam, tell us what you do. Liam: Hi, I'm the guy who slows the buses down. DG: I've always wondered who that was. Liam: It's quite a responsibility! DG: So how does that work? Liam: You know when you're on a bus, pootling...
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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Walking Guide to Pasadena's Hidden Gems
2 months ago
Londonist
HOW MUCH Sewage Did Thames Water Pump Into The Thames? We do the math.
a year ago
Londonist
When A Plague Of Millions Of Rats Gnawed Its Way Through Central London They even ate the window frames...
a year ago
Londonist
How (And Why) To Get Tickets To The London Railway Station You've Never Heard Of London International (CIV).
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Amazing Things to Do in Puerto Rico, According to Locals
a year ago
Londonist
The Archives With 100 Kilometres Of Historic London Documents LMA is a dream for lovers of London.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
The Big London Airports Race Nobody wants to read boring old text any more, the moving image is where it's at. video and bringing...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Nobody wants to read boring old text any more, the moving image is where it's at. video and bringing you my first thrilling dynamic transport content. For those of you without playback capability, I've included a transcript below. THE BIG LONDON AIRPORTS RACE Scene - outside...
Londonist
Paws On The Wharf: Free Guide Dogs Sculpture Trail Coming To London Another free art trail for a fantastic cause.
10 months ago
Londonist
The Great Exhibition Road Festival Returns This June One street, hundreds of free events.
9 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Solo, Aughton When I was first out of university, trying to decide what to do with my life, and with no long term...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
When I was first out of university, trying to decide what to do with my life, and with no long term plan other than the fact I knew - eventually - I wanted to move to London and stay there, I got a job as a cashier at Ormskirk Abbey National. Ormskirk is ostensibly a market town,...
diamond geezer
It's official Journalists working at various media portals are under increasing pressure to churn out more and...
2 months ago
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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...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 19-20 August 2023 Black Pride, All Points East, a foodie weekend, a cocktail festival and more.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 3-4 February 2024 New exhibitions, a flower show and a light festival in a church.
10 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
Route 24 A New Year means new digits, and new digits mean a series of posts about the number 24. I've chosen...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
A New Year means new digits, and new digits mean a series of posts about the number 24. I've chosen to start with London's oldest unchanged bus route, the 24's north/south run from Hampstead down to Pimlico. Rest assured I won't be writing a full travelogue because I did that...
Spoon & Tamago
A VHS Cafe is Opening in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa Neighborhood Despite it’s image of neon lights and cyberpunk mystique propagated by the west, Tokyo is very much...
a year ago
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a year ago
Despite it’s image of neon lights and cyberpunk mystique propagated by the west, Tokyo is very much a mash-up of old and new. It’s a city where Tower Records is still alive and well. Where vinyl record and vintage clothing shops have to employ crowd control measures. And where a...
diamond geezer
Notes from the SL1 Notes from the SL1 Route SL1: North Finchley - Walthamstow Central Length of journey: 10 miles, 50...
a year ago
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a year ago
Notes from the SL1 Route SL1: North Finchley - Walthamstow Central Length of journey: 10 miles, 50 minutes • The SL1 is the second new Superloop route, as opposed to a rebrand. It's also the first, numerically speaking, although nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 27-28 January 2024 A frost fair, snowdrops and an Australia Day party.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Bhutan Decreases Visa Fee for Longer-Term Stays
a year ago
diamond geezer
Rejigging the Bow Roundabout (this is the first post written on my new laptop) (Windows 11 remains very unfamiliar - a lot's...
3 months ago
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3 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...
diamond geezer
The circular tube map Is there no limit to the number of tube map variants? It prioritises the Circle line whose...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Is there no limit to the number of tube map variants? It prioritises the Circle line whose traditional loop has been manipulated into a perfect circle, but it distorts the hell out of all the other tube lines. Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus are on opposite sides of the...
Londonist
A Map Of Women's History In London From Boudicca to Rachel Whiteread.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Walking With The Snowman "Have you done the snowman sculpture trail yet?" my brother asked. He does like a good thematic...
a year ago
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a year ago
"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...
diamond geezer
Post Office Tower When it opened anyone could pay four shillings to take a lift to the top of the Post Office Tower,...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
When it opened anyone could pay four shillings to take a lift to the top of the Post Office Tower, and in that first year over a million people took up the offer. But the viewing platforms closed in 1971 following a terrorist explosion and the famous revolving restaurant closed...
Spoon & Tamago
The 2024 Toyama Kei-Truck Gardening Contest The 2024 Kei-Truck Gardening Contest took place over the weekend. In what is perhaps the...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
The 2024 Kei-Truck Gardening Contest took place over the weekend. In what is perhaps the most-Japanese contest, professional gardeners and landscapers compete to create a beautiful, seasonal, and unique landscape , all within the bed of their kei-trucks. This contest originated...
Londonist
13 Autumnal Day Trips From London: October 2023 Charming events within easy reach of London.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Kawazu Cherry Blossoms in Shizuoka Now in Full Bloom The Kawazu-Zakura cherry blossoms  If you’re sick of winter and ready for spring, head to Shizuoka’s...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
The Kawazu-Zakura cherry blossoms  If you’re sick of winter and ready for spring, head to Shizuoka’s Kawazu City, the host of one of Japan’s earliest cherry blossom festivals. The Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms are known for blossoming early and some trees are already beginning to...
Londonist
Where To Watch Fireworks On Bonfire Night In London 2023 Mark Guy Fawkes Night with a bang.
a year ago
diamond geezer
2023 index dg 2023 index Beyond London Nottingham: Not just Robin Hood and cricket, but also caves, Boots and a...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
dg 2023 index Beyond London Nottingham: Not just Robin Hood and cricket, but also caves, Boots and a complete traverse of the tram network [photos] West Midlands Metro: A day of faffing about on the trams, especially the latest extensions Cheltenham and Gloucester: Spas, racing...
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Great Travel Tours for Music-Lovers
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This August Bank Holiday Weekend In London: 26-28 August 2023 Carnival! Concerts! A food festival! Dog shows!
a year ago
diamond geezer
Fleet Street FLEET STREET £220   London's Monopoly Streets FLEET STREET Colour group: red Purchase price:...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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
River Wogebourne THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON River Wogebourne Shooters Hill → East Wickham → Abbey Wood → Thamesmead...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON River Wogebourne Shooters Hill → East Wickham → Abbey Wood → Thamesmead (5 miles) The Wogebourne is a five mile tributary of the River Thames in the southeast London boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley, that flows generally in a northeasterly direction,...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 18-24 December 2023 A handy roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
12 months ago
Londonist
The Gingerbread City 2023: London's Tastiest Exhibition Returns For Christmas Buildings made of biscuits, decorated with icing and sweets.
a year ago
Londonist
Rumble In The Jungle Rematch Arrives In London Take your place ringside in this limited-run immersive show.
a year ago
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:...
11 months ago
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11 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
Keisuke Oka’s Arimaston Building in Tokyo, Made Entirely by Hand all photos by @husky_003 | used with permission Almost 15 years ago, on a tiny plot of land in...
a month ago
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a month ago
all photos by @husky_003 | used with permission Almost 15 years ago, on a tiny plot of land in eastern Tokyo, a young architect named Keisuke Oka began to construct a tower of concrete entirely by hand. Located just a short walk from Mita Station, the Arimaston Building (蟻鱒鳶ル) is...
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London: February 2024 Clocks, consumerism and centurions.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Music-Themed Museums to Visit in Washington D.C.
7 months ago
Londonist
London's 2023 Christmas Lights Bitchily Reviewed Throwing shade on the city's illuminations.
a year ago
Londonist
Origin Of The Faeces: Massive Animal Poo Collection Drops In Kingston This show's going to make a splash.
a year ago
Londonist
Non ULEZ Compliant Car? TfL Wants You To Give It To Ukraine Help Ukraine, the environment - and get paid!
9 months ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Hammersmith And City Line It's London's newest line; or second-oldest.
11 months ago
Londonist
The Lost Trees Of London The biggest and best trees that are no more.
a year ago
Londonist
Hammersmith Bridge Is Reopening To Cyclists... But Only For 10 Weeks And it's got something to do with West Ham fans.
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The 11 Best Airbnbs for Stargazing
a year ago
Londonist
TfL Moves To A Bigger Lost Property Office The network's only getting bigger, after all.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Go Pumpkin Picking Near London This Autumn Oh. My. GOURD.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Ultimate Guide to Budapest’s Historic Thermal Baths and Spas
a year ago
diamond geezer
Random Remembrance Every London borough hosts a Remembrance event, maybe several. The parade lines up outside the...
a month ago
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a month ago
Every London borough hosts a Remembrance event, maybe several. The parade lines up outside the museum and awaits the signal. Everyone important's here, all the civic dignitaries apart from those who've been delegated to officiate at the borough's three other memorials. The...
AFAR Media - Travel...
6 Reasons To Travel by Private Yacht in Croatia
10 months ago
Londonist
London Overground Strikes Next Week Cancelled Normal service now planned.
10 months ago
Londonist
Big Improvement In London's Roadside Pollution, Says Report NO2 levels plummet, but more to be done.
9 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Takenokuma Cafe is a Water Garden Inspired by the Lush Nature of Kumamoto In the peaceful town of Minami-Oguni (Kumamoto Prefecture) is Takenokuma, a new cafe inspired by the...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
In the peaceful town of Minami-Oguni (Kumamoto Prefecture) is Takenokuma, a new cafe inspired by the many water sources that flow freely from nearby Mt. Aso. These water sources manifest themselves in many ways including rivers, hot springs and channels that flow into the...
Cheese and Biscuits
Nessa, Soho Looking over the confidently international menu at Nessa the other evening, it occurred to me that...
a year ago
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a year ago
Looking over the confidently international menu at Nessa the other evening, it occurred to me that it's been a while since I've had a moan about anywhere being 'inauthentic'. For all the years that we British were insecure about our place in the culinary world, and those years...
diamond geezer
Set To Stun The latest exhibition at Gunnersbury Park Museum is called Set To Stun and is all about designing...
a year ago
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a year ago
The latest exhibition at Gunnersbury Park Museum is called Set To Stun and is all about designing and filming sci-fi in West London. A lot of plastic props and alien beings have been created in the boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow, and slightly wider afield, so this is a chance to...
Londonist
Plunge Into An Icy Brockwell Lido For Charity This Christmas The Icebreaker challenge is back.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 6-7 April 2024 Last-chance exhibitions, an ice hockey weekender, and a miniature railway.
8 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...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks 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...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Square Peg, Tunbridge Wells There was an opinion that did the rounds a few years ago, that any restaurant critic needs to have...
a year ago
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a year ago
There was an opinion that did the rounds a few years ago, that any restaurant critic needs to have spent at least some time in a professional kitchen or front of house to be able to pass judgement on anywhere charging the public for dinner. Personally, I think that's rubbish, but...
diamond geezer
The Royal Mail Experiment Have you ever wondered whether the Royal Mail are failing to deliver your post on time? I've long...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Have you ever wondered whether the Royal Mail are failing to deliver your post on time? I've long thought it suspicious that I go days without post then a whole batch arrives together, and that bills seem to arrive long after they were posted. But without evidence all this is...
Londonist
5 'New' Pubs Promised For City Of London By 2027 But are any actually new?
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Still Here... Again. Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've made a lot of excuses on this blog over the past year, for the chunks of time where I seem to disappear for a while. Well, this time I really had a good excuse!  Last October I...
diamond geezer
Green Link Walk 3 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
My review of 2024 It's the time of year for looking back so here are some of the unblogged places I've been in...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
It's the time of year for looking back so here are some of the unblogged places I've been in 2024. Beddington: the view from that bench is truly miserable Biggin Hill: I powered up Polesteeple Hill for nothing Blackwall Tunnel: wow, just look at the new one Bounds Green: every...
Londonist
An Entire Barbra Streisand Season Is Coming To North London A star is celebrated.
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Embark on island-hopping adventures and explore ancient wineries in Croatia
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
How Asheville’s Nature Inspires Local Chef, Ashleigh Shanti
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Barn at Moor Hall, Ormskirk In restaurants that offer both an A La Carte and parallel set menu I often play a bit of a thought...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
In restaurants that offer both an A La Carte and parallel set menu I often play a bit of a thought experiment. If there was no such separation of options, and if all the dishes available were priced evenly on the same list, which would I end up going for? Set menus (usually,...
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Most Exciting Travel Destinations in the U.S. to Visit
a year ago
diamond geezer
The village quiz From: Diamond Geezer Content Producing Minion 4 To: Diamond Geezer Content Coordination Tsar As a...
a year ago
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a year ago
From: Diamond Geezer Content Producing Minion 4 To: Diamond Geezer Content Coordination Tsar As a result of my unexpected overnight stay I ended up being pressganged into the village quiz instead. This annual event brings the whole community together as teams of six from the...
Londonist
Live Music, Lederhosen, And Lashings Of Beer At London Oktoberfest Time to let loose, Bavarian-style.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
OMA, Borough Market Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began his London restaurant journey at Smokestak, the hugely influential East London BBQ joint. Smokestak, together with a tiny handful of other brave pioneers around the same time...
Spoon & Tamago
Senko Hanabi Earrings are the Perfect Summer Accessory Summer in Japan is not summer in Japan without fireworks. The tradition originated over 280 years...
a year ago
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a year ago
Summer in Japan is not summer in Japan without fireworks. The tradition originated over 280 years ago as a means of warding off epidemics and today, no matter where you are in Japan, you can be sure to encounter fireworks festivals both large and small. And while the grand...
Londonist
Is This The Oldest Surviving Poster On The Tube Network? The Otrivine gnome is not to be sniffed at.
10 months ago
Londonist
In Pictures: London's Tube Station Gardens Which is your fave?
a year ago
diamond geezer
Green Chain 12 It's not often London's Strategic Walk Network is extended. The London Loop has been in existence...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
It's not often London's Strategic Walk Network is extended. The London Loop has been in existence since 2001, the Capital Ring completed in 2005, the Green Chain grew an extra leg in 2010 and the Jubilee Greenway emerged in 2012. So I was thrilled to discover that the Green Chain...
diamond geezer
Unblogged October 31 unblogged things I did in October Sun 1: If you're putting together a 'Joyridden Cars Smashed...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
Cheese and Biscuits
YiQi, Chinatown As any self-respecting 2024 London restaurant-goer knows, the trend in Asian cuisine is towards...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
As any self-respecting 2024 London restaurant-goer knows, the trend in Asian cuisine is towards regional specification. You're not just Thai, you're Northern Thai/Isarn. You're either selling Tokyo ramen or Sapporo Miso or Kyoto-style Kaiseki. And if you're Chinese, are you...
Londonist
Previously Off-Limits Areas Of Buckingham Palace To Open To The Public Including the room behind that world-famous balcony.
8 months ago
diamond geezer
Littlehampton Seaside postcard: Littlehampton Littlehampton is a seaside town, I hesitate to say resort, midway...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Seaside postcard: Littlehampton Littlehampton is a seaside town, I hesitate to say resort, midway along the coast of West Sussex. It has a Heatherwick cafe, a sort-of lighthouse, Britain's longest bench and a lot of crabs. I visited yesterday. [Visit Littlehampton] [12...
Londonist
Where To Celebrate St Patrick's Day 2024 In London Parties, parades and other craic on and around 17 March.
9 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
All 54 Playing Cards Reinterpreted Through Still Life Photography by Yuni Yoshida Flower petals, leaves, foods and other objects have all been meticulously arranged and then...
a year ago
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a year ago
Flower petals, leaves, foods and other objects have all been meticulously arranged and then photographed to create a set of 54 playing cards, including 2 jokers. It’s the latest work by art director Yuni Yoshida (previously), who’s penchant for analog techniques that shun digital...
diamond geezer
It's all downhill from here It's all downhill from here. This set of freak circumstances is never going to happen again. A...
5 months ago
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It's all downhill from here. This set of freak circumstances is never going to happen again. A Conservative party proven long-term incompetent by a sequence of abysmal Prime Ministers, a last minute intervention by Nigel Farage draining support away from the right, the Lib Dems...
diamond geezer
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis 1) Pave over golf courses golf courses in London covering...
a week ago
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a week ago
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis 1) Pave over golf courses golf courses in London covering approximately 3% of the capital by area, a ridiculously wasteful proportion. A lot of fairways are also very close to existing railway stations so could swiftly become a key part...
diamond geezer
Whitechapel Road WHITECHAPEL ROAD £60   London's Monopoly Streets WHITECHAPEL ROAD Colour group: brown Purchase...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
WHITECHAPEL ROAD £60   London's Monopoly Streets WHITECHAPEL ROAD Colour group: brown Purchase price: £60 Rent: £4 Length: 1 kilometre Borough: Tower Hamlets Postcodes: E1 Whitechapel Road would be the first square. Instead it's the second brown, the more expensive of the...
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...
diamond geezer
geezer's postbag Thank you for your occasional emails, which I generally try to get round to answering...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Thank you for your occasional emails, which I generally try to get round to answering eventually. storm names as agreed by the British, Irish and Dutch Met Offices. Hi, Agnes got a one word reply, and it wasn't Yes. adventuregameco.com/things-to-do I did not allow Babet to...
diamond geezer
Unblogged March (true) 31 unblogged things I did in March (true version) Fri 1: I can't believe another constituency has...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
31 unblogged things I did in March (true version) Fri 1: I can't believe another constituency has elected George Galloway as its MP (actually I can, mine once did, because politics repeatedly proves you can fool enough of the people some of the time). Sat 2: Yes I watched the...
Londonist
You Can Take A Dip In This Rooftop Pool Overlooking Battersea Power Station art'otel announces series of aerobics classes.
11 months ago
Londonist
West End Tickets From £15 - London Theatre Week Has Launched Slashed price seats available till 3 March.
10 months ago
Londonist
Londonist: Time Machine Opens Its Archive For Easter "It's so damned good!"
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Go To Jail The square after Piccadilly on the Monopoly board is GO TO JAIL. The accompanying picture may show a...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The square after Piccadilly on the Monopoly board is GO TO JAIL. The accompanying picture may show a police officer blowing a whistle but the person who actually sends you to jail is a judge in a court room, so today's post is about criminal courts in London. Criminal courts in...
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...
a month ago
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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...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Victoria, Oxshott More often than not, any given world-class gastropub is a good journey away from London. There are...
a year ago
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a year ago
More often than not, any given world-class gastropub is a good journey away from London. There are exceptions, of course - the Drapers Arms, the Pelican, and the Baring are all brilliant places to enjoy a pie and a pint within the M25 - but these are rare. Usually, to find that...
Londonist
30 Beautiful Giraffe Sculptures To Discover On This Croydon Art Trail Done the gorillas? Now do these.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Free Parking FREE  🚗  PARKING         As my tour of London's Monopoly board reaches the halfway...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
FREE  🚗  PARKING         As my tour of London's Monopoly board reaches the halfway point, halfway through the year, let's go in hunt of Free Parking. Parking in central London is difficult, deliberately so, and generally not free. Yellow lines are everywhere, invisible...
Londonist
The Secretive Eel Pie Island Is Open To Visitors This Weekend Explore the usually off-limits oddball artistic enclave.
a year ago
diamond geezer
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Yesterday's Open House tally was six. • The dazzling property where the volunteer arrived with a key one minute before the official opening time and asked if we wouldn't mind going somewhere else for quarter of an hour. Let's do four of those in more detail (not necessarily...
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diamond geezer
Wimbledon expands Last week the Deputy Mayor approved the All England Club's planning application to build 39 new...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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...
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...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Buxton, Brick Lane Continuing a recent theme, here comes along another example of excellent restaurant pedigree...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Continuing a recent theme, here comes along another example of excellent restaurant pedigree producing a fantastic place to eat. The Buxton is a smart and buzzy spot halfway down Brick Lane, within trotting distance of sister restaurant the Culpeper which is also a lovely (if...
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5 Ways to Experience Curaçao’s Culture
a year ago
Londonist
DLR Extension To Thamesmead: Public Consultation Opens Have your say before 18 March.
10 months ago
Londonist
Two 24-Hour Tube Strikes Planned For April And May 2024 Aslef members say they're 'working harder and longer for less'.
9 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Union, Rye Over the last, I don't know, ten or fifteen or so years - certainly since the expansion of the St...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Over the last, I don't know, ten or fifteen or so years - certainly since the expansion of the St John universe but also since places like Lyle's and the Sportsman and the Draper's Arms spread their wings - a kind of consensus has appeared on what constitutes a Modern British...
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9 Reasons to Visit This Underrated SoCal Town
2 months ago
Londonist
Regent's Park Is Getting A New Garden Dedicated To The Late Queen Two-acre space will open in 2026.
11 months ago
Londonist
Fantastic Firework Displays And Buzzing Bonfire Nights Near London Whizzbangs worth leaving London for.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Just hanging around 25% of the 13 minute journey from Whitechapel to Paddington is spent not moving. I tweeted this...
a year ago
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a year ago
25% of the 13 minute journey from Whitechapel to Paddington is spent not moving. I tweeted this on Thursday, and it currently has 616 likes. » Glad it’s not just me that’s noticed abnormally long dwell times. Very annoying! » The padding is incredible » God forbid a public...
diamond geezer
QEOP after dark The Olympic Park is pretty after dark. This is Pudding Mill Lane, a massively-overengineered DLR...
a year ago
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a year ago
The Olympic Park is pretty after dark. This is Pudding Mill Lane, a massively-overengineered DLR station whose time only came when ABBA unexpectedly turned up. After dark it acts as a beacon of light amid a still-undeveloped Olympic neighbourhood. The word being reflected in...
Londonist
The West London Zoo You've Probably Never Heard Of Where the art is as impressive as the animals.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Med Salleh Viet, Earl's Court It's a funny old part of town is Earl's Court. Not quite Kensington, not quite Chelsea, not many...
a month ago
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a month ago
It's a funny old part of town is Earl's Court. Not quite Kensington, not quite Chelsea, not many reasons to visit (certainly not since the conference center/arena got pulled down), it's these days little more than a fairly ordinary provincial high street dumped in West London,...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 6-7 January 2024 Last-chance exhibitions, comedy, ice hockey, and bottomless fondue.
11 months ago
Londonist
Welsh Things To Do In London Daffodils, beer and male voice choirs.
9 months ago
Londonist
Supperclub.Tube: The Tube Carriage Serving A Six-Course Tasting Menu Definitely the best way to spend three hours on the tube.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Get Your Fill Of The Best Food And Drink In Islington Marvellous macarons, superb sushi... and Karen's Diner.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
In Jail After Pentonville Road the next square on the Monopoly board is Jail. It's not assigned a location -...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
After Pentonville Road the next square on the Monopoly board is Jail. It's not assigned a location - the corner squares never are - but I wonder if they had Pentonville Prison in mind when placing Pentonville Road beside the Jail. The two aren't close in real life, Pentonville...
Londonist
Smithfield Market Christmas Meat Auction 2023: A Guide Get your Xmas turkey on the cheap!
a year ago
Londonist
You Can Play With This Miniature Tube Train At Hounslow West Underground Station There's no way you're not pressing that button.
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Heading North, Way Back When... As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from University and flight school, we briefly moved to Oregon as we prepared for future, cross-cultural work/ministry. That fall I had the opportunity to go on a short vision trip to a...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 11-17 September 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Lufthansa Strives to for More Eco-Friendly Air Travel
2 months ago
Londonist
Sing Along To Beyoncé's Greatest Hits - As Played By A Brass Band Old Dirty Brasstards mix things up.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
The fares post The fares post announcement yesterday about trialling off-peak fares on Fridays. Here's the...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
The fares post announcement yesterday about trialling off-peak fares on Fridays. Here's the start of the press release. • Off-peak journeys on Fridays could transform the morning commute for Londoners and provide a welcome further boost to London’s economy The plan is to...
diamond geezer
merry = 𝑥 - mas We have the best signwriters at Bow Road station. merry = 𝑥-mas
2 weeks ago
diamond geezer
Dangleway Week (3) Danglegeek (6) Final facts • Did you know that if your Dangleway journey is delayed for 15...
a year ago
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a year ago
Danglegeek (6) Final facts • Did you know that if your Dangleway journey is delayed for 15 minutes or more by bad weather, customer incidents, engineering works, security alerts or strikes you may be able to get a refund. It says so on the delay repay webpage. TfL website, one...
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...
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How Chai Pani Is Transforming Asheville’s Food Scene
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Words on shops Today's post is about the words you see on small convenience stores and how they've...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Today's post is about the words you see on small convenience stores and how they've changed. Newsagents • Cigarettes • Ice Cream Newspapers aren't the daily draw they used to be, Cigarettes have been leapfrogged by a selection of fragrant vapes and Ice Cream is no longer an...
diamond geezer
Summing up 2023 The last day of the year is an excellent time to tot up what you've been doing all year... assuming...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
The last day of the year is an excellent time to tot up what you've been doing all year... assuming you've been counting, which obviously I have. Cue my Counts of 2023. (If you don't count these kinds of thing, look at all the fun you're missing out on) the number of London...
Londonist
Ayyy! The Fonz Is Coming To London In June Happy days.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Marlborough Street MARLBOROUGH STREET £160   London's Monopoly Streets MARLBOROUGH STREET Colour group:...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
MARLBOROUGH STREET £160   London's Monopoly Streets MARLBOROUGH STREET Colour group: orange Purchase price: £180 Rent: £14 Length: 300m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 Great Marlborough Street. To understand why, remember that the orange set of properties were originally all...
Londonist
St Paul's Lorrimore Square: London's Magnificent Modernist Church Now THAT's a roof.
a year ago
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U.S. Airplane Bathrooms Must Meet New Accessibility Rules
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...
Londonist
Peckham Festival: Free 3-Day Party Comes To SE15 London This September Music, workshops, crafts, food - you name it.
a year ago
diamond geezer
A nice Starbucks walk A Nice Walk: Tottenham Court Road (½ mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
A Nice Walk: Tottenham Court Road (½ mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, lots to see, centrally located, historic buildings, well connected, retail proximity, easy to follow, multiple refreshment opportunities, won't take...
Londonist
20+ Cheery Things To Do In London In January 2024 Events to get you through the dark winter days.
11 months ago
Londonist
Ticket Alert: Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour Film Is Coming To London Welcome to the Renaissance.
a year ago
diamond geezer
London's shortest and longest High Streets Having identified London's longest and shortest High Streets, I thought I'd better visit...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Having identified London's longest and shortest High Streets, I thought I'd better visit them. London's shortest High Street High Street (Wembley) [50 metres] The first thing that strikes you about High Street is it's on a hill, indeed this is likely how the road originally...
Londonist
This Free Quentin Blake Exhibition Lands In London At The End Of January You can even buy the artworks.
11 months ago
Londonist
Tube And Trains Will Be Off-Peak All Day Friday For 3-Month Trial Drive to revive Fridays.
10 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...
Londonist
Giant Gorilla In Paternoster Square... And You Can Climb On It New Gillie and Marc sculptures show endangered wildlife.
11 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Post-Apocalyptic Illustrations of Tokyo in Ruins Shinjuku Station – the road has collapsed on the South side of the station, revealing pools of blue...
a year ago
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a year ago
Shinjuku Station – the road has collapsed on the South side of the station, revealing pools of blue water that have formed on the train tracks Stories about the collapse of civilization and order—apocalyptic stories—endlessly seduce us. As terrifying as the real thing would...
Londonist
Latest Superloop Route Opens - With Another Due In December SL10 is now running between Harrow and North Finchley.
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Subsistence Living, Way Back When Well, it's been forever since I've posted and I won't even begin to make excuses. But before I try...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Well, it's been forever since I've posted and I won't even begin to make excuses. But before I try to start posting stuff from East Africa, I figured I'd finish that series I had started over a year ago about Way Back When we used to live just north of the Arctic Circle in...
Londonist
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
diamond geezer
London's weekly local papers In Motspur Park I saw a newsagent that still has an advert for the Surrey Comet above the awning. Is...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
In Motspur Park I saw a newsagent that still has an advert for the Surrey Comet above the awning. Is that still going, I wondered. And yes, it turns out it still publishes, though now as the Epsom & Surrey Comet. weekly local newspapers London still has. Barnet Borough...
Londonist
When Are London's Christmas Lights Switched On For 2023? Three...two...one... CHRISTMAS!
a year ago
One from Nippon
The World's First App Store Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week. I will start...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week. I will start with an honest admission. I didn’t set out to write about the world’s first app store. I set out to write about Brother printers. But
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...
6 months ago
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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...
Londonist
Wish You Were (Still) Here: Euston Station's Great Hall It would've been 175 years old this year... if it hadn't been reduced to rubble.
11 months ago
Londonist
Petition Launched As Stratford's Beloved Market Village Suddenly Closes It'd been going for over 30 years.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Beddington Farmlands A Nice Walk: Beddington Farmlands (1 mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing...
a month ago
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a month ago
A Nice Walk: Beddington Farmlands (1 mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, wildlife guaranteed, railway-adjacent, mostly dry underfoot, broad pylon vistas, binocular opportunities, possibility of lapwings, won't take long. So...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 5-11 February 2024 Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Historic Hounslow High Street Historic Hounslow High Street Past bypassed in 1925 reducing the flow of traffic and boosting...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Historic Hounslow High Street Past bypassed in 1925 reducing the flow of traffic and boosting the High Street's importance as a shopping centre for the growing suburb. Then in the late 1960s it was part-pedestrianised in readiness for nearby redevelopment (as you can see...
Spoon & Tamago
Japan Quietly Shines at Milan Design Week Milan Design Week—Coachella, but for furniture—is running this week from April 16-21. All the...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Milan Design Week—Coachella, but for furniture—is running this week from April 16-21. All the biggest names and brands in the design world descend upon the Italian city, which sees its population swell by nearly 25%. Now in its 62nd iteration, the design extravaganza is an...
diamond geezer
Stratford & Bow election roundup Stratford & Bow election roundup my constituency? Leaflets yes • Uma Kumaran (Labour) A letter...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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...
Londonist
Things To Do In London Over The Bank Holiday Weekend Ways to fill a long weekend in the capital.
9 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Easter Weekend In London: 29 March-1 April 2024 Our bumper events guide for the long weekend.
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
How to Get Tickets for Outstanding in the Field Dinners
a year ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of Tower Bridge The history behind London's iconic bridge
a year ago
Londonist
Londonist Speaks To Aunty Donna About Mayors, Theft... And The Word 'Piccadilly' Comic Aussie surrealists are in town.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Hayling Island Seaside postcard: Hayling Island Hayling Island lies just off the south coast near the mouth of the...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Seaside postcard: Hayling Island Hayling Island lies just off the south coast near the mouth of the Solent, just east of Portsmouth. It's England's 7th largest offshore island and 5th most populous, some way behind Wight and Portsea respectively, both of which are nextdoor. It...
Londonist
Things To Do In London On Boxing Day 2023 There's more to Twixtmas than Monopoly and mulled wine.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Canary Wharf: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars And Pubs Scran among the 'scrapers.
a year ago
Londonist
Dive Into This Astoundingly Detailed Illustration Of Somerset House Adam Dant is at it again.
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
How Safe Are Submarine Tours? Should You Go On One?
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
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...
9 months ago
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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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best Architectural Wonders: 5 Cities You Must See
6 months ago
Londonist
TfL Launches A New Podcast Hosted By Tim Dunn Guests include Tube Mapper and, er, Rylan.
a year ago
Londonist
The Funniest Things You've Heard Tube Drivers Say - Vol. 4 "Anyone know where the brakes are on this thing?"
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
Londonist
Expect To Hear Lots More Buskers In Tube Stations Over The Next 2 Weeks It's the X Factor of the London Underground.
9 months ago
Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Gibraltar The best things to see and do on 'the Rock'.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
4 Kessler Collection Hotels with Art in the Southern U.S.
4 months ago