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Banksy Artwork Goes On Display At London Transport Museum Rat on clock was discovered in 2019.
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Would You Like To See More White Storks In London? They Could Be Making A Comeback Plans to rewild the leggy birds.
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East Midlands quiz East Midlands quiz Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire A) Bigsofa B) Rugbolt C) Nicercub D)...
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East Midlands quiz Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire A) Bigsofa B) Rugbolt C) Nicercub D) Localmatch E) Glancearea F) Typeamaze G) Ringereach H) Yearntasted I) Gossipvalue J) Glazesurgery K) Cookproperly L) Dollarsweight M) Babywrapjacket        Nottinghamshire N)...
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Where To See Jane Austen's Works Live On Stage This Autumn London theatres celebrate 250th anniversary of the author's birth.
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What's The Commonest Baby Name In London? 2024 Stats Announced Find out the commonest names in your borough.
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Hyperlocal signage news Hyperlocal Signage News Delays are expected to continue until October. It's probably related...
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Hyperlocal Signage News Delays are expected to continue until October. It's probably related to the aforementioned sewer repairs. But it has a misplaced apostrophe. I wish someone would take it away.
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North London's Poignant Prisoners-of-War Memorial London's first holocaust memorial.
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Do Make Me Laugh: A-List Comedians On Bill For Greenwich Comedy Festival Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe and Nina Conti on starry line-up.
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diamond geezer
Banksy's endangered animals On 5th August 2024 London woke to the news that Banksy had painted a goat on a wall in Kew. Over the...
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On 5th August 2024 London woke to the news that Banksy had painted a goat on a wall in Kew. Over the next eight days an entire menagerie emerged across the capital, and it filled the August silly season gap brilliantly. [original bloggage] Two of the animals vanished almost...
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Things To Do In London This Weekend: 9-10 August 2025 Fringe shows, guided walks and a taco festival.
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Art Deco Hospital In West London To Become Apartments Former Ravenscourt Park Hospital granted planning permission.
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Greenwich Planetarium To Close For More Than Two Years The Royal Observatory begins its major upgrade.
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Free And Cheap Things To Do In London This Week: 4-10 August 2025 Things to do for a fiver or less.
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diamond geezer
Fleeting - Hampstead Heath Fleeting HAMPSTEAD HEATH The Fleet starts at the highest point in inner London which is the top...
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Fleeting HAMPSTEAD HEATH The Fleet starts at the highest point in inner London which is the top of Hampstead Heath. It starts here because the clay hills are capped with sandy soil - specifically the Bagshot Formation and the Claygate Member - thus groundwater emerges from...
Londonist
Their Majesties: Meet Croydon's Queer Royalty Long may this LGBTQ+ club night reign over us.
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diamond geezer
Fleeting August is Local History Month on diamond geezer, or has been on 14 previous occasions. Themes have...
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August is Local History Month on diamond geezer, or has been on 14 previous occasions. Themes have included my immediate neighbourhood, Metro-land, the Lea Valley, the New River, the perimeter of Tower Hamlets, London borough tops and the 51½°N line of latitude. But perhaps the...
diamond geezer
Pond Square 45 45 Squared 27) POND SQUARE, N6 Borough of Camden, 90m×90m×90m The thing about Pond Square is it...
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45 45 Squared 27) POND SQUARE, N6 Borough of Camden, 90m×90m×90m The thing about Pond Square is it doesn't have a pond and it's more of a triangle. We're on the northern edge of Camden off Highgate High Street, shielded behind Oxfam and the pink-fronted cake shop if you choose...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 28 July-3 August 2025 Catch up on what you missed this week.
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Samuel Pepys Day: Four Walking Tours Trace Footsteps Of London's Most Famous Diarist Put it in your diary!
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diamond geezer
Footpath 47 - all change I've long loved Footpath 47 at Barking Riverside for its estuarine bleakness, a half mile of...
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I've long loved Footpath 47 at Barking Riverside for its estuarine bleakness, a half mile of undeveloped Thames foreshore with open access to the river. I've also long urged you to visit before a wall of flats encroaches and the river's edge is tidied up to incorporate a...
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TfL FoI requests in July 2025 25 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2025 1) It's anticipated that buses on route SL7...
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25 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2025 1) It's anticipated that buses on route SL7 will eventually be replaced by electric double deck vehicles with single doors and 2m of luggage space. Current vehicles have either 1m or 3m. 2) Non-foldable e-bikes without the...
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A First Look At Lucy Sparrow's Fantastic New Felt Chippy In Mayfair A fish and chip made entirely from felt — and it's a delight!
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The Hundred: The What, When And Where Of 2025's Cricket League Plenty happening at the Oval and Lord's.
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Mayor Of London Opposes Latest Heathrow Third Runway Plans Cites "severe impact it will have in terms of noise, air pollution."
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Ticket Alert: Chelsea History Festival 2025 Programme Announced Get booking for 80+ talks and tours this September.
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Cheese and Biscuits
Luna, Shad Thames This is not going to be a long post. Not because Luna - a cosy little new wine bar from the people...
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This is not going to be a long post. Not because Luna - a cosy little new wine bar from the people behind Legare just over the road - isn't good, but rather because it really isn't going to take me long to describe why it's good. Because it's really not rocket science - take...
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What Goes On Inside Duck Island Cottage In St James's Park? "It is the glamping version of office work."
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The Great River Race 2025: The London Marathon... But On The Thames Passing beneath 28 bridges.
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diamond geezer
Unblogged July 31 unblogged things I did in July Tue 1: Thanks for your 57 comments on Unblogged June, even if...
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31 unblogged things I did in July Tue 1: Thanks for your 57 comments on Unblogged June, even if they were predominantly about smoke alarms. I have now sorted the issue, thanks (and the replacement will itself need to be replaced in ten years' time). Wed 2: In surprising news, as...
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Why You Should Go To... Hastings: Things To Do In The East Sussex Town According to someone who grew up there.
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Why You Should Go To... Hastings: Things To Do In The East Sussex Town According to someone who grew up there.
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The Soaring Suffragist: Muriel Matters That time a flying suffragist tried to drop leaflets on the King.
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diamond geezer goes YouTube I'm pleased to announce that your daily diamond geezer blogpost is now available on YouTube. Here's...
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I'm pleased to announce that your daily diamond geezer blogpost is now available on YouTube. Here's yesterday's bus route post presented in video format. My thanks to Ryan, the AI voiceover bot, for doing the commentary. And wow, who realised a single 1200-word post could...
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Ofcom media trends report Ofcom's annual report on UK media trends was released yesterday, packed with fascinating insights...
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Ofcom's annual report on UK media trends was released yesterday, packed with fascinating insights about how we consume audio, video, news and all kinds of on-demand streaming. [94 page pdf] Over a typical month, (85%) than live TV (67%) (68%) than streamed music (62%) (53%)...
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NBA Basketball Returns To London In 2026 - As Memphis Grizzlies Take On Orlando Magic O2 to host regular-season clash.
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NBA Basketball Returns To London In 2026 - As Memphis Grizzlies Take On Orlando Magic O2 to host regular-season clash.
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Famous Simpsons In The Strand Restaurant To Reopen This Autumn Return of the beef trolleys.
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New Podcast Alert: TimeTable London London trivia geeks sit down over a pint, for a podcast.
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diamond geezer
Horseguards to Buckingham Palace London's newest bus L10: Horseguards to Buckingham Palace Location: London central Length of bus...
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London's newest bus L10: Horseguards to Buckingham Palace Location: London central Length of bus journey: ½ mile, 14 minutes The route is relatively straightforward, running from a temporary bus stand at the northern end of Horse Guards Road to a terminus outside the front...
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Ride On Vintage London Buses For Free This September All aboard the 54!
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In Pictures: Lionesses Celebrate In Front Of Buckingham Palace Might as well make Sweet Caroline the national anthem now.
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Totally Thames 2025: London's Month-Long Festival Of All Things Riverine A marathon along the Thames and a gig in a pumping station.
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What's The Average Rent In Each London Borough? The 2025 stats are in.
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diamond geezer
London's dialling codes 020 is the dialling code for London. This is Wikipedia's map of the 020 dialling code area. It...
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020 is the dialling code for London. This is Wikipedia's map of the 020 dialling code area. It forms an approximate circle spreading 20 miles from the centre of London. But London is not circular. Places outside London with an 020 dialling code telephone exchanges outside...
diamond geezer
A tribute to Tom Lehrer A tribute to Tom Lehrer (1928-2025)   🔊
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 2-3 August 2025 A rooftop beach, a free street party and a new chippy with a twist.
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Tate Modern To Open Late Every Friday And Saturday From September Stay up to three hours after normal closing time.
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 28 July-3 August 2025 Things to do for a fiver or less.
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Victorious Lionesses To Parade Through Central London On An Open Top Bus A chance to celebrate with your heroes.
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diamond geezer
All the royal cyphers The first pillar boxes were introduced in 1853, since when Britain has had seven monarchs. I wanted...
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The first pillar boxes were introduced in 1853, since when Britain has had seven monarchs. I wanted to track down one postbox from each reign, noting that two of these could prove quite tricky, so I did my research and headed off to Dartford in Kent to try to grab the full set. I...
Spoon & Tamago
Tokyo’s Coolest Cats Take Over Galerie LE MONDE Discover new artists, take home some new art and do it all for a good cause. The CAT POWER 2025...
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Discover new artists, take home some new art and do it all for a good cause. The CAT POWER 2025 exhibition is back at Galerie LE MONDE in Harajuku, Tokyo—marking the return of its annual cat‑themed charity show, now in its 10th edition. illustration by Rina Yoshioka, who creates...
Londonist
Twin Peaks Festival Comes To London This September It's the first since David Lynch's death.
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diamond geezer
Euros final liveblog Euros final liveblog  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 09:00 The day of destiny is here! A nation dares to...
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Euros final liveblog  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 09:00 The day of destiny is here! A nation dares to dream! 11:00 The Lionesses can rewrite history! 12:00 Mentality! Passion! Togetherness! 13:00 England expects a famous victory! 14:00 (Spain are also potential winners) 15:00 One final...
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Bonnington Square 45 45 Squared 26) BONNINGTON SQUARE, SW8 Borough of Lambeth, 80m×40m terraced loop sandwiched midway...
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45 45 Squared 26) BONNINGTON SQUARE, SW8 Borough of Lambeth, 80m×40m terraced loop sandwiched midway between the station and the Oval Cricket Ground, tantalisingly close to both but impressively well screened. It has a similar neighbour called Vauxhall Grove which is both leafy...
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Best Of Londonist: 21-27 July 2025 The best articles from the past week.
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The Soho Sculpture Celebrating The Arrival Of Asylum Seekers A memorial to Huguenot refugees.
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diamond geezer
Cannon Brook THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Cannon Brook Northwood → Ruislip Common → Ruislip (2½ miles) upstream,...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Cannon Brook Northwood → Ruislip Common → Ruislip (2½ miles) upstream, climbing from Ruislip's HS2 edgelands to Northwood's Iron Bridge. River Pinn just north of Ruislip Golf Course, which is currently sealed off having been conscripted for use as a...
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London Month Of The Dead 2025 - A Spine-Chilling Array Of Events Lots of things happening by candlelight 🕯️
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Sip Your Way Around The World At This Huge Wine Festival The Laithwaites Wine Festival returns this autumn.
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55+ Summery Things To Do In London This Month: August 2025 Carnival! Afternoon Tea Week! A lovely long bank holiday weekend!
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London's Museum Lates: Top Evening Events In The Capital Late night events at London's museums and galleries.
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diamond geezer
More transport news July 2025 What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success...
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What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success unless it isn't detailed data reports on how the Silvertown Tunnel's doing every three months and the first report is just out. Here are ten things I noticed. » Since the...
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When A 17-Metre-Long Whale Washed Up In Greenwich... But All Wasn't As It Seemed Spouting lies.
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London Podcast Festival: Big Names On Line-Up For 10th Anniversary Inc. Dan Snow and No Such Thing.
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diamond geezer
Three questions I was on the train between Norwood Junction and London Bridge and I said "this is quite a long way...
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I was on the train between Norwood Junction and London Bridge and I said "this is quite a long way isn't it?" "Longer than most," they said. "I wonder what the longest journey between stations in London is?" I said. "That sounds like the sort of thing you'd blog about," they...
Cheese and Biscuits
Bo.Tic, Corçà You will probably be aware that Catalonia has well more than its fair share of influential...
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You will probably be aware that Catalonia has well more than its fair share of influential restaurants, a tradition that runs from El Bulli through Can Roca and Disfrutar and has fanned out in all kinds of interesting ways across all levels of the culinary scene, from the most...
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Take A Free Water Bike Ride In Stratford This Thursday A lovely way to admire the East Bank.
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22 Events Worth Leaving London For This August Where to escape the summer heat of the city.
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What Lies Behind The Egyptian Facade Of The Old Carlton Cinema On Essex Road? You can now go on tours of the stunning picturehouse.
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Transport News July 2025 What's new this week in the world of London transport? Cutting the DLR timetable walk-through...
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What's new this week in the world of London transport? Cutting the DLR timetable walk-through train arrived for testing in January 2023 and should have entered public service in April 2024, yet somehow still hasn't. The latest official estimate for the first new train in public...
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Competition: Win A Free Weekend BMW Car Rental With SIXT To Celebrate The Oasis Tour Drive around London in a Bimmer, courtesy of SIXT.
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The Human League Did '28 Days Later' 14 Years Earlier The video to Life on Your Own looks very familiar.
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Major Shake-Up To DLR Timetable Ahead Of New Trains Later This Year Inc. no Beckton to Canning Town/Stratford International services.
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Things To Do In London Over The August 2025 Bank Holiday Weekend The best events in London, from festivals to Carnival.
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8 Lovely Lakeside Walks Near London Water way to have a good time.
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diamond geezer
Random I wondered if there was any mileage in further 'Random' blog series. Random grid reference: ...
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I wondered if there was any mileage in further 'Random' blog series. Random grid reference: TQ269722 Springfield Park Wandsworth SW17 precise spot is a block of flats just over the wall, but I was in Springfield Park just last week and blogged all about it so there's no point...
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Explore The 'Train Of The Future' At King's Cross Windows invite you to glimpse 50 years ahead.
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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 26-27 July 2025 A Saxon camp reenactment, Japanese ballet and a jerk cookout.
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You Might Soon Be Able To Climb Brentford's Italianate Tower Again Crowdfunder launched to restore stand-pipe tower.
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 21-27 July 2025 Things to do for a fiver or less.
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Things To Do In Sevenoaks Spend a day there... just don't go looking for seven oak trees.
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diamond geezer
Grove Park Nature Reserve For today's post I selected a six-figure grid reference somewhere in London, entirely at random, and...
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For today's post I selected a six-figure grid reference somewhere in London, entirely at random, and then visited the selected spot. That'll make a change from posting about railways, I thought. But I thought wrong. Random grid reference: TQ402727 Grove Park Nature Reserve...
Spoon & Tamago
Flushing into the Future: Toto’s High-Tech Health Tracker Imagine sitting on your toilet and getting a personalized health report sent straight to your phone....
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Imagine sitting on your toilet and getting a personalized health report sent straight to your phone. No clinic visit, no awkward conversations. Just data, insight, and… well, your poop. This isn’t science fiction anymore. Toilets in Japan have long been known for their...
Londonist
When Pigs That Could Spell, Read And Count Were All The Rage Clever swine.
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Best Of Londonist: 14-20 July 2025 The best articles from the past week.
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diamond geezer
Inspiration 200 Railways are 200 years old this year, and one of the highlights of the anniversary celebrations is...
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Railways are 200 years old this year, and one of the highlights of the anniversary celebrations is the Inspiration Train. pre-book but I chanced my luck at Waterloo station yesterday while the rest of the station was in total signalling meltdown, smiled sweetly and got...
Spoon & Tamago
Joe Hisaishi’s ‘Summer’ Reimagined as a Short Film Originally composed as the main theme for Takeshi Kitano’s 1999 film Kikujiro, Joe Hisaishi’s...
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Originally composed as the main theme for Takeshi Kitano’s 1999 film Kikujiro, Joe Hisaishi’s timeless piece “Summer” has long been cherished in Japan as the soundtrack of nostalgic summer memories. Now, this beloved masterpiece is reimagined as a short film. Set in a high school...
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The Sidney Street Mural: Digging Into The Details Whitechapel's recent wall painting.
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diamond geezer
Hatton Cross 50 Another Saturday, another significant station birthday. This time it's a 50th birthday and it's on...
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Another Saturday, another significant station birthday. This time it's a 50th birthday and it's on the Underground, the anniversary station being Hatton Cross. brand new rolling stock was introduced on the Piccadilly line, freshly fitted out with additional luggage space. The...
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A 'Hogarthian Rave' Is Going Down In Trafalgar Square Next Weekend Odds bodkins!
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Cheese and Biscuits
El Molí de l’Escala, L'Escala I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting...
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I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting this part of the world. The first couple of visits were pre-blog and pre-camera phone and I don't remember much about it other than being sat in those same ancient vaulted rooms...
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Dazzling Yellow PYO Sunflower Farms And Fields Near London: Summer 2025 And it was all yellow.
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Fergie Finally Finds The Correct London Bridge - Two Decades After Blundering Music Video Water under the bridge?
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Visit A Museum Of Vintage TVs, And A Moated Manor House: Heritage Open Days 2025 September = Xmas for London lovers.
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The London Lens The London Lens In today's edition we investigate art, science, conspiracy and just what did the...
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The London Lens In today's edition we investigate art, science, conspiracy and just what did the councillors know? It looks important, heavily signposted in gleaming red letters from both Greenhill Way and Station Road. A chain of blue and green lights beckons through an...
Spoon & Tamago
In a New Pop-Up Exhibition, Erica Ward Presents Tokyo as a Living, Breathing Organism all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and...
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all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and watercolor artist who has called Tokyo her home for over 10 years. Inspired by Japanese designs and imagery, as well as the ever-changing landscape of Tokyo, Ward reinterprets everyday...
Londonist
Where To Find Eduardo Paolozzi's Sculptures In London They're scattered across the city.
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That Time Jayne Mansfield Opened The Chiswick Flyover Strange bedfellows indeed.
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diamond geezer
I remember I remember film for cameras. You couldn't just wander around with a smartphone snapping willynilly,...
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I remember film for cameras. You couldn't just wander around with a smartphone snapping willynilly, you needed special film like Colourprint II designed for instant loading cameras. You bought a box of film from the shop, in this case Boots, and had to manoeuvre the cartridge...
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Open House Festival 2025: Which Buildings Are Open? Which Need Booking? First details of this year's architecture fest.
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Streatham Hill's A23 Set For Major Overhaul New crossings, cycle lanes, public spaces and more.
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Canada Water Is London's Next Hotspot: Here's Why A new town square, and London's first new high street for 100 years.
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diamond geezer
Tables Back in 2003 I saw a table on Jonathan's blog and thought "ooh, I wonder how he did that". I checked...
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Back in 2003 I saw a table on Jonathan's blog and thought "ooh, I wonder how he did that". I checked the source code and tried to unpick it, also consulted my Teach Yourself HTML4 book, and so sussed out how tables worked. And since then tables have been a regular feature on this...
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Things To Do In London In The Summer Holidays 2025 Family-friendly shows, exhibitions and events for all ages.
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diamond geezer
Thirties The third week of July has more 30°+ temperatures than any other week of the year. heatwave...
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The third week of July has more 30°+ temperatures than any other week of the year. heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at Hampstead reached 30°C  JunJulAugSep 2010279/10   201127    2012 2518  2013 13  15/16/17...
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45 Squared map 45 45 Squared (this because 2025 = 45², remember) ...
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45 45 Squared (this because 2025 = 45², remember) Harrow  BarnetEnfield MarketHaringey MarwoodW ForestRedbridge ShakespeareHavering Balgores Hillingdon The SquareEaling HallidayBrentCamden CentralIslington NorthamptonHackneyBark&Dag Osborne Hounslow FerryH'smith &FK&...
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The Swithinometer Yesterday was St Swithin's Day. n.b. It may not have rained for you but it rained where I was and...
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Yesterday was St Swithin's Day. n.b. It may not have rained for you but it rained where I was and that's what counts. I had to hide in a hedge near Heathrow to avoid getting drenched, and I thought ah well, rain every day until August 24th. disproved as rubbish, obviously,...
diamond geezer
Go Find Miracles TfL sometimes struggle to get the media to notice a good press launch, but I got lucky yesterday and...
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TfL sometimes struggle to get the media to notice a good press launch, but I got lucky yesterday and stumbled upon their latest project at Waterloo station while travelling home from riding a duff bus. I knew something was up when I noticed an art workshop at the top of the...
diamond geezer
Route 700 Route 700: Colliers Wood to Phipps Bridge Estate Location: London southwest Length of bus journey:...
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Route 700: Colliers Wood to Phipps Bridge Estate Location: London southwest Length of bus journey: 1½ miles, 7 minutes new temporary bus route with a high number. The latest is the 700, a number chosen because it replaces part of route 200, a lowly twiddler in the borough of...
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diamond geezer
Market Square 45 45 Squared 25) MARKET SQUARE, N9 Borough of Enfield, 70m×50m Market Square in Edmonton. New not...
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45 45 Squared 25) MARKET SQUARE, N9 Borough of Enfield, 70m×50m Market Square in Edmonton. New not old, enclosed not open, basic not aspirational, blouses not yogawear, also you can't drive a vehicle into it which I think is a first in this year-long series. Come with me to the...
diamond geezer
The Square 45 45 Squared 24) THE SQUARE, TW9 Borough of Richmond, 60m come together beneath a zinc-scaled dome....
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45 45 Squared 24) THE SQUARE, TW9 Borough of Richmond, 60m come together beneath a zinc-scaled dome. One of the main streets is The Quadrant, one of the passageways is The Passage and stretching briefly to the east is The Square. This isn't square, just as The Quadrant isn't...
diamond geezer
Motspur Park 100 As part of this year's Railway200 celebrations, special events and community get-togethers with a...
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As part of this year's Railway200 celebrations, special events and community get-togethers with a rail connection are taking place across the country. And yesterday a very special one took place at Motspur Park station because, coincidentally in this 200th anniversary year, it...
diamond geezer
Springfield Park Earlier this week the Mayor opened London's largest new park since the 2012 Olympics. It's...
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Earlier this week the Mayor opened London's largest new park since the 2012 Olympics. It's Springfield Park in Tooting, and given Sadiq went to school less than half a mile away he was surely* well chuffed. Springfield Park covers 32 acres around the rim of a new health...
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Spoon & Tamago
Haneno Suzuki Brings Playful Lines to Shibuya Tokyo-based artist Haneno Suzuki has a way of turning something everyday as paper into something...
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Tokyo-based artist Haneno Suzuki has a way of turning something everyday as paper into something completely unexpected in her solo exhibition “Playful Lines“, currently on view at (Place) by Method in Shibuya. Running from July 4th to 19th, 2025, the show invites visitors to...
diamond geezer
Snail mail Yesterday Ofcom agreed to Royal Mail's request to deliver 2nd class mail slower and on fewer days....
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Yesterday Ofcom agreed to Royal Mail's request to deliver 2nd class mail slower and on fewer days. Great, said Royal Mail, we'll start doing just that from 28th July. You'll either have to post your letters and cards earlier or shrug and put up with it. a) Saturdays will be...
Spoon & Tamago
Earth, Reimagined on the Shores of Ishigaki Sou Fujimoto’s newest project, Earth, is a vacation home that nearly disappears into the landscape...
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Observation: The music played on Sounds of the 70s on Radio 2 isn't what it was when Johnnie Walker was in the chair. Hunch: Bob Harris is playing older, gutarrier records. Hypothesis: He plays more records from the first half of the 1970s than the second half. Research: I...
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One of west London's most important roads is 100 years old today, the Brentford By-Pass or as it's better known the Great West Road. Hounslow council are making a big thing of it. The new dual carriageway swept through fields and parkland to the north of Brentford and...
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TfL FoI requests in May 2025 25 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in May 2025 1) Last year 712 trips and falls were...
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25 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in May 2025 1) Last year 712 trips and falls were reported on the stairs of buses in London, of which 52% led to a minor injury and 3% led to a serious injury. 2) The paint codes used to coat the exterior of tube rolling stock are RAL...
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London's Natural Landscape Hierarchy London's Natural Landscape Hierarchy National Parks National Nature Reserves Richmond Park: Charles...
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London's Natural Landscape Hierarchy National Parks National Nature Reserves Richmond Park: Charles I's royal hunting park, an enormous roamable oasis of ancient woods and wide-open grasslands, perhaps best known for its historic herds of deer but also home to a multitude of...
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The Knave of Clubs, Shoreditch I wouldn't normally feel comfortable sticking a score on a place after sampling just 2 dishes from a...
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I wouldn't normally feel comfortable sticking a score on a place after sampling just 2 dishes from a menu, but I will make an exception for the Knave of Clubs for two reasons. Firstly, they have put the rotisserie "centre stage" at one end of the large dining room and that is...
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Switch on to Capitalcard Back in January I spotted an original 40 year-old poster at Leytonstone station. "I hope someone...
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Back in January I spotted an original 40 year-old poster at Leytonstone station. "I hope someone preserves it," I wrote, and what do you know they have! It now has a secure glass frame across the front and also one of the London Transport Museum's blue heritage posters...
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Marwood Square 45 45 Squared 19) MARWOOD SQUARE, N10 Borough of Haringey, 120m×90m just north of Highgate Wood in...
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45 45 Squared 19) MARWOOD SQUARE, N10 Borough of Haringey, 120m×90m just north of Highgate Wood in the hinterland between Finchley and Muswell Hill, sometimes known as Fortis Green. It's relatively new with old bits, and occupies the final site of a former hospital that started...
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London Football Update London Football Update Premier League 2024-25 2nd Arsenal 4th Chelsea 10th Brentford 11th...
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London Football Update Premier League 2024-25 2nd Arsenal 4th Chelsea 10th Brentford 11th Fulham 12th Crystal Palace 14th West Ham United 17th Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea had an excellent year, ending the season two places higher than last year and qualifying for Europe and...
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Leeds Castle A Grand Day Out: LEEDS CASTLE Location: nr Maidstone, Kent, ME17 [map] Open: 10am-6pm Admission:...
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A Grand Day Out: LEEDS CASTLE Location: nr Maidstone, Kent, ME17 [map] Open: 10am-6pm Admission: £36.50 (£33 online) House open: 10.30am-5pm Website: leeds-castle.com Four word summary: moated glory amid parkland Time to allow: all day Kent, not Yorkshire, about five miles east...
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Rail renationalisation lists Rail renationalisation lists The key minute 1:59am: South Western Railway is a privately-owned...
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Rail renationalisation lists The key minute 1:59am: South Western Railway is a privately-owned company 2:00am: South Western Railway is a government-owned company Already-nationalised rail services 2018: London North Eastern Railway (formerly Virgin Trains East Coast)...
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For the Next Month, Osaka will Transform into a Public Art Museum As the Osaka Expo draws the world’s attention to Osaka, the city is poised to add an additional...
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As the Osaka Expo draws the world’s attention to Osaka, the city is poised to add an additional attraction. Between May 28 and June 24, Osaka Art & Design 2025 (OAD2025) will run parallel to the Expo, transforming the city’s urban space into a public art museum. The event, which...
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Bonesgate Stream THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Bonesgate Stream Malden Rushett → Chessington → Tolworth (4...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Bonesgate Stream Malden Rushett → Chessington → Tolworth (4 miles) Bonesgate Stream is the river which drains this elongated extrusion, from a field in sight of Chessington World of Adventures to a rewilded channel on the Watersedge Estate. Most of it...
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The Parakeet, Kentish Town I'm going to start this post about the Parakeet, with - unfortunately (for them, and possibly for...
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I'm going to start this post about the Parakeet, with - unfortunately (for them, and possibly for you) - a bit of a rant. Why is it that no matter how much money has been lavished on a place, no matter how starry the chefs, how extensive the wine list, how exclusive the whisky...
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Untold I went out yesterday morning, inspired by something I'd read, and visited somewhere on the other...
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I went out yesterday morning, inspired by something I'd read, and visited somewhere on the other side of London. When I got there I had a quick look round and took some photos. And I haven't told anyone else about it. One thing about living by yourself is that there's nobody...
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The Best BVI Hotels for Couples, Families, and Groups
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London's three fare scales Ever since contactless travel became the norm, people have got used to swanning round London without...
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Ever since contactless travel became the norm, people have got used to swanning round London without knowing what their journey costs. Swipe, travel, swipe, and somewhere around four the next morning your bank balance is adjusted by the requisite total. The capital's fare system...
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Emerson Park redux On Monday I spotted that the Liberty line signage at Emerson Park had never been unpeeled. blogged...
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On Monday I spotted that the Liberty line signage at Emerson Park had never been unpeeled. blogged about it. Result, thanks.
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33 facts you never knew about London's boroughs 33 facts you never knew about London's boroughs Barking and Dagenham: Barking and Dagenham has the...
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33 facts you never knew about London's boroughs Barking and Dagenham: Barking and Dagenham has the highest proportion of overweight 11 year-olds in London [data] Barnet: Barnet has 60 miles of 'A' Roads, more than any other London borough [data] Bexley: 1.6% of Bexley residents...
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Local news I've battled the pop-ups to bring you this list of important stories from local news websites,...
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I've battled the pop-ups to bring you this list of important stories from local news websites, county by county. Bedfordshire: "Idiotic" driver crashes after showing off during car meet Berkshire: Independent pasta restaurant changes its name after one year Bristol: 'Bonkers'...
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7 Floor Malaysia Tea Room, Holborn In a world of sprawling Mercato Metropolitanos, Market Halls and Arcade Food Halls, the miniscule...
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In a world of sprawling Mercato Metropolitanos, Market Halls and Arcade Food Halls, the miniscule Holborn Food Hub is a reminder that food courts come in all shapes and sizes. I'm sure they had very good reasons for filling a space the size of a mobile phone repair shop with...
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All the Overgrounds How long would it take to ride all the Overground lines? I gave it a go, and I started in the...
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How long would it take to ride all the Overground lines? I gave it a go, and I started in the obvious place. Intermission two members of staff on duty, one sweeping the platforms and the other holed up in his kiosk in case any situation transpired that required his...
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Time Out are liars - official Time Out are liars - official blogpost highlighting Time Out's tendency to lift research from...
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Time Out are liars - official blogpost highlighting Time Out's tendency to lift research from dubious sources and then claim the information is 'official'. They did it again yesterday in a piece called "It’s official: 6 of the UK’s dirtiest beaches for water quality are near...
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205 to Marble Arch TfL are chopping and changing two more buses in central London, specifically the 30 and 205,...
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TfL are chopping and changing two more buses in central London, specifically the 30 and 205, according to the results of a consultation released on Friday. This is despite their proposals receiving the support of less than 5% of respondents and widespread disapproval from all 22...
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Dorset and Devonshire Sorry, couldn't resist. 45 45 Squared 17) DORSET SQUARE, NW1 Borough of Westminster,...
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Sorry, couldn't resist. 45 45 Squared 17) DORSET SQUARE, NW1 Borough of Westminster, 100m×60m Dorset Square is the greenspace you pass if you walk the backroads between Marylebone and Baker Street stations. It's rectangular, Georgian, semi-private and generally unsung, yet...
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Catch-up While I've been preoccupied on the south coast, London has continued unabated. Monday 5th May Red...
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While I've been preoccupied on the south coast, London has continued unabated. Monday 5th May Red Arrows didn't arrive until 2pm. Tuesday 6th May ceramic poppies are back at the Tower of London to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. However this time there are only...
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Jurassic Coast 1 Jurassic Coast (part 1) The Jurassic Coast is the umbrella name for the shoreline between Exmouth...
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Jurassic Coast (part 1) The Jurassic Coast is the umbrella name for the shoreline between Exmouth and Swanage, renowned for undulating hills, pebble beaches and crumbling cliffs. It's partly in Devon but mostly in Dorset, and famed for its fossils as the wave-lapped rocks...
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This is the Time of Year Bamboo Shoots Grow, Sometimes Wreaking Havoc a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s)...
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a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s) According to Japan’s ancient calendar of 72 microseasons, right now is microseason 21: the time of year when “Bamboo Shoots Sprout.” Known as takenoko in Japan, these voracious plants have...
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Jurassic Coast 2 Jurassic Coast (part 2) Colmer's Hill (50.74°N, 2.79°W) Colmer's Hill. Stand in the town's main...
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Jurassic Coast (part 2) Colmer's Hill (50.74°N, 2.79°W) Colmer's Hill. Stand in the town's main street and its summit is perfectly framed on the near horizon, a silhouette so simplistic it's what a child would draw. Get closer and it looks even better. The hill is an uplift...
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Jurassic Coast 3 Jurassic Coast (part 3) Hive Beach (50.70°N, 2.72°W) Hive Beach just down the coast is much...
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Jurassic Coast (part 3) Hive Beach (50.70°N, 2.72°W) Hive Beach just down the coast is much quieter. It's accessed down the beach road from Burton Bradstock, another picture postcard Dorset village, where a National Trust car park nestles in the sandy gap between two sets of...
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Whole Beast, Blackhorse Road and The Friendly, San Diego Earlier this month I was lucky enough to eat probably the best burger I've ever had in my life. It...
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Earlier this month I was lucky enough to eat probably the best burger I've ever had in my life. It was a smash burger, cooked quickly on a flat-top to a good crust, placed inside a toasted sweet bun and dressed with little more than deli cheese. And before I get accused of being...
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A wedding is a long time in the making A wedding is a long time in the making. A decade in the making, all the way back to the winter of...
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A wedding is a long time in the making. A decade in the making, all the way back to the winter of 2015 when the bride and groom first met. Their academic studies had taken them to the same corner of the country but not to the same city, in one case a last minute decision when...
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Charles Holden 150 Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Holden, tube station builder extraordinaire,...
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Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Holden, tube station builder extraordinaire, on 12th May 1875. I might have written a full-on 150th birthday post, but I'm still in Dorset following my nephew's wedding and Charles didn't build anything round here. As far...
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Tate Modern 25 Today is the 25th anniversary of Tate Modern being opened by the Queen on 11th May 2000. I might...
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Today is the 25th anniversary of Tate Modern being opened by the Queen on 11th May 2000. I might have written a full-on 25th anniversary post, but my nephew got married yesterday and quite frankly I had better things to do last night. Hopefully it was all brilliant,...
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Tramlink 25 Today is the 25th anniversary of the Croydon trams, which first entered operation on 10th May...
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the Croydon trams, which first entered operation on 10th May 2000. 10 May 2000: route 3 from Croydon to New Addington 23 May 2000: route 2 from Croydon to Beckenham Junction 30 May 2000: route 1 from Elmers End to Wimbledon I was going to...
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Optimism vs. delusion Making the choice to be optimistic is always worth it, especially when it’s the more difficult...
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Making the choice to be optimistic is always worth it, especially when it’s the more difficult decision to make. As Bob Iger, who leads Disney, puts it, optimism is the ability to focus on what matters—steering your team towards the best possible outcome, and moving forward in...
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On holiday I don't know if you've noticed but I'm on holiday this week. I don't normally go away on holiday so...
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I don't know if you've noticed but I'm on holiday this week. I don't normally go away on holiday so you might have got used to me always being around. But I'm not around at the moment, I am very much away from home, so what you've been reading recently are a number of posts I...
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Seething Wells This would be a good street for an opticians.
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The longest journey in a single zone The longest possible journey in a single zone  z1 29 stationsEdgware Road to...
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Define your work What do you do? Who do you do it for? Why? Answering these questions, and others like them, is hard...
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What do you do? Who do you do it for? Why? Answering these questions, and others like them, is hard work. It can also feel painful, because you commit to being labelled. Even though you contain multitudes, you’re making a decision: you will be known for one thing, for now and in...
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VE Day - 80 years of peace VE Day 1945-2025: eighty years of peace 1946 Greece civil...
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VE Day 1945-2025: eighty years of peace 1946 Greece civil war 1600001947 India independence 8000001948 Madagascar independence 150001949 China civil war 10000001950 Korea Korean War 3000000 1951 Malaysia civil...
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Participate, even if you’re not prepared In an ideal world, you’d be prepared for everything you want to participate in. That’s not realistic...
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In an ideal world, you’d be prepared for everything you want to participate in. That’s not realistic though. New opportunities pop up all the time. It can feel tempting to want more time to prepare for all of it. What tends to happen is you don’t have energy to, or you’re not...
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The bluebell scale The bluebell photo scale 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score not awarded.
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You meet ten people… Two will like you. There is potential to become best friends. Seven will feel indifferent towards...
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Two will like you. There is potential to become best friends. Seven will feel indifferent towards you. You will become acquaintances at best. One will dislike you. At best, you will both treat each other with civility. You can’t please everyone. Sometimes—perhaps many times—in...
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Roding Valley If you want to use the least used tube station, from today you're semi-buggered. You probably...
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If you want to use the least used tube station, from today you're semi-buggered. You probably don't, it is the least used tube station after all, but the Londoners who live nearby are being inconvenienced even more than normal. RODING VALLEY STATION: From Tuesday 6 May until...
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This Wrapping Paper Turns All Your Presents into Bread At first glance, these wrapped objects see like freshly bakes loaves straight from the bakery. With...
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At first glance, these wrapped objects see like freshly bakes loaves straight from the bakery. With toasty brown hues, signature flour dusting, and even hand-scored patterns mimicking artisanal baguettes, this genius wrapping paper turns all your gifts into bread. Conceived by...
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Customer satisfaction builds momentum A business delivers a good product or service to a customer. A satisfied customer tells other people...
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A business delivers a good product or service to a customer. A satisfied customer tells other people about the business. Those people find the business and become customers. As the years go by, the business builds enough of a reputation and customer base to sustain itself. If we...
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Square days Today is 5.5.25, a square day. It's also the second time a square day has been a bank...
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Today is 5.5.25, a square day. It's also the second time a square day has been a bank holiday. 1.1.01 (Monday) century ending with a double-zero year. The reason for this is that there was no year 0, the first century starting in AD 1 and running until AD 100. Thus every...
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Style = best traits + taste + flair In her book Executive Style, Judith Price covers a lot of really cool offices from the 1970s—think...
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In her book Executive Style, Judith Price covers a lot of really cool offices from the 1970s—think Diane Von Furstenberg, Estée Lauder, Malcolm Forbes. What won me over was this paragraph in her introduction: Style isn’t something you’re born with or something you acquire when...
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Unhidden London UNHIDDEN LONDON - Knightsbridge Step into secret parts of the underground network! An exclusive...
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UNHIDDEN LONDON - Knightsbridge Step into secret parts of the underground network! An exclusive behind the scenes tour exploring time-capsule corridors unseen by the travelling public for decades. For many years the London Transport Museum has run guided tours of secret...
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Practicing Most days, I write and I don’t think about it much. Some days, I write and it doesn’t come out as...
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Most days, I write and I don’t think about it much. Some days, I write and it doesn’t come out as nice as I’d like for it to. I publish it anyway, though I wonder if I hit a plateau. It makes me reconsider this whole practice. Maybe this isn’t helping me write better. Maybe...
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IKEA Oxford Circus Central London now has an IKEA, right beside Oxford Circus where Top Shop used to be. It opened on...
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Central London now has an IKEA, right beside Oxford Circus where Top Shop used to be. It opened on Thursday, a balloon-infested occasion attended by the Mayor because he's very keen to see Oxford Street full of successful businesses again. It brings the number of IKEA stores in...
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Chocolate Digestives Experience The chocolate digestive biscuit, as manufactured aromatically in Harlesden, is 100 years old this...
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The chocolate digestive biscuit, as manufactured aromatically in Harlesden, is 100 years old this year. And to celebrate the centenary McVitie's have opened a pop-up experience in Piccadilly Circus inside a former Barclays bank for one long weekend only. I am not making this...
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Getting rich One path to getting rich looks more like saving money. While your friends buy the fancier options,...
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One path to getting rich looks more like saving money. While your friends buy the fancier options, you don’t. You’re not broke, you’re living within your means and taking steps toward richness. Maybe you used to borrow from the future, and now you’ve given that inclination up....
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The Best Places to Eat in Detroit, per Chef Javier Bardauil
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St Andrew's/Jubilee Square 45 45 Squared 15) ST ANDREW'S SQUARE, KT6 Borough of Kingston, 100m×60m Surbiton, the quintessential...
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45 45 Squared 15) ST ANDREW'S SQUARE, KT6 Borough of Kingston, 100m×60m Surbiton, the quintessential Surrey suburb, although it's no longer in Surrey and the etymology of 'suburb' and 'Surbiton' are entirely separate. As is so often the case the town owes its existence to the...
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Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Great Milton I'm sure the Manoir (as I will call it for this post) can impress whatever the weather, but when the...
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I'm sure the Manoir (as I will call it for this post) can impress whatever the weather, but when the early summer sun is shining, and punters are welcomed into the gardens for their aperitifs and/or digestifs, the place is surely at its best. When you've got gardens like these,...
Herbert Lui
Your own project You should always have at least one project, or a performance, that you can complete with no...
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You should always have at least one project, or a performance, that you can complete with no meetings, no bosses, and no external accountability. Just you doing something for yourself, where you don’t need to explain yourself at all, or need to make money doing. If it resonates...
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TfL FoI requests in April 2025 30 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in April 2025 1) There are no current plans to shorten...
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May Days 20 things to do in London in May 2025 1st May: Morris Dancing in Hammersmith/Islington. You've...
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Two quotes about fans and enthusiasm “It’s not what you know. It’s who you know,” the cliché goes. (Not one of the quotes.)  If you’re...
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“It’s not what you know. It’s who you know,” the cliché goes. (Not one of the quotes.)  If you’re doing creative work—visual art, writing, music, entrepreneurship, programming, design, amongst the many other forms of expression—it’s entirely about who you know and who knows you. ...
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Unblogged April 30 unblogged things I did in April Tue 1: I still had no broadband at the start of the month, so my...
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30 unblogged things I did in April Tue 1: I still had no broadband at the start of the month, so my original plan for an April Fool's Day post had to go unimagined. Thankfully I'd already knocked up my monthly FoI round-up before the connection died on Saturday, so a fictional...
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Making the money vs. collecting it Chris Rock asked a young comic what he did that day. “Nothing,” the young comic said. “But I’m going...
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Chris Rock asked a young comic what he did that day. “Nothing,” the young comic said. “But I’m going to do a set tonight.”  “You make money during the day. You collect it at night,” Chris responded. “During the day is where the money is made.” There’s a writing lesson here: While...
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How to get to Stansted Airport Need to get from London to Stansted Airport? A new player has entered the market and it's very...
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Need to get from London to Stansted Airport? A new player has entered the market and it's very green. Flibco, a Luxembourg-based company taking its first steps in the UK. They operate to airports in Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Spain and 15 other European countries, with the...
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100 things I saw yesterday 100 things I saw while I was out yesterday I should probably write a full blogpost about the green...
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100 things I saw while I was out yesterday I should probably write a full blogpost about the green Flibco bus. The new Lynx premium fragrances are Cherry Spritz, Peach Infusion, Cocoa Velvet and Watermelon Freeze. They join Black Vanilla, Blue Lavender, Aqua Bergamot, Emerald...
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Kodansha Launches ‘Manga Manners’ to Educate Visitors on Japanese Etiquette Kodansha, one of Japan’s leading manga publishers, has launched an innovative campaign titled “MANGA...
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Kodansha, one of Japan’s leading manga publishers, has launched an innovative campaign titled “MANGA MANNERS” to educate visitors about Japanese etiquette through beloved manga characters. Following the success of a similar initiative at Narita Airport in 2024, this new campaign...
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Chipstead One Stop Beyond: Chipstead In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London...
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One Stop Beyond: Chipstead In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London boundary, getting off and seeing what's there. Today that means Chipstead, one stop beyond Wooodmansterne on the Tattenham Corner line. For positioning purposes it lies southwest of...
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Goldwin Set to Open Expansive Nature Park in Toyama in 2027 Goldwin, the Japanese outdoor apparel company, has unveiled plans for an ambitious new project: the...
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Goldwin, the Japanese outdoor apparel company, has unveiled plans for an ambitious new project: the Play Earth Park Naturing Forest. Set to open in the summer of 2027, this expansive nature-themed facility will be located in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, the birthplace of...
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Roof That Connects Life and Nature: ROOF HOUSE by Tamada & Wakimoto Architects all photos by Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Tamada & Wakimoto Architects Set against the soft backdrop of...
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all photos by Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Tamada & Wakimoto Architects Set against the soft backdrop of Tochigi’s rural landscapes, ROOF HOUSE by Tamada & Wakimoto Architects reimagines how a home can engage with its environment. Rather than enclosing life within walls, this project...
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Myddelton House bluebells In late April the seasons move on from pink to blue, from blossom to bells. These then are the...
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In late April the seasons move on from pink to blue, from blossom to bells. These then are the weekends for a bluebell stroll, a rare treat before the flowers fade and summer greens overwhelm all. Myddelton House Gardens in Enfield, so when I found myself nearby yesterday I...
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Filing cabinets 25 years ago today I bought a filing cabinet. It might be useful, I thought, plus I do have a lot of...
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25 years ago today I bought a filing cabinet. It might be useful, I thought, plus I do have a lot of paper and official documents so it'd be much better to file them away. To be more accurate my parents bought the filing cabinet for me, which was very kind of them, and I treated...
Herbert Lui
Cash covers things up Money makes it easy for people to lie to themselves, and to other people. None of the entrepreneurs...
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Money makes it easy for people to lie to themselves, and to other people. None of the entrepreneurs who started Theranos, Nikola, Fast, Juicero, and WeWork would have gotten very far with what they were doing if they didn’t raise cash from investors. Cash can cover up all sorts...
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London's escalatoriest stations London's escalatoriest stations an FoI request last week which revealed all. We learnt that 89...
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London's escalatoriest stations an FoI request last week which revealed all. We learnt that 89 stations maintained by London Underground have escalators, and we learned how many there are at each. Here's the Top 10. 1) BANK/MONUMENT (35 escalators) Also a lot of them are...
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Officially the best Officially the best If you're not following Time Out's newsfeed I worry that you may not be up to...
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Officially the best If you're not following Time Out's newsfeed I worry that you may not be up to date with London's official best things. I am therefore delighted to bring you this list of official bests, as churned out by Time Out's social media editors with deadlines to meet...
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Memory, reliability, trust, and confidence People need time to learn. You and I are constantly in the role of a teacher, and in the role of a...
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People need time to learn. You and I are constantly in the role of a teacher, and in the role of a student. A teacher might go over a set of facts, an example, or a standard operating process once. That isn’t enough. Knowledge transfer happens over time, with application and...
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A crossword, by George ACROSS             DOWN
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Talking myself away from the fear of being seen Some people who have a lot to offer the internet feel too much doubt to write and publish it. Ashley...
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Some people who have a lot to offer the internet feel too much doubt to write and publish it. Ashley Willis wrote a great post about this. Even though I publish here every day, I identify with this group of people. I’ve written for over 1,000 days now. Sometimes, for me, it feels...
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Wallington Square 45 45 Squared 14) WALLINGTON SQUARE, SM6 Borough of Sutton, 130m Wallington, a town halfway between...
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45 45 Squared 14) WALLINGTON SQUARE, SM6 Borough of Sutton, 130m Wallington, a town halfway between Sutton and Croydon which once had its own town hall. Today's square lies just across the road, bang opposite David Weir's gold postbox, and has changed a fair bit over the years....
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A new way of thinking One way to think about writing is to offer a new way of thinking about a subject.  You’re inviting...
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One way to think about writing is to offer a new way of thinking about a subject.  You’re inviting someone over to your window to see the same topic, from your perspective. You’ve told yourself new stories in order to do what you need to do, and sharing these stories might help...
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The longest possible gap between Bank Holiday Mondays Hurrah it's a Bank Holiday Monday today. n.b. I'm now going to explore whether this is true, Bank...
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Hurrah it's a Bank Holiday Monday today. n.b. I'm now going to explore whether this is true, Bank Holiday Mondays are the touchpoints of the English spring and summer, a key time to get out and explore, to hit the beach or the DIY store, a stately home or a garden centre, deep...
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You learn to swim by swimming… Which means you need to get off dry land, and get in the water.  You’ll need a teacher. They work...
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Which means you need to get off dry land, and get in the water.  You’ll need a teacher. They work best with you in the water too. It’s gonna be scary at first. It’s gonna be wet. You’ll need to rinse after. That’s what it takes to learn to swim. (Applies to everything else too.)...
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Nowhere Easter This is the Easternmost station in London, which is Upminster. Crazy Beat Records, the Easternmost...
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This is the Easternmost station in London, which is Upminster. Crazy Beat Records, the Easternmost Iceland and the Easternmost library. If you're looking for vinyl, frozen party food or a classic hardback, there's nowhere Easter. Cranham. 2020 when McColls sold up and the...
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“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional” A couple of months ago, I caught up with a good friend on the phone. An opening came up for me to...
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A couple of months ago, I caught up with a good friend on the phone. An opening came up for me to recommend Derek Sivers’s book, Useful Not True, and so I did. I chatted with my friend again, a couple of days ago, and he told me the book resonated with him. Particularly, he...
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10 Routes To The Summit of Box Hill 10 Routes To The Summit of Box Hill 1) Burford Spur Box Hill, the one I keep coming back to, the...
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10 Routes To The Summit of Box Hill 1) Burford Spur Box Hill, the one I keep coming back to, the route with the great views where you get the knackering bit done up front. It kicks off at Burford Bridge by the hotel and the bikers cafe, i.e. all the facilities, then slips...
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What the jellyfish knows: A compilation Do most people get stuck with their creative work because they didn’t create momentum? Or do most...
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Do most people get stuck with their creative work because they didn’t create momentum? Or do most people create momentum, but need more time to think out a breakthrough idea? Which direction sounds more correct to you? To me, it’s very clear the first direction applies to more...
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Whale Watching and Adventure on This Québec Road Trip
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South Croxted Road bus shelter This may be the heritage-nerdiest bus stop in London. It's the bus stop at the end of South...
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This may be the heritage-nerdiest bus stop in London. It's the bus stop at the end of South Croxted Road, close to the foot of Gipsy Hill. It's very old, it's locally listed and it's served by buses on route 3. More to the point it has an incredibly detailed information board...
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10 Outdoor Adventures to Try in Western Québec
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The Best Places to Eat and Sip in Rural Québec
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