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Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 18-24 September 2023 A tube map for planes, a street with four names - plus a really silly interview.
a year ago
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London In November 2023 David Hockney, Antony Gormley and some strange creatures.
a year ago
Londonist
Latest Superloop Route Opens - With Another Due In December SL10 is now running between Harrow and North Finchley.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Hyperlocal news HYPERLOCAL HISTORY MONTH: Looking forward (I'm not sure things happening in September really count...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
HYPERLOCAL HISTORY MONTH: Looking forward (I'm not sure things happening in September really count as History, but they are Hyperlocal) Major roadworks at Bow Interchange announced temporary timetables are being introduced on bus routes 25, 205, 276, 277, 425 and D7 starting on...
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Guide to Mindful Travel in Greater Palm Springs
a month ago
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Southern Hospitality: Unveiling 3 Fabulous Hotels in Historic Cities for Your Next Getaway
6 months ago
diamond geezer
Philips 9TC 2100 40 years ago this week I bought my first television. It was only black and white and only had a...
a year ago
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a year ago
40 years ago this week I bought my first television. It was only black and white and only had a nine inch screen, hence the model name, but it showed all the same channels as a normal television and most importantly it was mine. Back in 1983 there were only four channels to...
Londonist
Tram Strikes And Engineering Works Will Affect Network Heavily In March and April 2024 Disruption double whammy.
9 months ago
Londonist
London's Best Christmas Markets And Festive Fairs For 2023 Christmas shopping events in the capital, for gifts, decorations, festive food and more.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Everyman Stratford International Stratford has a new cinema. Everyman and can be found in the highrise nomansland that separates...
4 days ago
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4 days ago
Stratford has a new cinema. Everyman and can be found in the highrise nomansland that separates Westfield from the Olympic Park, now officially known as Stratford Cross. It's housed in a brushed metal box tucked beneath 20 floors of Grade A office space. It has three screens,...
diamond geezer
Midsummer Day Officially Midsummer Day is 24th June. And midsummer is also 6th August. astronomical definition...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Officially Midsummer Day is 24th June. And midsummer is also 6th August. astronomical definition of summer is the period between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. Summer is 94 days long so we're looking for the 47th day after the solstice and that's 6th August....
Londonist
Explore Notre-Dame Cathedral... From Westminster Abbey Hit augmented reality experience comes to London.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Whitehall WHITEHALL £140   London's Monopoly Streets WHITEHALL Colour group: pink Purchase price:...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
WHITEHALL £140   London's Monopoly Streets WHITEHALL Colour group: pink Purchase price: £140 Rent: £10 Length: 500m Borough: Westminster Postcode: SW1 Whitehall is one of the most famous and historic streets in London but has been tucked away on the cheap-to-middling side of...
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An Insider’s Guide to Wellness Travel in Sweden and Norway
4 months ago
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How Travel is Becoming More Accessible
a year ago
Londonist
We're Getting Fired Up About This Hot Sauce Festival In Peckham Enjoy the spicier things in life.
8 months ago
diamond geezer
30s update This is probably a good day for my annual heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
This is probably a good day for my annual heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at Hampstead reached 30°C  JunJulAugSep 2010279/10   201127    2012 2518  2013 13  15/16/17  221  2014 18   2015 122  2016 18/19/202413 201717/18/19/20/216   2018 5/6/7/8 15 23 25/26/272/3...
Londonist
Lord Mayor's Show 2023: When And Where Is It, And What's Happening? Spend the day marking an ancient London tradition dating back to 1215.
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...
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Jubilee Line Including why they abandoned the name Fleet line.
a year ago
Londonist
'Eatalong' With Kevin Mac Allister At These Special Home Alone Screenings Including a dish called a 'Filthy Animals'.
a year ago
Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Dublin 48 hours of pubs, literature and galleries.
12 months ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 6-12 November 2023 The very best chunks of Londonist from the past week.
a year ago
diamond geezer
London's triple points There are six points around the Greater London boundary where three counties...
a year ago
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a year ago
There are six points around the Greater London boundary where three counties meet. London/Kent/Surrey Specifically: Biggin Hill/Westerham/Tatsfield Location: Rag Hill To get here take a walk along the quiet twisty country lane that wends between Tatsfield Green and the...
Londonist
London's Cosiest Hotels Because baby it's cold outside.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Pudding Mill Lane 10 The DLR's youngest station is ten years old today. Pudding Mill Lane opened on 28th April 2014...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
The DLR's youngest station is ten years old today. Pudding Mill Lane opened on 28th April 2014 and remains unnecessarily enormous. Caveat: The station which opened 10 years ago was a rebuild paid for by Crossrail, because the original sat on the precise site where purple...
Londonist
Where (And When) To See Cherry Blossom In London The best spots for snapping sakura.
9 months ago
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Eco-Friendly Vacation Ideas in Aspen
7 months ago
Londonist
Last Chance To See The Horniman Museum Walrus Until 2026 You won't be able to visit it while a refurb project takes place.
11 months ago
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Golden Isles: Barrier Islands & Port City Paradise
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...
Spoon & Tamago
Unwind With Books And Beverages at Iwami Ginzan’s Unique Library Cafe All images © Iwami Ginzan Library Situated in Omori-cho, Ota City, Shimane Prefecture, the Iwami...
a year ago
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a year ago
All images © Iwami Ginzan Library Situated in Omori-cho, Ota City, Shimane Prefecture, the Iwami Ginzan Town Library Cafe and Co-working Space offers a unique fusion of a relaxed library atmosphere and modern amenities. It is housed within a former merchant’s residence on the...
diamond geezer
London's cheapest visitor attraction Visiting attractions in Greenwich keeps getting inexorably more expensive. And not just because...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Visiting attractions in Greenwich keeps getting inexorably more expensive. And not just because admission prices have increased but because buildings that used to be free to enter started charging money. Royal Greenwich Observatory had free admission between 2001 and 2011, then...
Londonist
Rumble In The Jungle Rematch Arrives In London Take your place ringside in this limited-run immersive show.
a year ago
Londonist
The Absolute Worst Things You Can Say To A Londoner "I bought my flat in the early 2000s for 150k."
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Rose, Deal A stroll along the High Street in Deal reveals a town very much at the forefront of the wider...
a year ago
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a year ago
A stroll along the High Street in Deal reveals a town very much at the forefront of the wider Kentish food revolution. There seem to be more than the usual number of artisan butchers and fishmongers for what is otherwise a fairly small (albeit very quaint) seaside town. There's a...
diamond geezer
Clandon and Hatchlands Yesterday I took the train to Surrey to tick off two more National Trust properties. Cost of...
a year ago
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a year ago
Yesterday I took the train to Surrey to tick off two more National Trust properties. Cost of off-peak return from Waterloo to Clandon: £14.50 Cost of off-peak return from Wimbledon to Clandon: £8.00 (so maybe do that) You alight the train a couple of stops before Guildford and...
diamond geezer
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...
Londonist
Theatreship: London's Newest Cultural Venue Is On A Boat Cinema, theatre, lecture hall, bar...
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
Londonist
Eurostar Launches Flash Sale - With Tickets From £35 Dépêchez-vous!
9 months ago
Londonist
TfL Raises Penalty Fare To £100 £130m-£150m lost a year thanks to fare dodgers.
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
4 Kessler Collection Hotels with Art in the Southern U.S.
4 months ago
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The Best Broadway Shows of All Time to See in NYC
a year ago
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5 Trip Ideas Around the World for Adventurous Travelers
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Tokyo Here & Now: Private Art and Design Tours by Mirit Weinstock this post is sponsored by mirit weinstock Mirit Weinstock is an artist and designer living in Tokyo,...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
this post is sponsored by mirit weinstock Mirit Weinstock is an artist and designer living in Tokyo, specializing in Japanese crafts and working in a variety of mediums. The creative director and founder of “Mirit Weinstock” jewelry brand, the artist is steeped in the Japanese...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Tips for Avoiding Crowds and Enjoying Croatia
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Brookside Close London's Soap Streets Albert Square E15 and Albert Square SW8. Coronation Street but the capital...
a year ago
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a year ago
London's Soap Streets Albert Square E15 and Albert Square SW8. Coronation Street but the capital doesn't have one. Come with me to the borderlands between South Ruislip and South Harrow... Brookside Close HA2 namesake cul-de-sac can be found beside the big roundabout on...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Esquelbecq Is Named France’s Favorite Village of 2023
a year ago
Londonist
Skyscraper Bagging: How Many Of London's 20 Tallest Buildings Have You Been Up? Ticking off the towers.
10 months ago
Londonist
Tower Bridge: Rare Behind-The-Scenes Tours Now On Sale Including a chance to explore the bascule chambers.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Where Was Game of Thrones Filmed? 11 Locations You Can Visit
a year ago
Londonist
London Hotel Rooms With A Serious View Penthouse suites, balconies, and the city spread at your feet.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Past, Present and Future of Tokyo on Full Display in World’s Largest Architectural... From the deep forests of Okutama and the vibrant coral reefs of Ogasawara, to the sleepless neon...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
From the deep forests of Okutama and the vibrant coral reefs of Ogasawara, to the sleepless neon lights of Shinjuku, Tokyo truly is one of the most diverse cities. And while one could argue that it has enough night lights, a new nightly projection mapping display will light up...
Spoon & Tamago
Cherry Blossom Trees Sprout From Terunobu Fujimori’s ‘Kodamari Fuji’ Lodge The quaint village of Fujimi is located near the border of Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures. Time...
a year ago
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a year ago
The quaint village of Fujimi is located near the border of Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures. Time tends to pass a bit more slowly here where rice paddies overlook the Southern Alps, Mt. Yatsugatake, and Mt. Fuji. It’s here that architect-extraordinaire Terunobu Fujimori decided...
Londonist
Conkers In London: Where To Find Them, Where To Play Our hard-hitting guide.
a year 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...
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
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
Londonist
See Three New Morphing Sculptures By Nick Hornby Trio of incredible shape-changing sculptures hit town.
a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 19-25 February 2024 Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
SL10 Route SL10: Harrow - North Finchley Length of journey: 9 miles, 50 minutes London gained a new...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
diamond geezer
The Ballot Box Pub of the Day: the Ballot Box UB6 7QL Ballot Box, it's on Horsenden Lane between Perivale and...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Pub of the Day: the Ballot Box UB6 7QL Ballot Box, it's on Horsenden Lane between Perivale and North Greenford. Nothing big drives this way thanks to a width restriction at the old bridge over the Grand Union, but the Capital Ring passes by just after its detour up Horsenden...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Is It Safe to Travel to Greece During a Heatwave?
a year ago
One from Nippon
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs Editor’s Note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s Note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a three-part article. We thank our avid reader “S” who suggested this topic and graciously helped with our research. Could a nation’s bathing culture be influenced by
Londonist
12 (Fairly) Festive Things To Do Near London: December 2023 Charming events within easy reach of London.
a year ago
Londonist
Charles Dickens, Dog Lover: Exhibition Explores Animal-Adoring Side Of Author Less Bleak House, more Beak House.
8 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...
A Guide to Airline Stopover Programs
a year ago
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4 Outdoor Adventures Near Marriott Hotels in Florida
5 months ago
Londonist
The Natural History Museum Is Throwing Another Epic New Year's Eve Bash It's going to be WILD.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Blogged September 30 blogged things I did in September Fri 1: I've now been publishing my 'unblogged' posts for 5...
a year ago
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a year ago
30 blogged things I did in September Fri 1: I've now been publishing my 'unblogged' posts for 5 years, i.e. I've done 60 of them, so to still be getting 50 comments on the latest one is quite something, thanks. Sat 2: I broke the news that tube platform tickets were being...
Londonist
Christmas Dinner In London: Where To Eat In The Capital On Christmas Day Book soon if you want a seat at these tables on 25 December.
a year ago
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Vacation Ideas for Families with Neurodivergent Children
a year ago
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Top Spots to Relax in Palm Springs’ Desert Oasis
a month ago
Londonist
Greenwich's Old Town Hall To Become Flats And Viewing Gallery Art deco landmark gets green light for regeneration.
9 months ago
Londonist
Modern London Is Beautiful In This New Photographic Book London: A Modern City in Photographs by Mathew Browne.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Discarded Tatami Mats are Reborn as Contemporary Furniture Tatami mats are traditional Japanese flooring made from sewn-together igusa grass. But despite their...
a year ago
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a year ago
Tatami mats are traditional Japanese flooring made from sewn-together igusa grass. But despite their lovely aroma and natural resistance to mold, their usage has consistently declined as modern consumers opt for more contemporary living choices. The Tatami ReFab Project is an...
Londonist
Where To Dine And Drink In An Igloo Or Snow Globe In London This Winter Book riverside igloos and rooftop domes.
a year ago
Londonist
Vintage Football Shirts: The Best And Oddest From Every Big London Club New book delves deep into the world of vintage collectables.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Exploring Fort Myers: A Local's Guide
5 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
Where To Eat And Drink In The Foodie Heaven That Is Brick Lane Kimchi, ribs, clams - or just pork scratchings and a pint.
8 months ago
diamond geezer
Open House (3) For Open House this weekend I visited twelve different and varied properties, ranging from...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
For Open House this weekend I visited twelve different and varied properties, ranging from underwhelm to amazeballs. I'll save the wow until later but here are brief reports on the others, hopefully as testament that exploring otherwise inaccessible spaces is an opportunity not...
Spoon & Tamago
Komaeyu: Redesigning the Public Bath to Preserve Traditional Sento Culture all photos by Ju Yeon Lee courtesy Schemata Architects The number of public baths, or sento as...
a year ago
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a year ago
all photos by Ju Yeon Lee courtesy Schemata Architects The number of public baths, or sento as they’re referred to in Japan, have been in chronic decline since the late 1960s. As the number of homes with their own private bath proliferated, public bathhouses shrank from over...
The Forney Flyer
Life Under Lockdown in Uganda Hey folks. Several of you have been asking how things are going for us over here in Uganda,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Hey folks. Several of you have been asking how things are going for us over here in Uganda, considering how disruptive the Covid-19 stuff has been worldwide. Well, since my previous blog post (on March 24th) Uganda has basically gone under a virtual lockdown. I took these two...
Londonist
The City Street With FOUR Names What do you call the road between Millennium Bridge and St Paul's?
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
An Architecture Lover’s Dream Tour Through Germany’s UNESCO Sites and Beyond
6 months ago
Londonist
Valentine's Day 2024 In London: Events For Dates, Mates And Flying Solo Romance-themed things to do on and around 14 February.
10 months ago
Londonist
That Time Lord Onslow's Monkey Escaped Onto The Tube Simian crisis at Barbican.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Langley Vale WW1 Centenary Wood Yesterday a 12 mile walk from Redhill to Epsom morphed abruptly into a 13 mile walk from Redhill to...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Yesterday a 12 mile walk from Redhill to Epsom morphed abruptly into a 13 mile walk from Redhill to Leatherhead. And so I found myself blundering unexpectedly through Langley Vale, England's WW1 Centenary Wood. a mile to the south of Epsom racecourse. It's one of four Centenary...
Spoon & Tamago
Pioneering Japan’s Zero-Energy Hospitality, ‘ITOMACHI HOTEL 0’ Ito-Machi, launched in 2020, is an urban development in Saijo, featuring a master plan by the...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Ito-Machi, launched in 2020, is an urban development in Saijo, featuring a master plan by the esteemed Kengo Kuma Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Related posts: Stay in Artist Designed Hotel Rooms at the Park Hotel Tokyo Hotel NUTS by Upsetters Architects Kamikatsu in...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Alpine Charms and Traditions of Bregenzerwald
a year ago
Londonist
A Map Of Westminster Place Names And Where They Come From From Maida Vale to Covent Garden.
8 months ago
Londonist
45+ Fantastic Things To Do In London This Month: November 2023 Vintage cars, new exhibitions and the all-important Christmas light switch-ons.
a year ago
Londonist
9 Excellent Events Near London: January 2024 Dogs and beer - what more do you need?
12 months ago
Londonist
A Free Bowie Exhibition In London's Golden Fitzrovia Chapel A London Day lands in March.
10 months ago
Londonist
A Rare Chance To Have Afternoon Tea Inside Greenwich's Painted Hall This March For one day only.
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Upgrading to Lufthansa Allegris’ New Business Class
4 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 9-10 September 2023 30+ events, including a new food festival, beautiful boats and Open House London.
a year ago
Londonist
Policing Brixton: An Insider's Account Book reveals what it's like to patrol the streets of Brixton, Clapham and Stockwell.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Burnt Oak Brook THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Burnt Oak Brook Mill Hill → Burnt Oak (2 miles) London's bountiful...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Burnt Oak Brook Mill Hill → Burnt Oak (2 miles) London's bountiful supply of unlost rivers continues to provide opportunities for waterside walking if you know where to look. This one flows not far from Edgware and is yet another tributary of the Silk...
Londonist
Christmas Transport In London: What's Running, What's Closed, And What About Those Strikes? Fingers crossed we have a strike-free festive period...
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Urchin, Hove As soon as the sun comes out on a bank holiday, it feels like half of London heads down to the south...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
As soon as the sun comes out on a bank holiday, it feels like half of London heads down to the south coast, and Brighton in particular. And though that town certainly has a lot going for it, not least a thriving restaurant and pub/wine scene that can show you a great time at all...
Londonist
East London Could Be Getting This Flashy New Lido What a beaut.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Cheam Charter Fair Every year on May 15th the people of Cheam hold a charter fair. Also much of the above may not be...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Every year on May 15th the people of Cheam hold a charter fair. Also much of the above may not be true. Firstly there is no evidence that Henry III granted a charter to Cheam in 1259 or in any other year. Tradition says he did but no historical records exist to confirm this,...
Herbert Lui
Invest in your stories My friend Peter started posting at LinkedIn a couple of years ago. He noticed that while people who...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
My friend Peter started posting at LinkedIn a couple of years ago. He noticed that while people who followed him appreciated his advice, what they remembered most were his stories—about how he met his co-founder and started an agency, how they spun out new companies, and his move...
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Northern Line London's first deep-level tube.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Election triplepoint The General Election has seen Labour strengthen its hold over the capital with 59 MPs, while the...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
The General Election has seen Labour strengthen its hold over the capital with 59 MPs, while the Liberal Democrats have doubled their total to 6 and the Conservatives slumped to just 9. The electoral map of London is thus almost all red, with a yellow bloc to the southwest and a...
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...
Londonist
Never Before Seen Images Of The Rolling Stones To Go On Show In Notting Hill 27 rare pics of Mick, Keef and co.
10 months ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 8-14 January 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
One from Nippon
The Surprising Roots of Japan's Indian Curry It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to everyone who reached...
a year ago
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a year ago
It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to everyone who reached out! We are now restarting our articles, though we might not always write once a week. If we don't think it's interesting, we
Londonist
Tube And Trains Will Be Off-Peak All Day Friday For 3-Month Trial Drive to revive Fridays.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Wealdstone and Whetstone Two London suburbs (and thus two tube stations) are named after lumps of rock at the side of the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Two London suburbs (and thus two tube stations) are named after lumps of rock at the side of the road. Let's visit both. The Weald Stone, Wealdstone What? The Weald Stone is a humpy lump of sarsen stone approximately the same length as a sleeping human. Where? Not in the centre...
Londonist
"My Obsession With London's Modernist Council Estates" The beauty of the capital's social housing.
9 months 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,...
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
Photographer Meticulously Recreates Images of Chickens Painted by Edo-Era Artist Ito Jakuchu Edo-era painter Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) excelled at capturing the flora and fauna of the natural...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Edo-era painter Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) excelled at capturing the flora and fauna of the natural world, a skill that extended to remarkable depictions of birds. In particular, chickens were a common theme for the artist and it was said that Jakuchu owned many of them, and allowed...
One from Nippon
A peek into Japan's Convenience Stores Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a two-part article. All across Japan, one sight remains ubiquitous – the convenience store. A far, far cry from their American cousins, convenience stores in Japan are without...
diamond geezer
Count 2024 During February 2003 on diamond geezer I kept myself busy by counting things. Ten different counts,...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
During February 2003 on diamond geezer I kept myself busy by counting things. Ten different counts, to be precise, in a none-too thrilling daily feature called The Count. My 28-day tally chart may have been deathly dull to the rest of you, but I've continued to count those...
Londonist
Your London Reading List: The Best Non-Fiction Books Best books voted for by Londonist readers.
8 months ago
diamond geezer
Untangling Hackney We're not due another tube map until August when the Overground lines get their own names. There's...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
We're not due another tube map until August when the Overground lines get their own names. There's no point replacing paper maps and posters on platforms until then. But the online map on the TfL website is another matter and is often updated between print runs to reflect the...
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Forest Gate: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars And Pubs Forest food!
a year ago
Londonist
In Pictures: Notting Hill Carnival 2023 Relive the magic, or see what you missed out on.
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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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this post is sponsored by Japan Society Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society are proud to announce the eighth installment of the ACA Cinema Project film series, Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux. The series examines the shifting dynamics and...
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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
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Caravel, Regent's Canal It makes perfect sense that with London commercial property rents sky-high, wiley restaurateurs...
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It makes perfect sense that with London commercial property rents sky-high, wiley restaurateurs should look further afield and towards quirkier, more unusual spaces to set up shop. I have had mixed experiences dining on a boat (the London Shell Company: great fun; our office Xmas...
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QEOP after dark The Olympic Park is pretty after dark. This is Pudding Mill Lane, a massively-overengineered DLR...
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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...
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London New Year's Eve Fireworks 2023: Ticket Details Announced See in 2024 by the Thames in central London.
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Crewe Gadabout: CREWE Crewe is a large town in Cheshire and a key junction on the West Coast Main Line....
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Gadabout: CREWE Crewe is a large town in Cheshire and a key junction on the West Coast Main Line. It's only here because of the railway so has pretty much no history before that arrived, and the railway's only here because the nearby towns of Nantwich and Winsford turned the...
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Stephens House and Gardens Some of London's best small parks were once a rich man's garden. It's called Stephens House and...
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Some of London's best small parks were once a rich man's garden. It's called Stephens House and Gardens and it covers a dozen acres off East End Road, not far from Finchley central station. If what you need is a kickabout space and somewhere to exercise a big dog it's not for...
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Win Tickets To The Glowing Land Of Lights Lantern Festival This Winter Free entry for up to six people!
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The Conran Shop, A New Chapter For Hillside Terrace by Keiji Ashizawa Design All images courtesy of Keiji Ashizawa Design Since opening its London flagship in 1973, The Conran...
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All images courtesy of Keiji Ashizawa Design Since opening its London flagship in 1973, The Conran Shop has been a go-to destination for all things contemporary design. And in their latest chapter, the curated shop welcomes you to its new space in Hillside Terrace, a relaxing...
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Close-up Photographs of Sumo Wrestlers Evoke Mountain Ranges Shrouded in Fog Last month, the 107th High School Kanazawa City Sumo Tournament was held. The event has been held...
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Last month, the 107th High School Kanazawa City Sumo Tournament was held. The event has been held annually for over 100 years and attracts spectators locally but also from across Japan. But for the past 3 years, because of covid restrictions, the event had been held without...
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Things To Do In London Over Easter Weekend 2024 Eggs, bunnies and the Passion of Jesus.
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10,000 clicks Yesterday Google sent me an email. Congratulations! Your site reached 10K clicks from Google Search...
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Yesterday Google sent me an email. Congratulations! Your site reached 10K clicks from Google Search in the past 28 days. This is because several people still turn up at diamond geezer via search engines rather than visiting deliberately - apparently over 300 people daily. They...
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Bow Street BOW STREET £160   London's Monopoly Streets BOW STREET Colour group: orange Purchase price:...
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BOW STREET £160   London's Monopoly Streets BOW STREET Colour group: orange Purchase price: £180 Rent: £14 Length: 200m Borough: Westminster Postcode: WC2 n.b. This is Bow Street in Covent Garden which is nowhere near Bow Road in Bow, nor close to the church of St-Mary-le-Bow...
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The Secret Life of the Home As science evolves, so does the Science Museum. The Secret Life of the Home. This much-loved...
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As science evolves, so does the Science Museum. The Secret Life of the Home. This much-loved corner of the basement, where the life of the domestic appliance is quirkily celebrated, closes forever on Sunday 2nd June. I went for a last look round with a wall-to-wall smile,...
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Ten Christmas trees
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Sharpenhoe Clappers Over the weekend I went to Sharpenhoe Clappers. The Canine Activity paragraph memorial stone at...
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Over the weekend I went to Sharpenhoe Clappers. The Canine Activity paragraph memorial stone at Sharpenhoe Clappers because just before I reached it I encountered a group of young people with two dogs. I wasn't at all pleased when the bull terrier looked up and started running...
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Myaku-Myaku Footwear, Inspired by the Googly-Eyed Mascot for the Osaka Expo Myaku-Myaku, the unsettling googly-eyed humanoid that was selected as the 2025 Osaka Expo, has...
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Myaku-Myaku, the unsettling googly-eyed humanoid that was selected as the 2025 Osaka Expo, has inspired numerous spinoffs, both official and unofficial. And with exactly 1 year to go before the Expo, we should all expect to see a lot more. The latest iteration comes in the form...
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Decorations up It was St Nicholas Day yesterday so I put my Christmas decorations up. It's not a date-related...
a year ago
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a year ago
It was St Nicholas Day yesterday so I put my Christmas decorations up. It's not a date-related tradition or anything, certainly not my tradition, but this year the day I spotted the box of decorations was 6th December so out they came and up they went. It would've been more...
Londonist
Bold New Look For Old City Hall Plans teased for a more open, green look.
a year ago
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Bow Road Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things...
a year ago
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a year ago
Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things I haven't blogged about before. Odds 1) Autumn is a particularly good season to see Bow Road because many of our trees do the pretty yellow thing before the leaves fall...
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The zone 1 challenge It's time once again to go on a pointlessly challenging train journey. How many zone 1 stations can...
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2 months ago
It's time once again to go on a pointlessly challenging train journey. How many zone 1 stations can you travel through without repeating any? And there are 72 zone 1 stations altogether, so it's going to be a long journey. It's perhaps best to think of the question as...
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The disappearing Status updates map The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. Status...
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The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. Status updates page on the TfL website where for the last ten years you've been able to see a map of disruptions to the network. The map was removed three weeks ago when the big...
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 30-31 December 2023 The best ways to spend the last weekend of 2023 in the capital.
12 months ago
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Even More Of London's Crappiest Benches When London's seats fail to bring their A game.
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Japan Society Presents Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux this post is sponsored by Japan Society Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan...
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this post is sponsored by Japan Society Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society are proud to announce the eighth installment of the ACA Cinema Project film series, Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux. The series examines the shifting dynamics and...
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Kempton Park One Stop Beyond: Kempton Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
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3 months ago
One Stop Beyond: Kempton 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 Kempton Park, one stop beyond Hampton on the Shepperton line, a station which exists solely because of the...
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TfL FoI requests in May 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in May 2024 1) The three Elizabeth line ticket offices...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in May 2024 1) The three Elizabeth line ticket offices which sold the fewest tickets in 2023 were Acton Main Line (2736), Hanwell (3375) and Maryland (4037). That's about 10 tickets per day. 2) The installation of new brighter lighting...
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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...
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Victorian Society "Very, Very Sad" About Development Around Turkish Bathhouse City of London Corporation has green-lit Landsec's £500m plan.
a year ago
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Bouchon Racine, Farringdon Such is the cyclical nature of these things, trends in food or clothing or plenty of other areas...
a year ago
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a year ago
Such is the cyclical nature of these things, trends in food or clothing or plenty of other areas besides will, given long enough, find themselves fading in and out of favour. There was a time, within living memory, when French cuisine was considered the gold standard of...
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$450 for a School Bag?! Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families. Parents of kids...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families. Parents of kids entering elementary school visit the grandparents and gingerly tread the topic of buying the kids a very expensive item: a randoseru. And gingerly they must tread. The randoseru, a...
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LNER 70min Flex Tickets Long distance rail travel can be both complicated and expensive. fare pilot to tackle one of these...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Long distance rail travel can be both complicated and expensive. fare pilot to tackle one of these issues. LNER's innovation is 70min Flex, a flexible ticket which allows you to travel within a specific window either side of your booked train. Up to 70 minutes before, up to 70...
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Route 310 Route 310: Golders Green - Stamford Hill Length of journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes promised during the...
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3 months ago
Route 310: Golders Green - Stamford Hill Length of journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes promised during the Mayoral election. It shadows two existing bus routes. It's being delivered on a twelve-month trial basis. It runs every day but not all of the day. It tackles one very specific...
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Repurposing Japan’s Glut of Empty Homes as Greenhouses The coronavirus pandemic had a drastic and immediate impact on Yuichiro Shimizu’s taxi business. As...
a year ago
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a year ago
The coronavirus pandemic had a drastic and immediate impact on Yuichiro Shimizu’s taxi business. As early as January 2020, Nichiei Taxi, a local business that has been servicing Saitama prefecture for over 50 years, saw their revenue drop by a staggering 80%. To save the company,...
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Lower Lea Valley Bus Review HYPERLOCAL BUS NEWS: Lower Lea Valley Bus Review development papers focused on particular...
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4 months ago
HYPERLOCAL BUS NEWS: Lower Lea Valley Bus Review development papers focused on particular geographical areas. A recent set covers the Lower Lea Valley, an area of "historically relatively low trip-generating industrial land progressively transforming into higher trip-generating...
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Bush Hall: Live Music At Historic West London Venue Under Immediate Threat Four months to save the Shepherd's Bush icon.
9 months ago
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Merton rebrands The London borough of Merton is updating its logo. But it has to die, slowly and gradually...
a year ago
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a year ago
The London borough of Merton is updating its logo. But it has to die, slowly and gradually from the end of November, and I'll let the council's branding team explain why. We have been using the same logo as the foundation stone of our corporate identity for the past 30...
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5 London Underground Stations That Totally Ripped Off Other Buildings From Berlin to Amsterdam to Moscow.
10 months ago
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All lines challenge "How can you travel just one stop on every tube line?" is an interesting question. 2003 as part of...
a year ago
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a year ago
"How can you travel just one stop on every tube line?" is an interesting question. 2003 as part of this blog's very first Tube Week, and again in 2015 when I went out and rode the solution. It's a question which can be varied according to how you choose to define a tube line,...
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Empty dangling Big news about the Dangleway! Opening hours cutback proposed🚡 On weekdays that means an 8am...
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a month ago
Big news about the Dangleway! Opening hours cutback proposed🚡 On weekdays that means an 8am start rather than 7am. 🚡 🚡 🚡NowFrom Decembercut Mon-Thu 07:00 to 22:00 08:00 to 22:001 hour Friday 07:00 to 22:00 09:00 to 22:00 2 hours  Saturday08:00 to 22:0009:00 to 22:001...
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 1-7 January 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
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9 months ago
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St Paul's Cathedral On Lord Mayor's Show day entrance to St Paul's Cathedral is free. Today's post comes free with 30...
a year ago
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a year ago
On Lord Mayor's Show day entrance to St Paul's Cathedral is free. Today's post comes free with 30 photos on Flickr. n.b. Doors open at 8.30am, so if you get there early you can get minimal people in your photos. 20 things to see inside St Paul's Cathedral Nave 1) The font...
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The Audley, Mayfair I ended up in the Audley, newly refurbished and reimagined gastropub in Mayfair, rather by accident...
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over a year ago
I ended up in the Audley, newly refurbished and reimagined gastropub in Mayfair, rather by accident on Saturday, and I'm afraid I didn't set out with my usual forensic (ha!) bloggery attitude to proceedings. I wasn't planning on having lunch out at all, but walking down Mount St...
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Where To Eat And Drink In Croydon Chew your way through CR0.
a year ago
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Kenji Yanobe’s BIG CAT BANG is Now on Display at Ginza Six Space cats in astronaut suits, ultraman figurines reenacting the beginning of the universe, and a...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Space cats in astronaut suits, ultraman figurines reenacting the beginning of the universe, and a tribute to Taro Okamoto’s iconic Statue of the Sun sculpture. There’s a lot to love about artist Kenji Yanobe’s new installation, BIG CAT BANG, and it’s now on view to the public...
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Sadiq's third manifesto Sadiq's manifesto has finally been published so let's take a look (mainly so there's a blogpost to...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Sadiq's manifesto has finally been published so let's take a look (mainly so there's a blogpost to check at the end of his term in 2028). Title: A fairer, safer, greener London for everyone Pages: 67 Top 10 pledges 1) Free school meals 2) Freeze TfL fares 3) 40,000 new...
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a year ago
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a year ago
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Fitzrovia Chapel - Gloriously Golden Church Is Now Open 3 Days A Week What. A. Ceiling.
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