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Londonist
Superloop: SL3 Route Between Thamesmead And Bromley Launches This Weekend Just SL5 and SL4 to go now...
10 months ago
Londonist
Sh!t Show: Exhibition Of Toilet Graffiti Comes To London In January Not your bog standard art outing.
a year ago
Londonist
The World's Rarest Stamp Is On Display In London This September It's also the most expensive.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Eu-stun For two decades Euston had a very long departures board across the front of the station...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
For two decades Euston had a very long departures board across the front of the station concourse. large expectant crowd often gathered. switched off to be replaced by two new departure boards in the centre of the floor space. If you feel the need to tell us you would have...
Londonist
Tube And Trains Will Be Off-Peak All Day Friday For 3-Month Trial Drive to revive Fridays.
10 months ago
Londonist
London's Curious Collection Of Golden Statues Golden wonders.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Ted Lasso in Richmond A Nice Walk: Ted Lasso (1 kilometre) Richmond as seen on Ted Lasso, nowhere near enough to make a...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Trips to Lesser-Know Destinations by Discover Corps
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Hida Takayama Distillery is Making Whiskey in an Abandoned School, Aging it in a Local Dam Takane Elementary School and Takane No.2 Dam | images courtesy Hida Takayama A key strategy to...
a year ago
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a year ago
Takane Elementary School and Takane No.2 Dam | images courtesy Hida Takayama A key strategy to reducing our environmental impact involves integrating principles of a circular economy that prioritizes reuse, recovery, and refurbishment of existing infrastructure and resources. The...
Londonist
Bits Of London That Aren't In The Bit Of London They Say They Are In, But In Another Bit Of London If you see what we mean.
8 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Death Fes in Shibuya Asks Visitor to Embrace Their End images courtesy Death Fes April 14th is the unofficial “day of good death” in Japan. The date 4-1-4...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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...
diamond geezer
I wish it could be every day I wish it could be Christmas Eve every day • Shopping would always be madness. • No more Countdown...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
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...
Londonist
Dad's Army Museum: Go On A Classic Sitcom Pilgrimage On This Day Trip From London "Now pay attention..."
a year ago
Londonist
Around London In 11 Fish Sculptures, puns and some actual real fish.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Guide to Mindful Travel in Greater Palm Springs
a month ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 26 February-3 March 2024 Our top stories from the last seven days.
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Local Attractions in The Cayman Islands
8 months ago
Londonist
Play On The Guitar Of Your Dreams At This Gibson Showroom Live out your Nigel Tufnel fantasy.
10 months ago
Londonist
V&A East - Brand New Museum Opening In 2025 Announces Its First Exhibition The Music Is Black: A British Story will get the ball rolling.
a year ago
diamond geezer
The London Monopoly board Free ParkingStrand Fleet Street Trafalgar SquareFenchurch Street stationLeicester Square Coventry...
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yesterday
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
Free And Cheap Things To Do In London This Week: 1-7 April 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
8 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Devonshire, Soho There's no avoiding the fact, and there's no point dancing around it. There's no need for lengthy,...
a year ago
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a year ago
There's no avoiding the fact, and there's no point dancing around it. There's no need for lengthy, thoughtful or measured arguments; no sense in analysing the details. There needs to be no slow and steady building of a case, culminating in a grand and weighty conclusion. The...
Londonist
It Wasn't Fun Unwrapping Christmas Parcels At Mount Pleasant In 1927 "We are absolutely fed up with Christmas" complained staff.
a year ago
diamond geezer
TfL FoI requests in September 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in September 2024 1) The average e-scooter hire trip...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Places to Visit in Asheville that Cater to Dogs
11 months ago
Londonist
57 Magnificent Things To Do In London This Month: March 2024 Art fairs, Comic Con, the Boat Races, and other March events.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
S2 This is the S2, a bus which ran between Clapton and my neck of the woods between 1970 and 2008, back...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
This is the S2, a bus which ran between Clapton and my neck of the woods between 1970 and 2008, back when 'S' meant Stratford. It now means Sutton, there already being an S1, S3 and S4 threading across the borough, but it's taken until 2024 for the gap to be filled with an...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Bear, Camberwell Despite Camberwell's increasing reputation for all kinds (and all budgets) of great food, it still...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Despite Camberwell's increasing reputation for all kinds (and all budgets) of great food, it still seemed unlikely that this bare-bones pub, just opposite the Walworth bus depot and furnished, as far as I could tell, with tables and chairs nicked from the local secondary school,...
AFAR Media - Travel...
How Many Flights Get Canceled On Average Each Day?
a year ago
diamond geezer
Poohsticks Bridge In deepest East Sussex, on the edge of Ashdown Forest, is a famous bridge where a six year-old boy...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
In deepest East Sussex, on the edge of Ashdown Forest, is a famous bridge where a six year-old boy and a fictional bear invented a waterborne race. There was a broad track, almost as broad as a road, leading from the Outland to the Forest, but before it could come to the...
diamond geezer
London Countries - Afghanistan London Countries (an A-Z) 1. Afghanistan 🇦🇫 In this new series I'll be visiting all the...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
London Countries (an A-Z) 1. Afghanistan 🇦🇫 In this new series I'll be visiting all the countries in the world but without leaving London. Their people, their geography, their history, their culture, their cuisine, that kind of thing. I'm kicking off with Afghanistan because...
Londonist
Direct Trains From London To Paris Were A Thing In 1936 These trains went over, rather than under, the water.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
The December 2024 tube map The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. It's...
a week ago
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a week ago
The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. It's unfortunate because the last tube map was only released three weeks ago. Alas it included a typo so the decision was taken to withdraw the entire batch pending a reprint, and here...
Londonist
The Modern Game Of Darts Was Invented In A London Pub In 1926 Although Henry VIII had a set of darts too.
11 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 2-3 December 2023 It's beginning to look a lot like Chr...
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
An Architecture Lover’s Dream Tour Through Germany’s UNESCO Sites and Beyond
6 months ago
diamond geezer
Bus of the day - 146 Bus Route Of The Day 146: Bromley North to Downe Location: Outer London south Length of journey: 6...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Bus Route Of The Day 146: Bromley North to Downe Location: Outer London south Length of journey: 6 miles, 25 minutes Because it's 14th June I've been out riding the 146, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. The 146 is one of TfL's handful of hourly buses, and by far the...
Londonist
Those Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides Through London Parks Are Back For Winter The mane event.
a year ago
Londonist
Support Great Ormond Street Hospital - By Climbing The Walkie Talkie! Up for a challenge?
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Crisp packet colours As you probably know, BBC local radio is currently engaged in rapid strategic contraction in an...
a year ago
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a year ago
As you probably know, BBC local radio is currently engaged in rapid strategic contraction in an attempt to save money. Dozens of much-loved programmes are being withdrawn, especially those broadcast in the evenings and at weekends, in favour of syndicated regional content...
Londonist
Stooky Bill: The Sinister Puppet From Doctor Who Was Real And where to see him in London.
a year ago
Londonist
The Crazy-Reasonably Priced Cafe Hidden In A Waterloo Bus Garage Next stop: a hearty lunch for as little at £4!
11 months ago
diamond geezer
The 24th pub on the A24 Yesterday I attempted to buy a pint in the 24th pub on the A24. Let's see how I did. A24 is a major...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Yesterday I attempted to buy a pint in the 24th pub on the A24. Let's see how I did. A24 is a major trunk road linking London to Worthing in Sussex. It starts outside Clapham Common tube station and follows the Northern line down to Morden, then continues through Cheam, Epsom,...
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...
Londonist
Khan Announces TfL Fare Freeze - But Is Everything As It Seems? It does't apply to everyone...
11 months ago
Londonist
Atlas of Imagined Cities: Who Lives Where in TV, Books, Games and Movies? New book maps the worlds of fiction.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 1-7 April 2024 Our top stories from the last seven days.
8 months 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...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 27 November-3 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
diamond geezer
A nice walk A Nice Walk: Suburban circuit (¾ mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
A Nice Walk: Suburban circuit (¾ mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, easily reached, pretty flowers, running water, hidden secrets, occasional benches, refreshment opportunity, entirely step-free, won't take long. So here's...
diamond geezer
RM70 Every 10 years the Routemaster Association likes to take over Finsbury Park with a mass line-up of...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Every 10 years the Routemaster Association likes to take over Finsbury Park with a mass line-up of London's favourite heritage vehicle, the RM bus. Unfortunately this year Haringey council made things difficult so the 70th anniversary bash, RM70, had to find a different home....
diamond geezer
Carpenters Road Carpenters Road has reopened again. It has a habit of doing this. 2007 so its rundown automotive...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Carpenters Road has reopened again. It has a habit of doing this. 2007 so its rundown automotive industries could be snuffed out in readiness for the Olympics. It took until 2014 to reopen, freshly sanitised, as a link road round the back of the Olympic Park. It then closed...
Londonist
9 Challenge Events In London In 2024 To Sign Up For Right Now New year, new challenge!
11 months ago
Londonist
13 Autumnal Day Trips From London: October 2023 Charming events within easy reach of London.
a year ago
diamond geezer
completely screwed at the moment I was on the Central line the other day and there was a 15 minute gap between trains. You might...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
I was on the Central line the other day and there was a 15 minute gap between trains. You might expect this kind of thing at the extremities or late at night, but not at Bethnal Green mid-morning. "Sorry, we're going to be held here for 5 minutes," said the driver. "This is due...
Spoon & Tamago
Japanese Aqarium’s Flowchart Illustrates the Complex Relationships of Their Penguins the Kyoto Aqarium’s 2020 Penguin Relationship Flowchart Penguins, the way they waddle around and...
a year ago
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a year ago
the Kyoto Aqarium’s 2020 Penguin Relationship Flowchart Penguins, the way they waddle around and protect their eggs, are often thought of as cute, cuddly and romantic. But those who observe them for extended periods know they have a dark side. Two aquariums in Japan, Kyoto...
AFAR Media - Travel...
These Are the Most Endangered Historic Sites in America
a year ago
diamond geezer
Taking the piss In an ideal world every TfL station would have toilet facilities but the truth is you're more likely...
a month ago
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a month ago
In an ideal world every TfL station would have toilet facilities but the truth is you're more likely to be caught short. announce "bold plans to grow and improve toilet provision" because that'd be a very good thing. The press release promised "investment totalling £3m per year...
The Forney Flyer
More From Liberia I've really been enjoying being busy helping with the MAF flight operations in Liberia.  Shortly...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I've really been enjoying being busy helping with the MAF flight operations in Liberia.  Shortly after I landed at a remote location one day, our other aircraft, piloted by Ulrich Müeller, also landed (below) at the same airstrip. I was about to load up two medical patients...
Londonist
Stunning Images At Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2023 National Maritime Museum shows off the cosmos.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Ropemaker, Emsworth As I have surely said on this blog plenty of times over the years, I will never go to any holiday or...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
As I have surely said on this blog plenty of times over the years, I will never go to any holiday or short trip without at least one meal booked that stands a better than average chance of being decent. This is partly just for the sheer joy of eating out (how sad must your life...
Londonist
Check Out This Hand-Drawn Culture Map Of London ALL the culture. Well, a lot of it.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Watch The Super Bowl 2024 In London Screenings and parties across the capital.
11 months ago
Londonist
Can You Set Off Your Own Fireworks In London? DIY whizzbangs, explained.
a year ago
Londonist
NFL In London 2023: When Are The Games, Who's Playing, And How To Get Tickets? Game dates, teams, and locations.
a year ago
Londonist
The Lost Trees Of London The biggest and best trees that are no more.
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...
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Waterloo & City Line A very peculiar line.
a year ago
Londonist
Miracle At Henrietta: The Christmassiest Bar In London It's Kiiiiiiiitschmas!
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 4-10 September 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
Londonist
The Dreamlike Tower Bridge From Poor Things Was Almost Real Yorgos Lanthimos revives Horace Jones' original design.
9 months ago
Londonist
Time Travel Back To 17th Century London - With This Royalist Reenactment Along The Mall Commemorating the execution of Charles I.
11 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 16-17 December 2023 Festive pursuits, family events, and a huge horse show.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Trunk Hotel’s Newest Yoyogi Park Location Embraces Its Neighboring Park and City photos by Tomooki Kengaki courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park is a new...
a year ago
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a year ago
photos by Tomooki Kengaki courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park is a new boutique hotel located in Tokyo’s quiet Tomigaya neighborhood that just opened this month. Designed by architect Keiji Ashizawa, the 7-story hotel has 25 rooms, a restaurant and a...
Londonist
The Archives With 100 Kilometres Of Historic London Documents LMA is a dream for lovers of London.
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Hotel Review: Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad, New York City
a year ago
diamond geezer
Mansfield Park Some buses terminate at the most evocative literary destinations. K4 to Mansfield Park Location:...
6 days ago
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6 days ago
Some buses terminate at the most evocative literary destinations. K4 to Mansfield Park Location: London southwest, outer Length of bus journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of an Oyster card must be in want of a...
diamond geezer
The temperature post The temperature post 19.6°C at Kinlochewe. Kinlochewe is a village in NW Scotland, about halfway...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
The temperature post 19.6°C at Kinlochewe. Kinlochewe is a village in NW Scotland, about halfway between Skye and Inverness. It sits at the head of a loch and is also surrounded on three sides by mountains, so is precisely the sort of place where the Föhn effect might boost...
Londonist
Searching For A Sixth Form? Come And See What City Of London Freemen's School Has To Offer! There's an open evening on 12 September.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Ploussard, Battersea As much as I complained on these pages that all the exciting new restaurants were opening up not...
a year ago
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a year ago
As much as I complained on these pages that all the exciting new restaurants were opening up not handily close to where I live in SW11, but in far-flung places like Dalston or Shoreditch or Highgate, part of me still hoped that something would eventually come along to prove me...
diamond geezer
Losing our marbles I went to see the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum yesterday. Greece can't have them back. This...
a year ago
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a year ago
I went to see the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum yesterday. Greece can't have them back. This whole controversy thing is just a ploy by the British Museum to drum up more visitors. It worked with me anyway, I went yesterday, and their devious marketing strategy deserves to...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Alpine Charms and Traditions of Bregenzerwald
a year ago
Londonist
Theatreship: London's Newest Cultural Venue Is On A Boat Cinema, theatre, lecture hall, bar...
11 months ago
Londonist
10 DLR Trains Have Now Got Front Seat 'Control Panels' You Can Play With Sorry, that your KIDS can play with.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
First and last quiz First and last quiz All answers now in the comments box. chemical element 1) Ac 2) Be 3) Ce 4)...
a year ago
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a year ago
First and last quiz All answers now in the comments box. chemical element 1) Ac 2) Be 3) Ce 4) Cn 5) Cr 6) Fe 7) Gd 8) In 9) Sn  tube station 10) At 11) Ct 12) Fd 13) Hr 14) Ld 15) Mn 16) Ne 17) Rr 18) St 19) Tk 20) Ww   UK city 21) Ah 22) Bt 23) Cd 24) Dr 25) Ld 26) Nt 27)...
Londonist
The Legendary India Club Is Closing Next Month Restaurant owners are "heartbroken".
a year ago
Londonist
"We're Bringing Migrant Voices To The London Stage" Foreign Affairs harnesses the power of translation.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why Richmond Has The Best Art and Music Scene
2 months ago
Londonist
Events For Book Lovers In London This Winter Christmas book fairs, winter book swaps and an exhibition on fantasy.
a year ago
diamond geezer
England's 100 largest towns One reason I went to Redditch is that it's one of England's largest towns and I'm trying to turn...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
One reason I went to Redditch is that it's one of England's largest towns and I'm trying to turn this list blue. Admittedly it's only number 98, but every blogpost counts. England's 100 largest towns and cities by population 1-10: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol,...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 25-26 November 2023 Festive markets, drag queens, ice hockey and queer lit.
a year ago
Londonist
Fourth Plinth - Shortlist For 2026 And 2028 Sculptures Is Revealed Ice cream vans, sweet potatoes and slime.
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Trip to Park City
3 days ago
diamond geezer
Liverpool Street LIVERPOOL   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets LIVERPOOL STREET STATION Group:...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
LIVERPOOL   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets LIVERPOOL STREET STATION Group: British Railways Purchase price: £200 Rent: £25 Annual passengers: 95 million Borough: City of London Postcode: EC2 busiest station in the UK, a great contrast to mere Marylebone and...
Spoon & Tamago
The Watermelon Kimono is the Perfect Summer Outfit Summer in Japan is not summer in Japan without festivals and watermelon. So if you’re looking to...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Summer in Japan is not summer in Japan without festivals and watermelon. So if you’re looking to refresh your wardrobe with some playful pieces that celebrate the season, as well as festival-appropriate outfits, look no further than the watermelon kimono – a juicy take on a...
Londonist
Dive Into This Free Exhibition About Billingsgate Fish Market Living the bream.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Why did they say that? This post is about announcements I’ve heard on TfL services recently. The announcements split into...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
This post is about announcements I’ve heard on TfL services recently. The announcements split into two groups. a) Why did they say that? b) Why did they say that now? Why did they say that? "Customers using the escalators are advised to carry pets at all times" [Whitechapel...
Londonist
300 Of Elton John's Photos Go On Display At V&A This Summer Marilyn Monroe, the AIDS crisis and 9/11 feature.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Football pre-season update Football pre-season update Olympic Men's Football, as of three minutes ago, it's time to look...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Football pre-season update Olympic Men's Football, as of three minutes ago, it's time to look forward 11 minutes to the start of the new football season. Championship at 8pm tonight with a pair of opening matches, one between title contenders Blackburn Rovers and title...
AFAR Media - Travel...
6 Reasons To Travel by Private Yacht in Croatia
10 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
120 Koinobori Flutter in Sabagawa River photo courtesy Sabogawa Koinobori Kawanagashi Association Around this time of year, Japan becomes...
a year ago
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a year ago
photo courtesy Sabogawa Koinobori Kawanagashi Association Around this time of year, Japan becomes decorated with scenes of fish fluttering in the sky. Known as koinobori, the carp streamers are an important celebration of Children’s Day, which is on May 5th, and is one of the...
Cheese and Biscuits
Speedboat Bar, Soho It's been a very long time since I did my post-University trip to SE Asia (yes, I am a cliché, I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It's been a very long time since I did my post-University trip to SE Asia (yes, I am a cliché, I know) and although this was 2001 (I am also old) and years before I thought about starting a food blog (in fact probably years before the first blog even existed) I remember being...
Spoon & Tamago
Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2023 Ah, it’s Halloween weekend. And that means it’s time for our favorite Japanese festival Jimi...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ah, it’s Halloween weekend. And that means it’s time for our favorite Japanese festival Jimi Halloween, where people dress up in costumes so mundane they have to be explained. The tradition was started in 2014 by a group of adults at Daily Portal Z who “kind of wanted to...
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,...
The Forney Flyer
Rain Rain Go Away... This past year has been by far the wettest year since we've been in Uganda. Last year we had a very...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This past year has been by far the wettest year since we've been in Uganda. Last year we had a very short dry season, and then the rains came again with extra vengeance. The second, shorter, dry season that is supposed to come about half way through the year--well it basically...
AFAR Media - Travel...
What it's Like to Try an Adaptive Outdoor Recreation Tour
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
Spoon & Tamago
3D Printing and Traditional Wood Joinery Techniques Give Life to the Tsuginote Tea House all photos by Eiichi Yoshioka courtesy Kei Atsumi Japanese wood joinery dates back to the seventh...
a year ago
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a year ago
all photos by Eiichi Yoshioka courtesy Kei Atsumi Japanese wood joinery dates back to the seventh century and is a craftsmanship technique that involves complicated, interlocking wooden joints that form bonds without the use of nails, screws or adhesives. Practical use of these...
The Forney Flyer
Way Back When Our flying has been quite slow lately because of the Covid-19 situation. I have, however, recently...
over a year ago
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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...
Spoon & Tamago
Show Your Japan Prefectural Love With These Enamel Pins This series of enamel pins, with each representing one of Japan’s 47 prefectures, are the perfect...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
This series of enamel pins, with each representing one of Japan’s 47 prefectures, are the perfect way to show love for your hometown, or simply keep as mementos from your travels. Not only do they accurately capture the shape of each prefecture but the colors were also carefully...
Londonist
Flotilla Led By Royal Barge To Carry Atomic Clock Along The Thames This Weekend Watch time literally travel.
a year ago
Londonist
London's 2023 Christmas Lights Bitchily Reviewed Throwing shade on the city's illuminations.
a year ago
diamond geezer
London's shortest On the shortest day of the year, a shortlist of London's shortests • London's shortest suburbs are...
yesterday
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yesterday
On the shortest day of the year, a shortlist of London's shortests • London's shortest suburbs are Bow, Ham, Kew and Lee. (118m) 823m long at Kenley Airfield. 1508m long at City Airport. • London's shortest canal tunnel is Eyre's Tunnel which bores 48m under Lisson...
Spoon & Tamago
Fukutake Tres is an Art Space Dedicated to the Fukutake Family, the Visionary Force Behind the... Over the past three decades, Soichiro Fukutake, the former chairman of Tokyo-based education firm...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Over the past three decades, Soichiro Fukutake, the former chairman of Tokyo-based education firm Benesse Holdings, and his family have spent $250 million of their fortune to transform Naoshima and roughly a dozen neighboring islands in the Seto Inland Sea into a global art...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Myrtle Beach’s Sensory-Friendly Hotels, Spots, Restaurants
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Japan Society Presents a Festival of New Japanese Film this post is sponsored by Japan Society From July 26-Aug 6, Japan Society is presenting the 16th...
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this post is sponsored by Japan Society From July 26-Aug 6, Japan Society is presenting the 16th annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film. This year’s festival, which marks the first fully in-person JAPAN CUTS since 2019, features over 25 films from major blockbusters to...
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London's longest countdowns Works to remodel the Old Street roundabout are nearing completion, above ground at least. It was...
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Works to remodel the Old Street roundabout are nearing completion, above ground at least. It was still possible to drive round it five years ago, then massive sequential roadworks intervened and the northwest arm was slowly pedestrianised. Cars now have to negotiate a very...
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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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SL10 Route SL10: Harrow - North Finchley Length of journey: 9 miles, 50 minutes London gained a new...
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Route SL10: Harrow - North Finchley Length of journey: 9 miles, 50 minutes London gained a new outer orbital bus route yesterday, a peripheral dash connecting the boroughs of Harrow, Brent and Barnet. new Superloop service, the previous four merely being existing routes...
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Almost Oxford Street A Nice Walk: Almost Oxford Street (1½ miles) Crowds throng the length of Oxford Street, especially...
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A Nice Walk: Almost Oxford Street (1½ miles) Crowds throng the length of Oxford Street, especially at this time of year, in search of gifts and for a gander at the sparkly lights. But sometimes you just want to go for a nicer walk, nothing too busy, a bit of a stroll, lots to...
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rendering of the Takara-yu sento in Tokyo Japanese illustrator Enya Honami uses a style of architectural rendering known as isometric drawings to faithfully recreate cross-sections of Japanese public bathhouses, or sento. Honami is a skilled draughtswoman by trade, having...
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An A-Z of London post offices I wanted to buy a dozen stamps. For this alphabetical challenge I needed a list of London's post...
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I wanted to buy a dozen stamps. For this alphabetical challenge I needed a list of London's post offices, which is awkward because the Post Office's branch finder doesn't do lists, only "closest to"s. Thankfully this is a problem other people also have, and volunteers at...
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Mayday Mayday London has just two streets called Mayday Something. I've been to both. Mayday Road Thornton Heath...
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London has just two streets called Mayday Something. I've been to both. Mayday Road Thornton Heath CR7 Saints and Sinners pub (which you can tell closed three years ago because it's still advertising a pint for £2.99). Perhaps dodge the ambulances. And here you'll find Mayday...
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Go on the Tokyo Toilet Tour and Never Worry About Finding a Public Restroom Again Japan’s public restrooms have in international reputation for being clean and well-maintained, but...
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Japan’s public restrooms have in international reputation for being clean and well-maintained, but apparently that still wasn’t good enough. In 2020, the city of Shibuya and Nippon Foundation embarked on an initiative called Tokyo Toilet. They brought together some of the biggest...
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Last week unblogged 10 things I've seen/done/read over the last week Tuesday (a): Last week I wrote a post about...
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10 things I've seen/done/read over the last week Tuesday (a): Last week I wrote a post about housing built on former airfields. Today I found myself standing outside some housing built on a former airfield, a fact made plain by someone mounting a model plane on the front of one...
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RP1 London's Free Buses RP1: Richmond Park circular Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes the RP1, a...
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London's Free Buses RP1: Richmond Park circular Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes the RP1, a minibus service organised by the Royal Parks to provide accessible transport through and around Richmond Park. Just because you can't get around easily any more, why should you miss...
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Emoji Open your phone’s keyboard and go to the emojis. Scroll past the same five emojis you’ve used for...
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Open your phone’s keyboard and go to the emojis. Scroll past the same five emojis you’ve used for years and see what others exist. You will soon see 🍡 🈸 🍙 and other weird-looking pictures. What the hell are these things, and why are they in
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Class 701 A new train has entered service on SouthWestern this week. class 701 - but as yet there is just one...
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A new train has entered service on SouthWestern this week. class 701 - but as yet there is just one train. There should be 90 trains but their introduction is running way behind schedule, indeed the original intention was for the first 701 to enter service five years ago....
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The News From Norfolk I'm in Norfolk all this week, so expect a mild dose of The News From Norfolk Norfolk has more...
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I'm in Norfolk all this week, so expect a mild dose of The News From Norfolk Norfolk has more Labour MPs than Conservative MPs. That's very unusual in what's normally true blue territory, indeed it hasn't happened since 1945. What's even more unusual is that Norfolk now has MPs...
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A peek into Japan's Convenience Stores Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a...
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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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How To Spend A (Relatively Cheap) Weekend In Florence We did say relatively.
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The news from your borough The News From Your Borough If I went to your borough yesterday, here's some news from...
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The News From Your Borough If I went to your borough yesterday, here's some news from it. Barnet Brent Camden the same name for a pub they've rebranded on Camden High Street so I'm suddenly much less impressed. Also Tripadvisor reckons that Brondes Age is #14,524 of 15,760...
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Anorak Corner - bus edition Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual...
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Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual spreadsheet listing the number of passengers using every London bus route and how many kilometres those buses travelled. Data is for April 2022 - March 2023. Comparisons are with the...
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A Brief History Of The Northern Line London's first deep-level tube.
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Old Kent Road OLD KENT ROAD £60   London's Monopoly Streets OLD KENT ROAD Colour group: brown Purchase price:...
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OLD KENT ROAD £60   London's Monopoly Streets OLD KENT ROAD Colour group: brown Purchase price: £60 Rent: £2 Length: 1¾ miles Boroughs: Southwark and Lewisham Postcodes: SE1, SE15 Old Kent Road, which is also the only location south of the river. Originally this was Watling...
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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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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....
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Poet in residence A unique opportunity has arisen for creative narration, the post of poet in residence, five...
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A unique opportunity has arisen for creative narration, the post of poet in residence, five maintained by them: apply, Tower Bridge London Bridge Since medieval masons built a stone span with central chapel, Since pilgrims passed through in reverent migration, Since...
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Postcards from Norwich Postcards from Norwich ✉ Goldsmith Street five years ago it went to council housing in Norwich....
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Postcards from Norwich ✉ Goldsmith Street five years ago it went to council housing in Norwich. They could have built flats but instead they packed 105 energy-efficient houses into a handful of dense terraced streets, aligned east-west to maximise solar gain. Extra-thick walls...
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Greatness means avoiding stupid mistakes consistently Shane Parrish writes at Brain Food, “Moments don’t make legends. Consistency does. And the hardest...
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Shane Parrish writes at Brain Food, “Moments don’t make legends. Consistency does. And the hardest consistency isn’t in doing brilliant things but avoiding stupid ones. Every mistake puts you in hard mode, forcing you to make up lost ground.” In some lines of work, a person must...
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Solo, Aughton When I was first out of university, trying to decide what to do with my life, and with no long term...
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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,...
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Thursday transport news Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Thursday. Four stations...
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Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Thursday. Four stations miss out on 4G can't ring a friend and have a very loud conversation and they are Paddington, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf and Woolwich. These will be added to the roster next year,...
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Except Islington Sorry, that was two Tower Hamlets posts in a row.   Harrow  BarnetEnfieldHaringeyWaltham...
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Sorry, that was two Tower Hamlets posts in a row.   Harrow  BarnetEnfieldHaringeyWaltham ForestRedbridgeHavering Hillingdon  Ealing  BrentCamdenIslingtonHackneyBarking & Dagenham   Hounslow  H'smith & FulhamKensington &...
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Cheese and Biscuits
Roti King, Battersea Power Station Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops,...
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Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops, street food joints, delis and the like, places that are perhaps noteworthy but for which the usual 1000+ words could be considered overkill. This resolution didn't last long, partly...
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Single life Single life Yes, I used to post this every year, but now I only do it every five. Single: You get...
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Single life Yes, I used to post this every year, but now I only do it every five. Single: You get the whole duvet to yourself. Coupled: You don't need a hot water bottle. Single: There's half as much ironing to do. Coupled: There's twice as much ironing to do but somebody else...
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High Streets My High Streets post got a lot of attention over the weekend. How many High Streets are there in...
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My High Streets post got a lot of attention over the weekend. How many High Streets are there in London? Twitter and got 20 more comments. Hacker News, the behemoth American syndicator, and got 80 more comments. diamond geezer. a) not realising the significance of capital...
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Where Have You Been This Weekend? It's been a busy weekend. It must be the highlight of your weekend, not just something you also...
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It's been a busy weekend. It must be the highlight of your weekend, not just something you also did. Where have diamond geezer readers been this weekend? stayed indoors Spent Monday to Friday walking the Cotswold Way so happy to have a rest this weekend. sheepdog to the...
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W12W13W14 Over the weekend TfL withdrew bus route 549, extended route W13 and substantially restructured...
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Over the weekend TfL withdrew bus route 549, extended route W13 and substantially restructured routes W12 and W14. I wrote about the changes last week, and how TfL's information strategy relied substantially on a very complicated map. I went back yesterday to see how the...
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Where To Celebrate Lunar New Year And Chinese New Year 2024 In London Events and celebrations to welcome 2024's Year of the Dragon.
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merry = 𝑥 - mas We have the best signwriters at Bow Road station. merry = 𝑥-mas
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