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Londonist
Best Of London 2023: It's The Annual Londonist Awards! Dust off your tux - it's trophy time!
a year ago
Herbert Lui
Every dollar you save is a coupon on the next thing you buy Retailers often offer incentives to encourage customers to buy more stuff. This can look like buy...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Retailers often offer incentives to encourage customers to buy more stuff. This can look like buy two get one free, buy one get one 50% off, flash sales, and free shipping thresholds. Most of these mechanisms are designed to short circuit your brain. They work against clear...
diamond geezer
Slowing the Bow Roundabout (this is the last post written on my old laptop) temporary timetables on bus routes 25, 205, 276,...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
(this is the last post written on my old laptop) temporary timetables on bus routes 25, 205, 276, 277 and 425 "to help with reliability during roadworks at the Bow Roundabout and displacement of traffic onto local roads". For example buses on route 25 usually run every 7-8...
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..."
11 months ago
The Forney Flyer
Recent Stuff A few weeks ago we (fellow MAF pilot Andrew and I) landed at Amudat airstrip for the first time in a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A few weeks ago we (fellow MAF pilot Andrew and I) landed at Amudat airstrip for the first time in a very long time (below). Over the past year and a half quite a few of the upcountry airstrips in Uganda (especially in Karamoja) deteriorated so badly that we had to stop using...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Ultimate Guide to Budapest’s Historic Thermal Baths and Spas
a year ago
Londonist
9 Challenge Events In London In 2024 To Sign Up For Right Now New year, new challenge!
a year ago
Londonist
The Secretive Eel Pie Island Is Open To Visitors This Weekend Explore the usually off-limits oddball artistic enclave.
a year ago
Londonist
WrapUp London: Donate Your Unused Coat To Someone Who Needs It This Winter A small gesture goes a long way 🙂
a year ago
Londonist
Get 2-For-1 Tickets To This Cracker Of A Christmas Fair Timeless festive cheer, guaranteed.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Volunteer In London At Christmas 2023 Make someone else's Christmas special.
a year ago
Londonist
Happisburgh: Where People Lived On The Thames A Million Years Ago The Thames had history 40,000 generations before the Romans.
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
The Evolution of Meiji Era Craftsmanship, On Full Display in Tokyo It’s hard to overstate the cataclysmic impact that the Meiji Restoriation had on Japan. The Meiji...
a year ago
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a year ago
It’s hard to overstate the cataclysmic impact that the Meiji Restoriation had on Japan. The Meiji period, defined as the period between 1868 and 1912, followed what was nearly 300 years of almost complete isolation from the globe. Craftsmen and artists who had previously served...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Alaska Airlines Launches Flights From West Coast to Bahamas
a year ago
Londonist
A Free Bowie Exhibition In London's Golden Fitzrovia Chapel A London Day lands in March.
10 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Make Daily Life Comical With Manga Sound Effects These acrylic manga sound effects are the perfect item to introduce some comical playfulness into...
a year ago
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a year ago
These acrylic manga sound effects are the perfect item to introduce some comical playfulness into your room or office. Need to drop off a stack of documents for your coworker to review? The ドーン sound effect accentuates the weight and intimidation of the pile. Want to show off you...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 25 September-1 October 2023 The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
diamond geezer
BBC Breaking News alerts Like millions of Britons I have the BBC News app on my phone, and like millions of Britons I get...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Like millions of Britons I have the BBC News app on my phone, and like millions of Britons I get Breaking News alerts flashed to me on my screen when something happens. But all too often I find myself thinking "That's not breaking news", or even "that's not news", as another...
diamond geezer
SL5 Route SL5: Bromley North - Croydon Town Centre Length of journey: 7 miles, 35 minutes Superloop...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Route SL5: Bromley North - Croydon Town Centre Length of journey: 7 miles, 35 minutes Superloop sprang into action yesterday, and it's an oddity. Firstly it's the shortest of the seven circuitous routes. Secondly it doesn't serve any major centres of population other than at its...
AFAR Media - Travel...
United Becomes First U.S. Airline to Add Braille to Planes
a year 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...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Blind Bull, Little Hucklow A large menu is rarely a good sign, and I have to admit a part of my heart sank when I sat down at...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
A large menu is rarely a good sign, and I have to admit a part of my heart sank when I sat down at the Blind Bull and counted 12 items in the starters section, 6 mains, 3 sides and 5 desserts (even if I'm being kind and counting all the ice creams as one) - fully 26 dishes...
diamond geezer
Where's Gail's? The bakery chain Gail's has been busy spreading its sourdough tentacles across London over recent...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The bakery chain Gail's has been busy spreading its sourdough tentacles across London over recent years. It had been doing this successfully and also quietly until it dared to suggest opening a branch in Walthamstow Village whose residents promptly set up a petition to campaign...
Londonist
Pubs With Real Fires In London: Cosy Up With A Pint By These Roaring Fireplaces Updated for winter 2023!
a year ago
diamond geezer
Asda Express Bow Petrol Most days I walk past the Co-op on Bow Road - Bow Road's Co-op. I don't shop there, it's only a...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Most days I walk past the Co-op on Bow Road - Bow Road's Co-op. I don't shop there, it's only a garage forecourt store, nothing large or special. But it's well stocked - plenty of chiller choice, all the cereals, lots of booze. Co-op had suddenly metamorphosed into an Asda...
Spoon & Tamago
Tenohira Hanabi Let’s You Enjoy Sparklers in the Palm of Your Hand Senko hanabi, literally meaning ‘incense fireworks,’ are small and subtle sparklers that are packed...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Senko hanabi, literally meaning ‘incense fireworks,’ are small and subtle sparklers that are packed with about 10 seconds of delicate pyrotechnics. Typically sold alongside other handheld fireworks, the unspoken rule is that senko hanabi are reserved for the grand finale....
diamond geezer
2023 index dg 2023 index Beyond London Nottingham: Not just Robin Hood and cricket, but also caves, Boots and a...
a year ago
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a year ago
dg 2023 index Beyond London Nottingham: Not just Robin Hood and cricket, but also caves, Boots and a complete traverse of the tram network [photos] West Midlands Metro: A day of faffing about on the trams, especially the latest extensions Cheltenham and Gloucester: Spas, racing...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 11-17 December 2023 Roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
a year ago
diamond geezer
New year, new niggles My 2020 niggle arrived during lockdown. It started small. It wasn't much of a niggle to start with,...
a year ago
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a year ago
My 2020 niggle arrived during lockdown. It started small. It wasn't much of a niggle to start with, it just came on. They say it happens to most people so I shouldn't have been surprised. It was still a bit of a shock though. The first inkling was several years ago. It's got more...
diamond geezer
Exiting Noak Hill I said I wasn't going to make a habit of this, and I'm not, but I've ticked off two more. The...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
I said I wasn't going to make a habit of this, and I'm not, but I've ticked off two more. The black ticks are all the crossings I've crossed and the latest two are the pair just northeast of Noak Hill. I walked out of one and back in via the other. In the middle were...
diamond geezer
Green Link Walk 1 For those of us who like walking, yesterday was a red letter day. A new official London walkway was...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
For those of us who like walking, yesterday was a red letter day. A new official London walkway was launched, the first in over a decade - the first of six potential new Greenways proposed by the London Ramblers in 2021. It's been a while because waymarking and accessibility take...
Londonist
The Wandering Caryatids Of Southwark Park They've stood in three different locations.
a year ago
diamond geezer
On multiple OS maps This is the town of Purley. three OS Landranger maps. Landranger maps, each drawn to a scale of...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
This is the town of Purley. three OS Landranger maps. Landranger maps, each drawn to a scale of 1:50000, and between them they cover the whole of Great Britain and its islands. maps tend to align precisely with their neighbours so places appear on one or the other. But...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Nature and Hiking Adventures in the Cayman Islands
8 months ago
Londonist
What's Open In London On Christmas Day 2023? Cafes, pubs and tourist attractions open on 25 December.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Bakerloo 40 Happy 40th Birthday to the Bakerloo line. that's 118, but the current extent of the line with...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Happy 40th Birthday to the Bakerloo line. that's 118, but the current extent of the line with trains operating between Harrow & Wealdstone and Elephant & Castle. Elephant's been the southern terminus since 1906, despite umpteen attempts at an extension. But the northern terminus...
Londonist
Things To Do In London On Christmas Day Guided tours, river trips and Christmas lunch.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Numberplate games and how to play them Numberplate games and how to play them  A 123 BCD  CNPS, in which you have to spot all the numbers...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Numberplate games and how to play them  A 123 BCD  CNPS, in which you have to spot all the numbers from 1 to 999 in order. First you spot a 1, then a 2, all the way up to 999. It just takes a very long time to complete. I played it once and it took nearly four years, eventually...
Londonist
Kong And Godzilla Appear By/In The Thames For Epic Selfie Op! They're only here till tonight.
9 months ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 15-21 January 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
Londonist
Sing Along To Beyoncé's Greatest Hits - As Played By A Brass Band Old Dirty Brasstards mix things up.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best Architectural Wonders: 5 Cities You Must See
6 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Travel Itinerary Exploring the Roman Empire in Germany
7 months ago
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #5 Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday 30th...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday 30th September. This did not happen. But they are now underway and - spoilers - it's bad news for local road users. Monday 7th October Tuesday 8th October 10 years ago. However as a...
Londonist
Theatreship: London's Newest Cultural Venue Is On A Boat Cinema, theatre, lecture hall, bar...
11 months ago
Cheese and Biscuits
40 Maltby Street, Bermondsey 40 Maltby Street sits alongside places like Quality Chop House and the French House in that special...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
40 Maltby Street sits alongside places like Quality Chop House and the French House in that special category of restaurants used as a kind of shorthand amongst food-obsessed types in order to prove they know what they're talking about. Like Quality Chop House and the French...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 29 January-4 February 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Weather 2024 the dg weather review of the year used to do this with big colourful monthly tables but that's too...
6 days ago
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6 days ago
the dg weather review of the year used to do this with big colourful monthly tables but that's too much effort for too little reward so here's a breezier summary. All data is for Hampstead, as per usual.  temperature  rainfall   sunshine  Jancold snapaveragesunny Febvery...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why Asheville’s French Broad River is a Must-Visit
11 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 10-11 February 2024 Super Bowl Sunday, Chinese New Year, and half term happenings.
11 months ago
Londonist
Things To Look Forward To In London In 2024 The biggest things happening in the capital over the next 12 months.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 23-24 March 2024 Charity gigs, a glamorous speakeasy, and a boat race on the river.
9 months 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...
diamond geezer
S2 This is the S2, a bus which ran between Clapton and my neck of the woods between 1970 and 2008, back...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
This is the S2, a bus which ran between Clapton and my neck of the woods between 1970 and 2008, back when 'S' meant Stratford. It now means Sutton, there already being an S1, S3 and S4 threading across the borough, but it's taken until 2024 for the gap to be filled with an...
diamond geezer
Thames Water "Sorry, we might go bust next year," is not what you want to hear from your water company. Ideally...
a year ago
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a year ago
"Sorry, we might go bust next year," is not what you want to hear from your water company. Ideally we wouldn't have water companies at all, we'd have one competent publicly owned authority, but we are where we are and this is the shitshow we've ended up with. So I wondered, how...
The Forney Flyer
Latest from Uganda Here's a picture taken while I was doing an early morning pre-flight inspection 2 days ago, on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Here's a picture taken while I was doing an early morning pre-flight inspection 2 days ago, on Sunday, on a remote strip in South Sudan. It's not normal for us to do flights on Sundays, but we've had an aircraft stuck in that location for a long time now, requiring some TLC...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Safest Countries for LGBTQ Travelers
a year ago
Londonist
Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree: Where's It From? What's Its History? When's The Switch-On? Spruce up on your arboreal knowhow.
a year ago
One from Nippon
The World's First App Store Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week. I will start...
a year ago
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a year ago
Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week. I will start with an honest admission. I didn’t set out to write about the world’s first app store. I set out to write about Brother printers. But
diamond geezer
England's 100 largest towns One reason I went to Redditch is that it's one of England's largest towns and I'm trying to turn...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
One reason I went to Redditch is that it's one of England's largest towns and I'm trying to turn this list blue. Admittedly it's only number 98, but every blogpost counts. England's 100 largest towns and cities by population 1-10: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol,...
Londonist
Explore Holborn's Two 'Secret' Platforms On This New Hidden London Tour Torches at the ready.
10 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...
Londonist
Competition Alert! Win A Family Mini Break In A 5-Star London Hotel A fantastic prize from Pan Pacific London.
a year ago
Londonist
The Big Issue Seller Outside St Paul's Who Became An Icon Of The Occupy Protests A very different Christmas play for you to watch this festive season.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Things to Know Before Seeing a Broadway Show in New York City
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
Trunk Hotel’s Newest Yoyogi Park Location Embraces Its Neighboring Park and City photos by Tomooki Kengaki courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park is a new...
a year ago
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a year ago
photos by Tomooki Kengaki courtesy Keiji Ashizawa Architects Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park is a new boutique hotel located in Tokyo’s quiet Tomigaya neighborhood that just opened this month. Designed by architect Keiji Ashizawa, the 7-story hotel has 25 rooms, a restaurant and a...
diamond geezer
Random Bexley Footpath I worry sometimes that my content isn't niche enough. Things to do in Wood End. Roadworks at the Bow...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I worry sometimes that my content isn't niche enough. Things to do in Wood End. Roadworks at the Bow Roundabout. A walk along the Burnt Oak Brook. So today I'm going all-out niche in an attempt to dampen interest even further. Welcome to Random Bexley Footpath. All Outer London...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Vacation Ideas for Families with Neurodivergent Children
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London On Boxing Day 2023 There's more to Twixtmas than Monopoly and mulled wine.
a year ago
Londonist
Where To Eat Pancakes In London Our favourite pancake spots, any day of the year.
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Guide to D.C. for Music Lovers by Local Musician Neffy
8 months 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...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks 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...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 25 September-1 October 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Family-Friendly Vacations on Alabama's Gulf Shores and Orange Beach
a year ago
diamond geezer
Still hanging around Yesterday was one of this blog's 20 busiest days, not because everyone's really interested in...
a year ago
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a year ago
Yesterday was one of this blog's 20 busiest days, not because everyone's really interested in National Trust properties but because an old post hit an international news aggregator. My post about Crossrail timewasting ended up on hckr news under the headline "25% of the 13 minute...
diamond geezer
Empty dangling Big news about the Dangleway! Opening hours cutback proposed🚡 On weekdays that means an 8am...
a month ago
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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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Shop the Best Artisan Goods in China, Colombia, and Spain
2 months ago
Londonist
Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs Getting A Glow-Up - As Part Of Huge Park Revamp Italian Terraces will also be restored and replanted with wildflowers.
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Ten Christmas trees
a year ago
diamond geezer
Stafford Gadabout: STAFFORD Stafford is a West Midlands market town at the heart of its own county, located...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Gadabout: STAFFORD Stafford is a West Midlands market town at the heart of its own county, located halfway between Crewe and Birmingham. It may be the same size as Crewe but it's over a millennium older, has much better shops and boasts a castle and some nice old buildings. It's...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Bhutan Decreases Visa Fee for Longer-Term Stays
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2023: Best Deals for Travelers
a year ago
Londonist
Paws On The Wharf: Free Guide Dogs Sculpture Trail Coming To London Another free art trail for a fantastic cause.
10 months ago
The Forney Flyer
And Here We Go Trying Yet Again... There are so many good reasons/excuses I could give you as to why I did just one blog post last...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are so many good reasons/excuses I could give you as to why I did just one blog post last June, with indications that I would start consistently blogging again, and then I disappeared... again. I could tell you that life has been super crazy busy, and that by...
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Better Way to Think About the Travel Bucket List
a year ago
Londonist
A Map Of London Nicknames: From The Gherkin To The Silicon Roundabout What would you add to the map?
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Spring Vacation at This Historic Arizona Hotel
9 months ago
diamond geezer
Fenchurch Street FENCHURCH   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets FENCHURCH STREET STATION Group:...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
FENCHURCH   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets FENCHURCH STREET STATION Group: British Railways Purchase price: £200 Rent: £25 Annual passengers: 10 million Borough: City of London Postcode: EC3 Fenchurch Street was between 1923 and 1948. It's a small and mostly...
diamond geezer
Dangleway Week (3) Danglegeek (6) Final facts • Did you know that if your Dangleway journey is delayed for 15...
a year ago
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a year ago
Danglegeek (6) Final facts • Did you know that if your Dangleway journey is delayed for 15 minutes or more by bad weather, customer incidents, engineering works, security alerts or strikes you may be able to get a refund. It says so on the delay repay webpage. TfL website, one...
Londonist
HS2: What's Going On? Is Is Still Going To Euston? Is It Too 'Londoncentric'? This could just be the fattest, whitest elephant ever to lumber across Britain.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
The 6 Best Record Shops in Washington D.C.
8 months ago
diamond geezer
The Battle of Barnet The Battle of Barnet, one of the key turning points of the Wars of the Roses, took place on 14th...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
The Battle of Barnet, one of the key turning points of the Wars of the Roses, took place on 14th April 1471. A 553rd anniversary's not particularly major but unfortunately I missed the 550th, as did most of the population of Barnet due to lockdown issues. Also the battle took...
diamond geezer
Words on shops Today's post is about the words you see on small convenience stores and how they've...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
Today's post is about the words you see on small convenience stores and how they've changed. Newsagents • Cigarettes • Ice Cream Newspapers aren't the daily draw they used to be, Cigarettes have been leapfrogged by a selection of fragrant vapes and Ice Cream is no longer an...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Isabelle Star LaBlanc's Guide to Minneapolis
8 months ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged 1984 31 unblogged things I did in December 1984 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago,...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
31 unblogged things I did in December 1984 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago, indeed my Sinclair ZX81 wasn't capable of much, but here are 31 things I didn't digitally publish at the time. To help you get your bearings I was 19 and December featured one week...
diamond geezer
50 dull lists 50 dull lists UK cities without a railway station: Armagh, Ripon, St Asaph, St Davids,...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
50 dull lists UK cities without a railway station: Armagh, Ripon, St Asaph, St Davids, Wells Commemorative stamps 2024: Spice Girls, Weather forecasting, Vikings, Dinosaurs, 100 years of commemorative stamps, Peppa Pig, Dogs, Red Arrows, Dungeons & Dragons, Tower of London,...
diamond geezer
London's Monopoly streets New year, new blog series. I speak of visiting all the streets in Monopoly.       OLD...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
New year, new blog series. I speak of visiting all the streets in Monopoly.       OLD KENT ROAD £60    →        MAYFAIR £400   I'm using the London version of the board, obviously, and the original 1935 streets rather than any of the silly thematic...
Londonist
London Overground Strikes Next Week Cancelled Normal service now planned.
10 months ago
Londonist
Where To Watch The Six Nations 2024 In London Watch rugby greats battle it out at these pubs and bars.
a year ago
Londonist
A Chance To Visit The 'Roman' Bath In Strand Lane One of London's most lied-about attractions.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Free Parking FREE  🚗  PARKING         As my tour of London's Monopoly board reaches the halfway...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
FREE  🚗  PARKING         As my tour of London's Monopoly board reaches the halfway point, halfway through the year, let's go in hunt of Free Parking. Parking in central London is difficult, deliberately so, and generally not free. Yellow lines are everywhere, invisible...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Five Great Places to Visit on Your Next Vacation to Florida
8 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
How the Paris 2023 Protests are Impacting Travel
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Great Destinations Around the World for Food-Lovers
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London On New Year's Day 2024 The best events in London on 1 January.
a year ago
The Forney Flyer
South Sudan Photo Archives Here's some shots from South Sudan from the archives. These first three shots were taken just a few...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Here's some shots from South Sudan from the archives. These first three shots were taken just a few months ago, when I flew a Caravan load of medicines up to a remote health clinic in South Sudan. This is the only clinic that offers actual medicine and medical treatment in that...
Londonist
Cricket Cornish Pasty Anyone? London's Bug Restaurant Has Just Gone Permanent Hop to it!
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Unusual exhibitions in ancient buildings Unusual exhibitions in ancient buildings Unusual exhibition: The Origin of the Faeces: Poo from the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Unusual exhibitions in ancient buildings Unusual exhibition: The Origin of the Faeces: Poo from the Zoo Ancient building: the stone foundations of former Kingston Bridge (1170) caveat: more a structure than a building, but very definitely ancient on display for the first time...
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Metropolitan Line The world's first underground railway.
a year ago
Londonist
The Iconic Harry Beck Map But Make It Aeroplanes But is everything as it seems?
a year ago
Londonist
See The '12 Days Of Christmas' Decorations In Duke Of York Square "...And a partridge in a pear tree."
a year ago
diamond geezer
Election results 2024 Vote2024: Election stats 1a) 2024 election: votes cast Lab 34%Con 24%Ref 14%LD 12%Gr 7%S Oth 1b)...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Vote2024: Election stats 1a) 2024 election: votes cast Lab 34%Con 24%Ref 14%LD 12%Gr 7%S Oth 1b) 2024 election: seats won Lab 412Con 121LD 72S 9Oth 22 2) 21st century elections: votes...
AFAR Media - Travel...
4 Kessler Collection Hotels with Art in the Southern U.S.
5 months ago
Londonist
The Elysian Arcs: Giant Rainbows And Bubbles Appear Beneath Cheesegrater Free installation bring colour to City.
10 months ago
Londonist
Get Free Entry To The London Dungeon This Monday To cheer you up on 'Blue Monday'.
11 months ago
Londonist
The Lost Trees Of London The biggest and best trees that are no more.
a year ago
Londonist
Things To Keep You Busy For LGBT+ History Month 2024 In London Museums, guided walks, cabaret and kids events.
12 months ago
Londonist
50+ Fantastic Things To Do In London This Month: February 2024 New exhibitions, a flower festival, and a chance to clown around in church.
11 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Artists Summon Mythical Creatures of the Echigo Region for the 2024 Wara Art Festival photos courtesy Wara Art Festival Autumn is officially upon us. It’s the season of shorter days,...
3 months ago
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An extraordinary number of Underground lines are closed this morning. By my calculations that's 67 stations with no train service of any kind, or 25% of the entire tube network. What's more only 23 of these are getting a replacement bus service. Residents of Stanmore, Turnham...
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2023 felt like a turning point for Japan. After several years of covid-induced seclusion, tourism rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. And although just anecdotal, so many people we spoke to who previously had no connection to Japan, were planning trips and honeymoons that it truly...
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Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Thursday. Four stations miss out on 4G can't ring a friend and have a very loud conversation and they are Paddington, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf and Woolwich. These will be added to the roster next year,...
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Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we enjoyed in the boreal forests of the far north. Obviously most of these photos feature frigid beauty. That's because it was cold and snowy/icy much of the year. Also, there were...
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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...
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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....
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Here's some random shots from the flight line. First, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans taking off from our home airstrip in Kajjansi, Uganda. This aircraft is now serving in Liberia. I've always loved watching the sky and the weather. Last week I was out of the city and...
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Works to remodel the Old Street roundabout are nearing completion, above ground at least. It was still possible to drive round it five years ago, then massive sequential roadworks intervened and the northwest arm was slowly pedestrianised. Cars now have to negotiate a very...
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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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It's that time of year again when hundreds of London properties open their doors to the public if you know where to look. It's also the time of year that I visit lots of places and write about them, so steel yourself. That said I only visited two yesterday, way out in far-flung...
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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...
diamond geezer
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photos by Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office Walk south from Shibuya station and within 10 minutes you’ll stumble upon a glass dome-shaped building sandwiched between several nondescript buildings. Hidden in plain sight is the Shibuya City Botanical Garden, Japan’s...
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Yesterday's Open House tally was eight. • The pricey building where I carried on climbing past the last public room and accidentally ended up in an attic space where a private group were celebrating something, so retreated rapidly. Let's do five of those in more detail (not...
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Why is football the world's greatest sport? It might not be your favourite sport but that's not relevant here - on a global stage football dominates all. One reason is that football's so simple to play. It's just you and a ball and all you have to do is kick it. Most other...
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Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part post. Part 1 can be found here. The Hot Spring Act of 1948 Lest you think any old well could be an onsen, the Japanese government has very clear rules on what can be called an onsen. These are
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All 54 Playing Cards Reinterpreted Through Still Life Photography by Yuni Yoshida Flower petals, leaves, foods and other objects have all been meticulously arranged and then...
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Flower petals, leaves, foods and other objects have all been meticulously arranged and then photographed to create a set of 54 playing cards, including 2 jokers. It’s the latest work by art director Yuni Yoshida (previously), who’s penchant for analog techniques that shun digital...
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Shinjuku Station – the road has collapsed on the South side of the station, revealing pools of blue water that have formed on the train tracks Stories about the collapse of civilization and order—apocalyptic stories—endlessly seduce us. As terrifying as the real thing would...
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Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual spreadsheet listing the number of passengers using every London bus route and how many kilometres those buses travelled. Data is for April 2022 - March 2023. Comparisons are with the...
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There's a lot to be said about the redevelopment/regeneration/whitewashing (delete as applicable) of Elephant and Castle, and I am singularly unqualified to say it. I'm not trying to avoid the issue (honest), but am very aware that having nothing invested in the old place and...
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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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Every 10 years the Routemaster Association likes to take over Finsbury Park with a mass line-up of London's favourite heritage vehicle, the RM bus. Unfortunately this year Haringey council made things difficult so the 70th anniversary bash, RM70, had to find a different home....
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To continue this year's Christmas perambulations, three little donkeys. Donkey Lane EN1 just off the Great Cambridge Road in the London borough of Enfield. Locally the local area is known as Carterhatch, and might be known more widely had the potential Overground station not...
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Inconsequential transport news The graphic shows a child standing beside an adult, well away from the teeth at the edge. But it also breaks the cardinal rule of "standing on the right", indeed if every parent chose to behave this way it'd block walker-uppers and...
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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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In 2002, Jin Auyeung took over hip-hop by winning a weekly freestyle competition for seven consecutive weeks on 106 & Park. His debut song, “Learn Chinese,” was on regular rotation in my elementary school, and my friends would holler out the Cantonese ad-libs. It was a moment...
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Seaside postcard: Hunstanton Hunstanton is a seaside town at the northwest tip of Norfolk and reputedly the only resort on the East Coast that faces west. It's like Great Yarmouth in that it boasts amusements, tattoos and chippies, but also smaller, newer, remoter, genteeler,...
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It’s best to attach the value of your work based on something that’s within your control. This could mean a way of doing things, a philosophy, or a set of values—or all three. Championship NFL coach Bill Walsh would call this a Standard of Performance.  Here are some things you...
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Route 24 A New Year means new digits, and new digits mean a series of posts about the number 24. I've chosen...
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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...
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#10001 ✅ Places Footpath 47, the desolate estuarine footpath at Barking Riverside. In good news it's still there and ten thousand flats haven't yet encroached close enough to wreck it. But that day draws closer, and a couple of recent changes are a hint that local developers are...
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Sunday transport news Some transport news Central line news well known in tubular circles that the longest direct...
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Some transport news Central line news well known in tubular circles that the longest direct journey on the Underground is between Epping and West Ruislip on the Central line. It's 54.9km long (34.1 miles), comfortably ahead of Uxbridge to Cockfosters on the Piccadilly line...
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Explore A Lost Victorian London In This Free Exhibition A London Disappeared at LMA.
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Ealing NEWS North Ealing northernmost point in the borough of Ealing. Which is here in the corner of Roxeth...
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North Ealing northernmost point in the borough of Ealing. Which is here in the corner of Roxeth Recreation Ground. North Ealing station is 4 miles away. Roxeth Rec may be large but it's tucked into a dead end wedge between two railway lines, hidden behind a rack of terraced...
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Not the Metropolitan line extension Eight years ago the Metropolitan line extension to Watford Junction was cancelled when the incoming...
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Eight years ago the Metropolitan line extension to Watford Junction was cancelled when the incoming Mayor chose to ditch the outgoing Mayor's underfunded project. The people of London barely noticed - they had no desperate need to go to west Watford and the money saved went on...
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Algorithmic feed I'm delighted to announce that diamond geezer now has a new non-chronological algorithm. From...
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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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I'd never do that I caught the train from Whitechapel to Stratford, just the one stop, and saw lots of people doings...
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I caught the train from Whitechapel to Stratford, just the one stop, and saw lots of people doings things I'd never do. The woman alongside was eating chips, and I'd never do that. The smell of hot food always permeates, indeed her wafting fried odour proved this, so I prefer...
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London's most... Superlative posts I write a lot of posts about longest/shortest/highest/quickest/closest/first/last...
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Superlative posts I write a lot of posts about longest/shortest/highest/quickest/closest/first/last things so I thought I'd try compiling a clickable list. It took a while because I've written over 10000 posts, and it's bound to be incomplete for the same reason. But here it is...
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Pall Mall PALL MALL £140   London's Monopoly Streets PALL MALL Colour group: pink Purchase price:...
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PALL MALL £140   London's Monopoly Streets PALL MALL Colour group: pink Purchase price: £140 Rent: £10 Length: 500m Borough: Westminster Postcode: SW1 Pall Mall is the first of the pinks, all of which lead off Trafalgar Square, and a classically posh street to boot. At less...
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Strand STRAND £220   London's Monopoly Streets STRAND Colour group: red Purchase price: £220 Rent:...
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STRAND £220   London's Monopoly Streets STRAND Colour group: red Purchase price: £220 Rent: £18 Length: 1200m Borough: Westminster Postcode: WC2 Vine Street was ridiculously short and dull whereas this is long, historic and so packed with points of interest I could easily...
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An exhibition of tube maps, dozens and dozens of them, is pretty much nirvana for some people. If this is you be sure to make a pilgrimage to The Map House (nearest station Knightsbridge) before the end of the month. Look for the gold tube map in the window, just round the corner...
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I don't usually like to do invited reviews back-to-back, so this was supposed to be a post about a lovely Catalonian restaurant called El Molí de L'Escala. El Molí serve a daily-changing menu of exciting and unusual local seafood (they had sea cucumber on the menu last week, and...
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London's Free Buses 847: Stratford to Here East Length of journey: 1 mile, 7 minutes shuttle bus that runs up and down the Olympic Park and has done since May 2017. It may therefore come as a surprise to hear that I've never previously ridden it, especially as it's very close to...
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Another Islington post Thanks for your suggestions for another Islington-based post. Allow me to sort-of tackle what some...
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Thanks for your suggestions for another Islington-based post. Allow me to sort-of tackle what some of you asked. How about a walk around the gardens and squares of Islington? Please can you explore Thornhill Square? I've walked around it a few times, and wondered what it would...
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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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Bus Route Of The Day 177: Peckham to Thamesmead Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 12 miles, 75 minutes Because it's 17th July I've been out riding the 177, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. There are more glamorous ways to travel. 177 is your friend, and...
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A few weeks ago I was asked to pop over to Liberia (on the west coast of Africa) to help with their flying for six weeks. Our Liberia program has been short on pilots and very busy with flying, so of course I was happy to help! Above is a shot of a bunch of Covid vaccines...
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Kei Endo is an accomplished architect and draughtswoman. And she also enjoys staying at hotels, which was the beginning of a wonderful side-hustle that brought together the best of both her worlds, and resulted in a new book deal. Endo reports on the hotels she stays in through...
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The Asuke II Cruise Ship is a Floating Museum of Traditional Craftwork Over 50 pieces of traditional craftwork (dento kogei) are on display on the Asuka II cruise ship for...
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Over 50 pieces of traditional craftwork (dento kogei) are on display on the Asuka II cruise ship for a project organized by the Japan Kogei Association, a Tokyo-based group comprising artisans nationwide, and Anchor Ship Partners Co., a shareholder of the company that operates...
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Replacing Overground signage The renaming of the Overground lines draws closer, indeed should be taking place next month. The...
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The renaming of the Overground lines draws closer, indeed should be taking place next month. The original intention was for the changeover to be in August in conjunction with a new tube map, but that's not happened so technically it's late. That said, an awful lot of signage on...
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Mary Place and Joseph Avenue At this time of year I like to blog about a festively-named London street, however mundane it might...
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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...
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As any self-respecting 2024 London restaurant-goer knows, the trend in Asian cuisine is towards regional specification. You're not just Thai, you're Northern Thai/Isarn. You're either selling Tokyo ramen or Sapporo Miso or Kyoto-style Kaiseki. And if you're Chinese, are you...
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The Hayes diagram TfL are proposing a small change to bus route 350 in Hayes, diverting it to terminate alongside new...
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TfL are proposing a small change to bus route 350 in Hayes, diverting it to terminate alongside new flats on Nestles Avenue rather than outside Asda. It's not a particularly controversial consultation, nor indeed terribly interesting unless you live very locally. this map titled...
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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...
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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...
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Three Big Brother houses The 20th series of Big Brother kicked off this week, with sixteen fresh housemate wannabes confined...
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The 20th series of Big Brother kicked off this week, with sixteen fresh housemate wannabes confined inside a brand new Big Brother House. Where is the new Big Brother House hiding in plain sight in London's best-smelling cul-de-sac? The first Big Brother house...
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Stratford Market Village To Reopen - Following Shock Closure In January "We are so glad to be back."
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Electric 358 A new bus has started running on route 358 between Crystal Palace and Orpington. They call it the...
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A new bus has started running on route 358 between Crystal Palace and Orpington. They call it the tram bus. It's not really a tram, it's "a bus with tram styling" according to the manufacturers, Spanish company Irizar. They make two lengths of vehicle and to be fair the 18m...
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