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One from Nippon
A peek inside Japan's largest Dagashi store Every morning, 67-year Hideyuki Akiyama drives to his store along the rural roads of Okayama in...
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Every morning, 67-year Hideyuki Akiyama drives to his store along the rural roads of Okayama in Western Japan. Today is no different. A line of excited customers queuing up before the shutters are open. “Disneyland isn’t our land of dreams, this is!” says one 20-something woman.
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 5-11 February 2024 Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Biltmore Arizona: an Iconic Southwest Resort
5 months ago
diamond geezer
dg's TikTok tips dg's TikTok tips: the iconic phonebox shot only one has the pixiedust to glam up your socials big...
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dg's TikTok tips: the iconic phonebox shot only one has the pixiedust to glam up your socials big time. It's the red phone box in Parliament Square, north side, and if you stand alongside you can combine the holy trinity of a) red phone box b) the actual Big Ben c) your pouting...
diamond geezer
18U 55V 51W On Saturday I proposed that 18U Brondesbury Park NW6 7BT is London's highest lettered house....
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On Saturday I proposed that 18U Brondesbury Park NW6 7BT is London's highest lettered house. Nothing's going to beat a run of houses that goes 18J, 18K, 18L, 18M, 18N, 18P, 18Q, 18R, 18S, 18T, 18U, I thought. Not so. There are in fact over 50 properties in the capital that can...
Herbert Lui
The new direction When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a...
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When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a particularly painful, vulnerable, emotion. You may experience an emotional instinct to reach out and fall back into the familiar. All of a sudden, the old, familiar, well-trodden...
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4 Kessler Collection Hotels with Art in the Southern U.S.
4 months ago
Londonist
Exciting News For London Art Lovers! A special offer just in time for the Easter holidays
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
How Asheville’s Nature Inspires Local Chef, Ashleigh Shanti
a year ago
Londonist
Shoreditch Has A New Secret Garden... On A Viaduct Get eye-level with Village Underground's tube trains.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
New Tadao Ando-Designed Museum to Open on Naoshima in 2025 A new museum will open on the art island of Naoshima in 2025. Although the official name has yet to...
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A new museum will open on the art island of Naoshima in 2025. Although the official name has yet to be announced, the structure will be designed by architect Tadao Ando and will mark his 10th museum on the island. The ‘new museum’ will consist of 3 floors—2 underground and 1...
Londonist
Secrets Of Tower Bridge A behind the scenes tour of one of London's great icons.
12 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Counter, Tunbridge Wells As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the...
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As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the world that are somewhat better-represented on these pages than others. Obviously as I live in London, and it's the best food city on the planet, that's the main focus of this blog....
diamond geezer
Tup'penny #10003 ✅ Analysis 2018 I bagged them up and took them to the bank, earning £13 for my trouble. What...
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#10003 ✅ Analysis 2018 I bagged them up and took them to the bank, earning £13 for my trouble. What I wondered was what years my remaining 2p coins were minted in and how many years are missing. 1971 1980 1990 1991 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 2-3 December 2023 It's beginning to look a lot like Chr...
a year ago
diamond geezer
Vehicle registration letters My latest numberplate-spotting game, as I said yesterday, is trying to spot all the pairs of letters...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
My latest numberplate-spotting game, as I said yesterday, is trying to spot all the pairs of letters at the start of a vehicle registration plate. I tried spotting L-pairs over the weekend - a dozen attempts in various parts of town for roughly fifteen minutes each. The dark...
AFAR Media - Travel...
These Are the Most Endangered Historic Sites in America
a year ago
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London In September 2023 A crystal dinner and chic couture in this month's top shows to see in London.
a year ago
Londonist
Get A First Look At The New King Charles Banknotes At This New Exhibition Find out what the future of money will be.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
The longest distance you can walk underneath I was in Arnos Park yesterday, a large and pleasant park in Enfield just to the north of Arnos Grove...
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I was in Arnos Park yesterday, a large and pleasant park in Enfield just to the north of Arnos Grove station. It has two prominent physical features, one of which is the Pymmes Brook which was flowing fairly strongly after all that rain we've had. The other is the Arnos Park...
diamond geezer
The centre of London The centre of London is generally taken to be the statue of Charles I on the south side of Trafalgar...
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The centre of London is generally taken to be the statue of Charles I on the south side of Trafalgar Square. It sits on the site of the original Charing Cross and is also the point from which mileages are measured, as a plaque at its foot attests. 1) The centroid centroid is...
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #10 Major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue to create long queues of traffic. This is a queue...
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Major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue to create long queues of traffic. This is a queue of traffic moving very slowly in brief bursts towards the end of Bow Road. On this particular day the back of the queue was around Bus Stop M although often it goes a lot further....
Londonist
London's Smallest Art Gallery Is In A Phone Box Outside The British Museum You can buy the art, too.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 27-28 January 2024 A frost fair, snowdrops and an Australia Day party.
11 months ago
Londonist
Ever Been To This Free London Yew Maze? A tree-ific day out, right alongside the Elizabeth line.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Gaps between Easters You've probably noticed that Easter Day moves around a lot. Yes, it can fall on any date between...
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8 months ago
You've probably noticed that Easter Day moves around a lot. Yes, it can fall on any date between 22nd March and 25th April, but it never seems to end up on the same weekend it did last year. And indeed it never can. Let's take a look at how the date jumps around during the...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 1-7 January 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Local Artist's Guide to Dallas, Texas
5 months ago
Londonist
12 (Fairly) Festive Things To Do Near London: December 2023 Charming events within easy reach of London.
a year ago
diamond geezer
LNER 70min Flex Tickets Long distance rail travel can be both complicated and expensive. fare pilot to tackle one of these...
11 months ago
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Long distance rail travel can be both complicated and expensive. fare pilot to tackle one of these issues. LNER's innovation is 70min Flex, a flexible ticket which allows you to travel within a specific window either side of your booked train. Up to 70 minutes before, up to 70...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 14-15 October 2023 A rum festival, a new fashion exhibition, Cocktail Week and more.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Bedford to Bletchley for £1 A ride down the Marston Vale line (where a train journey currently costs just £1, for reasons...
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A ride down the Marston Vale line (where a train journey currently costs just £1, for reasons explained yesterday) Bedford Platform 1a beside the car park, chugging away noisily and hourly. Nearby: The town centre was fairly buzzy on Saturday, helped by umpteen outdoor market...
diamond geezer
BustopMas Now that December's here the festivity in London is palpable! And as Christmas grows closer our...
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Now that December's here the festivity in London is palpable! And as Christmas grows closer our appetite for seasonal treats grows ever stronger. It can mean only one thing: winter is upon us and Christmas has officially arrived. This year's big ticket event is BustopMas, a...
Spoon & Tamago
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...
Londonist
Tate Britain Reveals Grenfell-Inspired Staircase Chris Ofili's Requiem unveiled.
a year ago
diamond geezer
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...
Londonist
A Free Bowie Exhibition In London's Golden Fitzrovia Chapel A London Day lands in March.
10 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Twenty Two Artists Created Over 120 Artworks Throughout the Tokyo Offices of GREE When Japanese internet media company GREE relocated offices last year, they wanted to do something...
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When Japanese internet media company GREE relocated offices last year, they wanted to do something special; something that would capture the unique creativity and artistic drive behind many of their employees. So the company worked with art agency TokyoDex and the architecural...
diamond geezer
Brookside Close London's Soap Streets Albert Square E15 and Albert Square SW8. Coronation Street but the capital...
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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...
Londonist
Life Drawing With Wolves... In A London Hotel Anyone can get involved... even kids!
a year ago
Londonist
Review: Yoko Ono's Music Of The Mind Is Bizarre, Baffling, Laughable, Brilliant Immersive retrospective lands at Tate.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
I'll look it up later Sometimes while out and about I see something intriguing, take a photo and research it when I get...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Sometimes while out and about I see something intriguing, take a photo and research it when I get home. Here are three of this week's serendipitous discoveries. North: Gilpin's Bell Where: Fore Street, Edmonton, N18 What I thought: Hmm, what's that lump of concrete in the...
Londonist
The Iconic Harry Beck Map But Make It Aeroplanes But is everything as it seems?
a year ago
Londonist
How To Spend A (Relatively Cheap) Weekend In Florence We did say relatively.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Ten Christmas trees
12 months ago
diamond geezer
A skinflint's guide to visiting London's zoos A skinflint's guide to visiting London's zoos London Zoo is an acclaimed repository of...
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A skinflint's guide to visiting London's zoos London Zoo is an acclaimed repository of globally-sourced animals, as well as a conservation hub and a prestige tourist attraction. But it's a bit pricey with tickets costing £27 on weekdays and £31 at weekends, or even more on the...
diamond geezer
Old Oak Common to Euston A Nice Walk: Old Oak Common to Euston (6 miles) High Speed 2 is seemingly forever under threat, the...
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A Nice Walk: Old Oak Common to Euston (6 miles) High Speed 2 is seemingly forever under threat, the latest proposal being that it should run only between not-quite-central Birmingham and not-quite-central London. But would it really be so terrible to terminate the line at Old...
diamond geezer
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...
diamond geezer
The Brockley Three Peaks A Nice Walk: The Brockley Three Peaks (5 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk,...
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A Nice Walk: The Brockley Three Peaks (5 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, triple-summited, great views, waterside stretches, plenty of up and down, easily reached, all-weather surfaces, a bit of history, occasional dead people, refreshment opportunities, two...
Londonist
Where To Watch The Super Bowl 2024 In London Screenings and parties across the capital.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
You Can See the 2024 Solar Eclipse During This 22-Day Cruise
a year ago
diamond geezer
The Limit I have not yet faced the coming of The Limit. It comes to most of us, some sooner than others, a...
a year ago
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I have not yet faced the coming of The Limit. It comes to most of us, some sooner than others, a one-way, permanent restriction after which life is never quite so free again. I'm not trying to be maudlin here, nor am I building up to the revelation that The Limit has come to...
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...
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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...
Londonist
Fourth Plinth - Shortlist For 2026 And 2028 Sculptures Is Revealed Ice cream vans, sweet potatoes and slime.
10 months ago
Londonist
The Age-Old Ritual Of Chair Lifting On Easter Monday Blackheath Morris Men in Greenwich again this Easter.
9 months ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 28 August-3 September 2023 Escaped monkeys, the Great Fire, and a new Eurostar service.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
How to Visit Japan's "Art Islands"
a year ago
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5 Activities to Enjoy on a Caribbean Winter Holiday
2 days ago
Cheese and Biscuits
OMA, Borough Market Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began...
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Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began his London restaurant journey at Smokestak, the hugely influential East London BBQ joint. Smokestak, together with a tiny handful of other brave pioneers around the same time...
Londonist
The Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Drives Into London This Week Merry fizz-mas!
a year ago
diamond geezer
Pig Farm Alley Underwhelming London: Pig Farm Alley, Worcester Park Pig Farm Alley is a long straight path, off...
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Underwhelming London: Pig Farm Alley, Worcester Park Pig Farm Alley is a long straight path, off limits to traffic, in the London borough of Sutton. It runs from Trafalgar Avenue, off Stonecot Hill, to an edgeland nomansland by the Lower Morden Equestrian Centre. It's about a...
Londonist
Myra DuBois Takes Us On Her Perfect Day Out In London "Look at St Paul's! An icon in the capital! Much like myself."
a year ago
diamond geezer
Changing bus routes Every bus route serving bus stop M has changed over the last 20 years. 8 used to go to Victoria,...
a year ago
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Every bus route serving bus stop M has changed over the last 20 years. 8 used to go to Victoria, then was cut back to Oxford Circus in 2009, then to Tottenham Court Road in 2013. 25 originally came from Oxford Circus but was cut back to Holborn Viaduct in 2018. 108 never used...
Londonist
Revised Skyscraper Plans Could Make It Centimetres Taller Than The Shard One Undershaft is going up in the world.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Top 10 Locations and Hotels for Food Lovers
a year ago
Londonist
Review: Blockbuster Disney Exhibition Digs Deep To Deliver The Magic Fans will love this centenary show.
a year ago
Londonist
Stunning Light Trails And Illumination Festivals To See Near London This Winter Absolutely enchanting evenings out in south-east England.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Ten apologies I'd like to apologise for the ten posts I could have brought you today but haven't written. 1)...
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I'd like to apologise for the ten posts I could have brought you today but haven't written. 1) Visit London have opened a temporary Ticket Shop in Covent Garden flogging stuff, mainly tickets to attractions and shows, and it looks hugely superfluous but it's not aimed at...
Londonist
19 Facts About London That Sound Made-Up But Are True A drunken Karl Marx and a tube line to the coast.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Where to Ski, Stay, & Explore Outdoors in Alberta's Winter
a month 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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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...
diamond geezer
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...
Spoon & Tamago
An Ethereal Bubble Emerges from a Japanese Townhouse in New Art Installation by MAD Architects photos by Osamu Nakamura In Niigata prefecture’s Murono Village, a surreal scene has unfolded…or...
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photos by Osamu Nakamura In Niigata prefecture’s Murono Village, a surreal scene has unfolded…or should I say, inflated? From the rear of an abandoned townhouse a colossal, semi-transparent bubble has emerged, immediately transforming the quiet village into what could easily be...
Londonist
London On Fire: Paintings Of The Blitz By The Firefighters Who Were There City's darkest hour captured in vivid paint.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do In The Borough Of Bexley Sound baths, Pre-Raphaelites and a gorgeous sewage pumping station.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged November 30 unblogged things I did in November Fri 1: I bought some Edding 55 pens online yesterday because...
2 weeks ago
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30 unblogged things I did in November Fri 1: I bought some Edding 55 pens online yesterday because I can't find them in the shops any more, and they were due to arrive today. Before they arrived I got three emails saying "Please note, your driver is unable to leave this item...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Top 10 Family-Friendly Luxury Resorts in the U.S.
a year ago
Herbert Lui
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...
Londonist
Rare Chelsea Books: Memories Of A Bookshop On The King's Road "We discouraged visitors from bringing in galettes, to prevent sticky fingers."
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Ashley English’s Favorite Things to Do in Asheville
11 months ago
Londonist
The Colony Room: Soho's Infamous Drinking Den is Back From The Dead... Sort Of Drinks will be at 2008 prices too.
a year ago
Londonist
Belgravia In Bloom 2024: Flower Arches And Sculptures Pop Up In West London It's all fun and games this year - that's the theme!
8 months ago
Londonist
Get Free Entry To The London Dungeon This Monday To cheer you up on 'Blue Monday'.
11 months ago
Londonist
A White Knuckle Guide To High Adrenaline Activities In London Feel the fear and do it anyway.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Bus of the day 187 Bus Route Of The Day 187: West Hampstead to Park Royal Quadrant: London northwest Length of journey:...
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Bus Route Of The Day 187: West Hampstead to Park Royal Quadrant: London northwest Length of journey: 8 miles, 60 minutes Because it's 18th July I've been out riding the 187, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. It's no big hitter. twiddling round backstreets in an...
AFAR Media - Travel...
What to Do if Your Flight Was Canceled or Delayed
a year ago
Londonist
London Now Has Its First Statue Of Queen Elizabeth II Bronze likeness unveiled at Royal Albert Hall.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Green Link Walk 4 I've now completed London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st...
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I've now completed London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st March. If you need a map try here, if you need an app try here, if you want 45 pages of walking instructions try here, and if you're reading this several months in the future try...
Spoon & Tamago
‘Ye Bakers’ is a New Bakery Nestled Inside an Aichi Home In a residential neighborhood, a small bakery is designed to integrate seamlessly with its...
a year ago
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In a residential neighborhood, a small bakery is designed to integrate seamlessly with its surroundings while maintaining its commercial purpose. Related posts: Noma’s New Pop Up by OEO Studio in Kyoto Interior Designer Shigeru Uchida: 1943 – 2016 House Tour: Yoyogi Artist...
diamond geezer
Thames flooding Several times a year, aligned to the full moon, the Thames sees some particularly high tides....
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a year ago
Several times a year, aligned to the full moon, the Thames sees some particularly high tides. Sometimes, after particularly heavy spells of rain, much more water comes down the Thames than usual. And when these two events coincide various paths, piers and embankments that don't...
diamond geezer
Clandon and Hatchlands Yesterday I took the train to Surrey to tick off two more National Trust properties. Cost of...
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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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Local Baker’s Top Picks to Maine’s Best Winter Adventures
4 months ago
diamond geezer
Random Remembrance Every London borough hosts a Remembrance event, maybe several. The parade lines up outside the...
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Every London borough hosts a Remembrance event, maybe several. The parade lines up outside the museum and awaits the signal. Everyone important's here, all the civic dignitaries apart from those who've been delegated to officiate at the borough's three other memorials. The...
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #4 Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday. So how's that...
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Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday. So how's that going? Monday 30th September Tuesday 1st October I popped up to Old Ford to see what's happened with route 8 terminating one stop early. A temporary stand has been created...
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Travel Itinerary Exploring the Roman Empire in Germany
6 months ago
diamond geezer
Snowflakes A lot has been added to the tube map in recent years. Accessibility blobs, walking connections,...
a year ago
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A lot has been added to the tube map in recent years. Accessibility blobs, walking connections, cablecars, trams, river piers and most recently Thameslink, all have been shoehorned into an increasingly cluttered diagram. But whatever ridiculous woke nonsense have they added...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Travel to Coastal Germany's Historical UNESCO Sites
7 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 10-11 February 2024 Super Bowl Sunday, Chinese New Year, and half term happenings.
10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best Places for Art, Music, and Theater in Asheville
a year ago
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New Resy Promo Will Give You $99 Off at These Restaurants
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
New Rent-Free Apartments Aspire to Support Budding Manga Artists a rendering of Manga Apartment VUY, for which occupancy will begin in March 2025 For many years, a...
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a rendering of Manga Apartment VUY, for which occupancy will begin in March 2025 For many years, a model has existed in Japan in which subsidized housing supports manga artists who are early in their career and have not yet established an audience. One of the earliest was the...
diamond geezer
Bow Road Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things...
a year ago
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a year ago
Anyone can visit Bow Road for free. 20 things to see on Bow Road n.b. The following are all things I haven't blogged about before. Odds 1) Autumn is a particularly good season to see Bow Road because many of our trees do the pretty yellow thing before the leaves fall...
Spoon & Tamago
Abstract Paintings by Yuna Ogina Depict Intimate Human Connections Tokyo-based artist Ogino Yuna creates semi-abstract paintings using motifs of living things that are...
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4 months ago
Tokyo-based artist Ogino Yuna creates semi-abstract paintings using motifs of living things that are familiar to her, such as flowers and people. But for her latest exhibition, which just opened in Tokyo, the artist has pointed her brush at one of the most basic yet intimate...
Londonist
Welsh Things To Do In London Daffodils, beer and male voice choirs.
9 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
8 Lesser-Known Places to Visit in the Nordic Countries
4 months ago
Londonist
An Airport In Hyde Park? It Could Have Happened 1920s proposal envisaged a VERY central aerodrome.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Counties visited Now that my blog is really old, I thought it might be interesting from time to time to go back and...
10 months ago
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Now that my blog is really old, I thought it might be interesting from time to time to go back and revisit a post from 20 years ago. Ideally exactly 20 years ago, which in this case would be 8th February 2004. When I asked this.  Sunday, February 08, 2004   I've visited the...
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: 30-31 December 2023 The best ways to spend the last weekend of 2023 in the capital.
12 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Spring Vacation at This Historic Arizona Hotel
9 months ago
diamond geezer
10 Centuries in 1 Day One of the capital's best places to go walking is the City of London, and what's more they have the...
7 months ago
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One of the capital's best places to go walking is the City of London, and what's more they have the wherewithal to have created all sorts of self-guided walks for you to follow. 21 downloadable walks are listed on their old website (although they're increasingly hard to find...
Londonist
Where On The Tube Can You See A WWII Gun Emplacement? A defensive relic on the District line.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Boston Tea Party 250 10 ways to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party It's exactly 250 years since...
a year ago
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a year ago
10 ways to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party It's exactly 250 years since tax-averse demonstrators boarded ships in Boston Harbour and hurled chests of tea into the water, triggering a snowball of protest which led inexorably to the Declaration of...
diamond geezer
Five years of new stations Today it's five years since the day Crossrail was supposed to open but didn't. three and a half...
a year ago
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a year ago
Today it's five years since the day Crossrail was supposed to open but didn't. three and a half years to run the first train. People in high places must have been lying their socks off. • Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and the Northern line extension Brent Cross...
Londonist
An 'Accidentally Wes Anderson' Exhibition Is Coming To West London So. Much. Pastel.
a year ago
Londonist
The Massive (And Massively Controversial) Stratford Sphere Is Vegas coming to east London?
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Isabelle Star LaBlanc's Guide to Minneapolis
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2 months ago
Londonist
15 Things You Never Knew About Wembley Park Steeped in history.
a year ago
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...
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Family-Friendly Vacations on Alabama's Gulf Shores and Orange Beach
a year ago
Herbert Lui
The vessel heuristic What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something...
a week ago
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What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something greater to express themselves through? “The human mind is literally an antenna,” Pharrell says. “It picks up waves and transmissions from the ultimate source, from the ether.”...
Londonist
London's Cemetery For Heroic Animals Rats to racehorses are laid to rest in this remarkable burial ground.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Energen Close While I was in Willesden, round the back of Taylors Lane Power Station, I came across this...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
While I was in Willesden, round the back of Taylors Lane Power Station, I came across this oddly-named cul-de-sac. That's an odd name for a cul-de-sac, I thought. Why was Energen Close named after a private company? Powergen, not Energen, although they were founded in 1989 so...
Londonist
Christmas Carol Concerts In London To Make You Feel All Warm And Fuzzy Inside This December Including one with dogs. Woof!
a year ago
One from Nippon
$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...
diamond geezer
Six free exhibitions in north central London Six free temporary exhibitions in north central London (I'll rank these at the end, but the best...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Six free temporary exhibitions in north central London (I'll rank these at the end, but the best one comes first) Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds at: RIBA, Portland Place from: 10am to 5pm (not Sunday) until: 29 March cottage melded into a rocky Leicestershire...
diamond geezer
Consequential Some weeks are consequential. a) Today is the Budget. This budget also feels like it's been...
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a month ago
Some weeks are consequential. a) Today is the Budget. This budget also feels like it's been coming for ages, the General Election being 17 weeks ago, but it takes time to check the nation's finances, develop a plan and balance strategic gains with individual pain. There has...
Londonist
How London Underground Became The Coolest Brand In The World From the first roundel to moquette trainers.
a year ago
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
Review: Fantasy: Realms Of The Imagination At The British Library The genre finally gets the exhibition it deserves.
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
Flood Relief Flying You may remember that I mentioned in a previous blog post a few weeks ago, that there had been...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
You may remember that I mentioned in a previous blog post a few weeks ago, that there had been severe floods in Western Uganda (and other parts of the country) in early-mid May. Well, several weeks later, we were given special permission by various authorities to fly relief...
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Vacation Ideas for Families with Neurodivergent Children
a year ago
diamond geezer
Beddington Farmlands A Nice Walk: Beddington Farmlands (1 mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing...
a month ago
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a month ago
A Nice Walk: Beddington Farmlands (1 mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, wildlife guaranteed, railway-adjacent, mostly dry underfoot, broad pylon vistas, binocular opportunities, possibility of lapwings, won't take long. So...
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Visit Corpus Christi, TX for Beaches and Outdoor Adventure
5 months ago
Londonist
Join The Race To Help Beat Childhood Cancer On A Family-Friendly Fun Run RBC Race for the Kids returns.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Kawazu Cherry Blossoms in Shizuoka Now in Full Bloom The Kawazu-Zakura cherry blossoms  If you’re sick of winter and ready for spring, head to Shizuoka’s...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
The Kawazu-Zakura cherry blossoms  If you’re sick of winter and ready for spring, head to Shizuoka’s Kawazu City, the host of one of Japan’s earliest cherry blossom festivals. The Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms are known for blossoming early and some trees are already beginning to...
Londonist
Londonist Talks To Just Stop Oil "No one will listen to you if they cannot hear you."
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Bletchley to Bedford for £1 This is England's best value rail ticket. £1. Why? What is going on here? Explain! Marston Vale...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
This is England's best value rail ticket. £1. Why? What is going on here? Explain! Marston Vale line, a minor branch line which has been suffering from an embarrassing lack of rolling stock recently. It was supposed to be operated by three converted District line trains -...
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5 Exciting New Electric Camper Vans
a year 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
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New Luxury Cruises in the Adriatic and Baltic Seas
3 months ago
Londonist
70+ Spectacular Things To Do In London This Month: September 2023 Open House London! Plus a new music festival, fashion exhibitions, pole dancing, and sheep on the...
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Guide to Relaxation and Luxury in Al Ain
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Itoya and the charm of stationary While corporations such as Staples or Office Depot may sell supplies, a retailer like Itoya sells...
a week ago
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a week ago
While corporations such as Staples or Office Depot may sell supplies, a retailer like Itoya sells stationary. The difference is stationary comes with a charm just as essential as the equipment—creativity, possibilities, and consideration. If you visit Itoya’s 18-floor flagship...
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Why The Sagamore Pendry Baltimore is The City's Best Hotel
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 18-24 March 2024 Our best articles from the past week.
9 months ago
One from Nippon
From the Ashes of the World's First App Store Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here. Part 1 Summary: Brother...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here. Part 1 Summary: Brother Industries built Takeru, the world's first software vending machine that let users download software from a server. While revolutionary, it wasn't as huge a success as
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10 Beautiful Tropical Islands to Visit in 2023
a year ago
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Best Countries for Expats to Live Abroad
a year ago
diamond geezer
Emails from 2004 Today I thought I'd dig into my inbox archive and bring you ten emails I was sent in October 2004....
a month ago
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a month ago
Today I thought I'd dig into my inbox archive and bring you ten emails I was sent in October 2004. Twenty years ago was a different time. From londonmobs (1/10/04) (and that was it, no further London flashmobs were organised) cc-ed from my work address (5/10/04) The...
diamond geezer
The disappearing Status updates map The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. Status...
a week ago
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a week ago
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...
diamond geezer
Mary Place and Joseph Avenue At this time of year I like to blog about a festively-named London street, however mundane it might...
a year ago
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a year ago
At this time of year I like to blog about a festively-named London street, however mundane it might be. In the past I've taken you to Noel Street, Noel Square, three Noel Roads, Noel Park Road, Turkey Street, Christmas Street, Yuletide Close, Shepherds Hill, Angel Road, Stables...
Cheese and Biscuits
Oren, Dalston Mumbling and grumbling during my journey to Dalston the other night, as the 38 bus did an average...
a year ago
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a year ago
Mumbling and grumbling during my journey to Dalston the other night, as the 38 bus did an average speed of just less than walking pace all the way from Holborn in the pouring rain, just helped to highlight how I end up travelling to some parts of town for dinner over and over...
Londonist
Hundreds Of Boats Race On The Thames The Week Before Oxford Vs Cambridge Ever seen the Head of the River Race?
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Silver Jubilee In May 2004 I wrote a month-long series called Silver Jubilee to celebrate the 25th anniversary of...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
In May 2004 I wrote a month-long series called Silver Jubilee to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jubilee line. I believe in playing the long game, so today I'm reviving the feature to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jubilee line extension. So here's what I wrote...
Londonist
The Grant Museum Of Zoology Is Reopening Very Soon And yes, the jar of moles will still be there.
10 months ago
diamond geezer
20 questions hide and seek I have no idea if this'll work but let's give it a try. 20 questions hide and seek I'll be there...
a year ago
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a year ago
I have no idea if this'll work but let's give it a try. 20 questions hide and seek I'll be there from 10am to 11am. I shall have Squeezy Pig with me. Your questions go in this comments box. comments if(postComments['89451144195511'] != null){document.write(' (' +...
Londonist
Superloop: SL3 Route Between Thamesmead And Bromley Launches This Weekend Just SL5 and SL4 to go now...
10 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Week In London: 6-12 November 2023 Diwali celebrations, new karting and curling venues, and the Lord Mayor's Show.
a year ago
Londonist
Peckham Festival: Free 3-Day Party Comes To SE15 London This September Music, workshops, crafts, food - you name it.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Away Just Updated its Classic Suitcases With a New Design
a year ago
diamond geezer
London Commonwealth Walkway A Nice Walk: London Commonwealth Walkway (1½ miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk,...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
A Nice Walk: London Commonwealth Walkway (1½ miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, lots to see, centrally located, historic buildings, an international frisson, royally approved, multiple refreshment opportunities, entirely...
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Esquelbecq Is Named France’s Favorite Village of 2023
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
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...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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...
Spoon & Tamago
Elongated Engawa Defines this Community Welfare Center in Chiba As Japan’s population continues to grow older—one in 10 residents are aged 80 or above—care for the...
a year ago
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a year ago
As Japan’s population continues to grow older—one in 10 residents are aged 80 or above—care for the elderly becomes an increasingly important issue. And while elderly populations are typically seen as a burden, there are places around rural Japan that offer glimpses of a more...
Londonist
Goodbye Glory, Hello Divine - East London's New-Not-New LGBTQ+ Club "One New Year's Eve lock-in with Keira Knightley and Chelsea Clinton got a bit wild..."
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Algorithmic feed I'm delighted to announce that diamond geezer now has a new non-chronological algorithm. From...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
I'm delighted to announce that diamond geezer now has a new non-chronological algorithm. From today an automated algorithm will determine the order in which posts appear in your feed. This algorithm uses various factors to prioritise content with the goal of showing you the...
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Inside the New Delta Sky Club Lounge at NY’s JFK Airport
a year ago
Londonist
The Killer 1962 Smog Of London And no, we don't mean 1952.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis 1) Pave over golf courses golf courses in London covering...
a week ago
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a week ago
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis 1) Pave over golf courses golf courses in London covering approximately 3% of the capital by area, a ridiculously wasteful proportion. A lot of fairways are also very close to existing railway stations so could swiftly become a key part...
Cheese and Biscuits
Crocadon, Cornwall Great restaurants often involve a great journey, and the journey to Crocadon, for everyone involved,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Great restaurants often involve a great journey, and the journey to Crocadon, for everyone involved, staff and guests, is greater than most. Dan Cox was head chef at Fera at Claridges when I last sampled his cooking, and although the restaurant eventually turned out to be a bit...
The Forney Flyer
Heading North, Way Back When... As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from University and flight school, we briefly moved to Oregon as we prepared for future, cross-cultural work/ministry. That fall I had the opportunity to go on a short vision trip to a...
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...
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A Guide to Guatemalan Food: 11 Essential Dishes to Try in Guatemala
a year 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
Lavenham Day out: Lavenham well off the beaten track - roughly west of Ipswich and south of Bury St Edmunds....
a year ago
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a year ago
Day out: Lavenham well off the beaten track - roughly west of Ipswich and south of Bury St Edmunds. But 500 years ago Lavenham was one of the wealthiest towns in the country thanks to all the money to be made from sheep, specifically the dyeing, spinning and weaving of woollen...
Spoon & Tamago
Not a Hotel: A Unique Timeshare Concept Redefining Luxury Travel All images © Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office “Buy a vacation home that doubles as a...
a year ago
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a year ago
All images © Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office “Buy a vacation home that doubles as a hotel.” That’s the tagline for ‘Not A Hotel,’ a real estate start-up founded by Shinji Hamazu. The company challenges the traditional hotel model by treating it as a timeshare and...
diamond geezer
Open House (2) Yesterday's Open House tally was six. • The dazzling property where the volunteer arrived with a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Yesterday's Open House tally was six. • The dazzling property where the volunteer arrived with a key one minute before the official opening time and asked if we wouldn't mind going somewhere else for quarter of an hour. Let's do four of those in more detail (not necessarily...
Londonist
Sh!t Show: Exhibition Of Toilet Graffiti Comes To London In January Not your bog standard art outing.
a year ago
Londonist
A Glimpse Of London's Future, From 1924 Trains over Tower Bridge, airships from Westminster...
11 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Noma’s New Pop Up by OEO Studio in Kyoto All images ©Kotaro Tanaka courtesy OEO Studio OEO Studio, a Copenhagen-based design firm, has...
a year ago
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a year ago
All images ©Kotaro Tanaka courtesy OEO Studio OEO Studio, a Copenhagen-based design firm, has recently completed the interiors of Noma Kyoto, a pop-up dining in Japan in collaboration with Ace Hotel. The 250 sqm existing dining space has been transformed under the guidance of...
diamond geezer
SL2 Route SL2: Walthamstow Central - North Woolwich Ferry Length of journey: 12 miles, 60...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Route SL2: Walthamstow Central - North Woolwich Ferry Length of journey: 12 miles, 60 minutes Headline: The new express route that completes the loop. Subtext: This time last year the Superloop hadn't even been announced. It now circles outer London. Caveat: It's not a loop, the...
Londonist
Review: Fashion City At Museum Of London Docklands New exhibition traces fashion history from the Jewish East End.
a year ago
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 25-31 March 2024 Catch up with the best Londonist articles from the past week.
8 months ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Waterloo & City Line A very peculiar line.
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Manifest, Liverpool Some restaurants just make it all look so easy. From the moment you walk into the room to the moment...
a year ago
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a year ago
Some restaurants just make it all look so easy. From the moment you walk into the room to the moment you pay up and leave, everything about the experience at Manifest is just so effortlessly polished, professional and enjoyable, and pitched at such reasonable prices, that it's...