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Londonist
Kamala Harris To Visit London On Book Tour In October She's plugging 107 Days.
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diamond geezer
London's worst bus route London's Worst Bus Route 375: Chase Cross to Passingford Bridge Location: Outer London south Length...
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London's Worst Bus Route 375: Chase Cross to Passingford Bridge Location: Outer London south Length of journey: 4½ miles, 15 minutes 375 is one of TfL's least frequent and least used bus routes. It exists to connect the village of Havering-atte-Bower to urban London,...
Londonist
Raucous Ralph Steadman Exhibition Rocks Up In West London Fear and Loathing in Notting Hill.
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Londonist
Things To Do In London This Weekend: 30-31 August 2025 Including a silent disco in a rather special location.
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Londonist
TfL Launches Campaign To Encourage People To Use Headphones Much needed - but will it make any difference?
yesterday
diamond geezer
A century and a day My grandparents got married in August 1925. My grandparents grew up in the Lea Valley four miles...
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My grandparents got married in August 1925. My grandparents grew up in the Lea Valley four miles apart. She was a farm girl from Essex and he was a town boy from Hertfordshire, both very much from different sides of the tracks. But their jobs brought them together, she a barmaid...
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London: September 2025 Picasso, Marie Antoinette and a double helping of space.
2 days ago
Londonist
Free Things To Do In London This Week: 25-31 August 2025 Events that don't cost a penny.
2 days ago
diamond geezer
The longest possible gap between bank holidays It's Bank Holiday Monday. There are three bank holiday clusters in the English bank holiday...
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It's Bank Holiday Monday. There are three bank holiday clusters in the English bank holiday year. Double Check 2020). autumn gap is from the last Monday in August to Christmas Day. Double Check Double Check spring gap is from New Year's Day to Good Friday. Double Check Double...
Londonist
Loads Of Free Talks At Gresham College This Autumn Free talks in central London.
3 days ago
diamond geezer
Swithinometer results It's 40 days since St Swithin's Day. n.b. It may not have rained for you but it rained where I was...
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It's 40 days since 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. n.b. Obviously the St Swithin's...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 18-24 August 2025 Catch up on what you missed this week.
3 days ago
Londonist
See London's Tallest Phone Box Spotted this double-height kiosk?
4 days ago
diamond geezer
Fleeting - Clerkenwell Fleeting CLERKENWELL Back to London's premier lost river, now on the descent from King's Cross to...
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Fleeting CLERKENWELL Back to London's premier lost river, now on the descent from King's Cross to Clerkenwell along the approximate line of the Camden/Islington boundary. It's no coincidence that the Fleet once marked the divide, although previously the boroughs were St...
Londonist
Where To Watch The Women's Rugby World Cup In London The best pubs and bars to cheer on the Red Roses (or whoever else you support).
5 days ago
Londonist
Unbuilt London: Who Remembers These 21st Century Buildings We Were Promised But Never Got? Concorde Museum? Tower of Atheism?
5 days ago
diamond geezer
The Greatest City In The World Yesterday the Mayor of London made a bold claim. And rather than stoking pride, I thought "what a...
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Yesterday the Mayor of London made a bold claim. And rather than stoking pride, I thought "what a load of bolx". » Being "regularly voted #1 city in the world" proves nothing, indeed many cities achieve this accolade depending on what's being voted for and by who. London was...
Londonist
Tube Strike Action Announced For September Rolling strike action to last a whole week.
6 days ago
Londonist
Emerge East Festival Returns To Barking Riverside For Its Biggest Event Yet A free celebration of creativity, community and nature.
6 days ago
Londonist
What Was The Beatles' First London Show? 1961? 1962? 1963? All of them, sort of.
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Londonist
On-the-Spot History: Victoria Park Every word, written on location.
6 days ago
diamond geezer
Aerial Square 45 45 Squared 29) AERIAL SQUARE, NW9 Borough of Barnet, 80m×20m Where we are is opposite...
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45 45 Squared 29) AERIAL SQUARE, NW9 Borough of Barnet, 80m×20m Where we are is opposite Colindale station, currently under reconstruction to create a portal to this upthrust hellhole. To the northwest a former hospital has been mulched to create 714 homes. To the southwest...
Londonist
A New Food Festival Is Coming To This Top London Museum - And Kids Go Free! Al fresco eats meet aviation fun.
a week ago
Londonist
In Pictures: The Demolition, And Resurrection, Of The Bank Of England One masterpiece makes way for another.
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Londonist
Check Out These Corinthian Figures For Every Major London Football Club A new book explores the history of the tiny figurines.
a week ago
diamond geezer
London's 10 shortest railways #yetanotherLondonrailwaybasedlist London's 10 shortest railways That's the shortest public...
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#yetanotherLondonrailwaybasedlist London's 10 shortest railways That's the shortest public railways in London 1) Waterloo - Bank (1.38 miles) 2) High Street Kensington - Kensington Olympia (1.73 miles) 3) Grove Park - Bromley North (1.75 miles) 4) West Ealing -...
Londonist
London’s Best Restaurants For Eating Outdoors: Summer 2025 The terraces, the porches, the rooftops, the courtyards...
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Londonist
'Offensive' Cancelled Cartoon Exhibition Now Back On In New Venue Licence to Offend was nixed in May.
a week ago
Londonist
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live Show Coming To London May contain Vogon poetry.
a week ago
Londonist
Oktoberfest In London: Where To Find Steins, Bratwurst And Lederhosen Lager, bratwurst and oompah galore.
a week ago
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Unblogged 1995 31 unblogged things I did in August 1995 n.b. If the text is in italics, I'm blogging my reaction...
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31 unblogged things I did in August 1995 n.b. If the text is in italics, I'm blogging my reaction to reading back through my diary and seeing what I was up to 30 years ago. Quite shocked in some cases. Tue 1: I'm in Norfolk with the family, which at this point includes a 1...
Londonist
Things To Do In London This Bank Holiday Weekend: 23-25 August 2025 Food, music and theatre festivals, and Notting Hill Carnival.
a week ago
Londonist
Your Tasty Guide To Southbank Centre Food Market Al fresco eats every weekend.
a week ago
Londonist
London Underground Vs Vienna U-Bahn Pitting Austria's capital against London's transport system.
a week ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Belzan, Liverpool This was actually my second visit to Belzan. The first, according to my iPhone photo history, was on...
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This was actually my second visit to Belzan. The first, according to my iPhone photo history, was on 8th May 2020, but was a little bit tricky to review as the building was operating as an improvised deli, with boxes of fruit and veg arranged amongst the booths and benches that...
Londonist
Free Things To Do In London This Week: 18-24 August 2025 Events that don't cost a penny.
a week ago
diamond geezer
Fleeting - King's Cross Fleeting KING'S CROSS For my third return to the Fleet I'm heading to King's Cross, and also to...
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Fleeting KING'S CROSS For my third return to the Fleet I'm heading to King's Cross, and also to St Pancras because the two stations are intrinsically linked to the river that once flowed through them. The river started to be buried hereabouts around 200 years ago as London...
Spoon & Tamago
The T.K.G. Handkerchief from Chikazawa Lace We are absolutely in love with this T.K.G. (tamago kake gohan) handkerchief from Chikazawa Lace....
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We are absolutely in love with this T.K.G. (tamago kake gohan) handkerchief from Chikazawa Lace. It’s part of their 2025 Autumn & Winter collection that’s slowly releasing right now. The handkerchief, which will become available in September, features a bowl and chopsticks...
Londonist
A Miniature Transport-Themed Garden... In A Tube Station Featuring a Tube station. In a garden. In a passimeter. In a Tube station.
a week ago
diamond geezer
100 things I saw in Chorleywood 100 things I saw in Chorleywood (all south of the railway, so nothing common) Ten Signs Ten...
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100 things I saw in Chorleywood (all south of the railway, so nothing common) Ten Signs Ten Things Seen In Front Gardens and double garage, little circular mirrors, astroturf lawn letting the side down, delivery driver in Slipknot t-shirt fuelled by cans of full-sugar Pepsi,...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 11-17 August 2025 Our best articles from the past week.
a week ago
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The Zeppelin Gravestone Of West London The first pilot to shoot down a Zeppelin.
a week ago
diamond geezer
Saffron Square 45 45 Squared 28) SAFFRON SQUARE, CRO Borough of Croydon, 80m×70m×40m bruised thumb. This...
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45 45 Squared 28) SAFFRON SQUARE, CRO Borough of Croydon, 80m×70m×40m bruised thumb. This 43-storey tower was completed in 2016 and marks perhaps the last hurrah for variegated colourful panelling rather than the current pretend-brick default. It's the tallest part of a...
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Undercurrent Undercurrent Islington's Lost Waterways 10 April - 19 August exhibition about lost rivers?...
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Undercurrent Islington's Lost Waterways 10 April - 19 August exhibition about lost rivers? Excellent. I was going to report on it when my Fleet walk reaches Islington, but that won't be until Monday and the exhibition closes on Tuesday so best nip in now. St John Street, it's...
Londonist
Did You Know You Can Hire Part Of The Southbank Centre For Private Events? Brutalist icon up for grabs.
a week ago
Londonist
A Glimpse Into The Future: The Big Things On The Horizon For London New museums, bridges and trains.
a week ago
Londonist
Everything You Need To Know About The St James's Park Pelicans Including the one that ate a pigeon.
a week ago
diamond geezer
Commuter puzzle pages If you're still commuting to the office, or if you just need something to read on the train, three...
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If you're still commuting to the office, or if you just need something to read on the train, three free London newspapers continue to make themselves available outside stations. Some people start with the news and gossip, others the sport, but many simply turn to the puzzle page...
Londonist
Five London Shows To Book Right Now Ahead Of Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl Feathers are the new friendship bracelets.
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A Four-Minute Mile… In 1770? A dash along Old Street two centuries before Roger Bannister.
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