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Westminster 25 Silver Jubilee: Westminster Westminster's Jubilee line platforms opened 25 years ago today on 22nd...
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Silver Jubilee: Westminster Westminster's Jubilee line platforms opened 25 years ago today on 22nd December 1999. Westminster station - a clickable choose-your-own adventure (it is genuinely clickable - give it a go!) (1) You have arrived on the westbound Jubilee line...
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London's shortest On the shortest day of the year, a shortlist of London's shortests • London's shortest suburbs are...
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On the shortest day of the year, a shortlist of London's shortests • London's shortest suburbs are Bow, Ham, Kew and Lee. (118m) 823m long at Kenley Airfield. 1508m long at City Airport. • London's shortest canal tunnel is Eyre's Tunnel which bores 48m under Lisson...
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The London Monopoly board Free ParkingStrand Fleet Street Trafalgar SquareFenchurch Street stationLeicester Square Coventry...
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Free ParkingStrand Fleet Street Trafalgar SquareFenchurch Street stationLeicester Square Coventry St Water Works PiccadillyGo To Jail Vine Street Marlborough     Street Bow StreetMONOPOLY (the full clickable set)Regent Street Oxford Street Bond...
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5 Activities to Enjoy on a Caribbean Winter Holiday
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Mayfair MAYFAIR £400   London's Monopoly Streets MAYFAIR Colour group: dark blue Purchase price:...
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MAYFAIR £400   London's Monopoly Streets MAYFAIR Colour group: dark blue Purchase price: £400 Rent: £50 Area: 1km² Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 Mayfair was mostly fields until the late 17th century when Sir Thomas Grosvenor, a Cheshire baronet, made an exceptionally...
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7 Must-Try Winter Activities in Park City, Utah
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7 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Trip to Park City
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Top Local Spots to Eat, Shop, & Après Ski in Park City, Utah
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Unblogged 1984 31 unblogged things I did in December 1984 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago,...
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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...
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Everyman Stratford International Stratford has a new cinema. Everyman and can be found in the highrise nomansland that separates...
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Stratford has a new cinema. Everyman and can be found in the highrise nomansland that separates Westfield from the Olympic Park, now officially known as Stratford Cross. It's housed in a brushed metal box tucked beneath 20 floors of Grade A office space. It has three screens,...
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Kayak, Hike, and Bike in Off-Season Virginia Beach
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Where to Eat, Drink, and Unwind in Virginia Beach
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Going unitary Local government organisation in England is complicated, always has been, which is why the...
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Local government organisation in England is complicated, always has been, which is why the government are keen to reorganise it. There are 317 councils in England: (upper-tier) (lower-tier) (unitary) (unitary) (unitary) (unitary) Logically it makes no sense that some shire...
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Crispin at Studio Voltaire, Clapham Common Although my useless photos hardly do it justice (let's just get that out of the way from the start),...
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Although my useless photos hardly do it justice (let's just get that out of the way from the start), Crispin at Studio Voltaire is a lovely space to eat in. The candles on each table aren't the only source of light, but provide a romantic accessory to the tealights dangling above...
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Mansfield Park Some buses terminate at the most evocative literary destinations. K4 to Mansfield Park Location:...
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Some buses terminate at the most evocative literary destinations. K4 to Mansfield Park Location: London southwest, outer Length of bus journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of an Oyster card must be in want of a...
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The December 2024 tube map The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. It's...
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The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. It's unfortunate because the last tube map was only released three weeks ago. Alas it included a typo so the decision was taken to withdraw the entire batch pending a reprint, and here...
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The disappearing Status updates map The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. Status...
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The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions. Status updates page on the TfL website where for the last ten years you've been able to see a map of disruptions to the network. The map was removed three weeks ago when the big...
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Greatness means avoiding stupid mistakes consistently Shane Parrish writes at Brain Food, “Moments don’t make legends. Consistency does. And the hardest...
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Shane Parrish writes at Brain Food, “Moments don’t make legends. Consistency does. And the hardest consistency isn’t in doing brilliant things but avoiding stupid ones. Every mistake puts you in hard mode, forcing you to make up lost ground.” In some lines of work, a person must...
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2025 fares -->TfL's annual fare rise was announced yesterday. It's good news for buses and bad news for...
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-->TfL's annual fare rise was announced yesterday. It's good news for buses and bad news for trains. GOOD: "The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced that he will freeze bus and tram fares for an historic sixth time next year, meaning Londoners continue to pay the...
Herbert Lui
The new direction When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a...
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When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a particularly painful, vulnerable, emotion. You may experience an emotional instinct to reach out and fall back into the familiar. All of a sudden, the old, familiar, well-trodden...
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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...
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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...
Herbert Lui
Itoya and the charm of stationary While corporations such as Staples or Office Depot may sell supplies, a retailer like Itoya sells...
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While corporations such as Staples or Office Depot may sell supplies, a retailer like Itoya sells stationary. The difference is stationary comes with a charm just as essential as the equipment—creativity, possibilities, and consideration. If you visit Itoya’s 18-floor flagship...
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Substacks For those who like writing online, the blogging platform of choice continues to evolve. Substack,...
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For those who like writing online, the blogging platform of choice continues to evolve. Substack, founded in 2017, which has been picking up more and more top writers of late. I have no intention of jumping ship, let's make that clear at the start, but I thought I'd take a...
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Just do the real thing (again) If you want to get good at something, just start by doing it. Today.  Sam Altman writes an important...
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If you want to get good at something, just start by doing it. Today.  Sam Altman writes an important reminder on this: don’t outsmart yourself and spend precious time and energy working on fake prerequisites. Here’s an example, from my life, that I write about in Creative Doing:...
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dg's TikTok tips dg's TikTok tips: the iconic phonebox shot only one has the pixiedust to glam up your socials big...
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dg's TikTok tips: the iconic phonebox shot only one has the pixiedust to glam up your socials big time. It's the red phone box in Parliament Square, north side, and if you stand alongside you can combine the holy trinity of a) red phone box b) the actual Big Ben c) your pouting...
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The rising price of the double issue Radio Times The Christmas double issue Radio Times has been published. cover price has gone up again. (and 50...
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The Christmas double issue Radio Times has been published. cover price has gone up again. (and 50 years ago, just 16p) The data: 1974 16p, 1975 20p, 1976 22p, 1977 26p, 1978 26p, 1979 30p, 1980 36p, 1981 50p, 1982 50p, 1983 56p, 1984 60p, 1985 64p, 1986 70p, 1987 74p, 1988...
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The Highlights of New York Winter Jazzfest, January, 2025
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Worth the wait Late is better than never, and it’s never too late. Even if the line is long, and you missed a...
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Late is better than never, and it’s never too late. Even if the line is long, and you missed a chance to join earlier. If the best time to start was yesterday, the second best time is today. Being patient is much easier than it looks.  Some lines don’t need you to be present, so...
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Park Lane PARK LANE £350   London's Monopoly Streets PARK LANE Colour group: dark blue Purchase price:...
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PARK LANE £350   London's Monopoly Streets PARK LANE Colour group: dark blue Purchase price: £350 Rent: £35 Length: 1200m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 Park Lane, a seething dual carriageway that somehow retains a luxury cachet. One side is a wall of superior hideaways and...
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A Weekend Guide to Skiing and Dining in Park City, Utah
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The vessel heuristic What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something...
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What if, when you made art, you weren’t expressing yourself? What if you were a vessel for something greater to express themselves through? “The human mind is literally an antenna,” Pharrell says. “It picks up waves and transmissions from the ultimate source, from the ether.”...
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We're drinking less tea Yesterday the BBC website had a story about the amount of tea people aren't drinking any more. do...
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Yesterday the BBC website had a story about the amount of tea people aren't drinking any more. do drink tea it's often green tea, herbal tea or bubble tea, not traditional black tea. 18 year-old Sharma, for example, said she prefers herbal tea and hasn't even heard of Typhoo...
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A place and its magic When my partner and I were on our honeymoon in Hawaii earlier this year, a driver told us about how...
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When my partner and I were on our honeymoon in Hawaii earlier this year, a driver told us about how the island had lost its magic to him. After he spent a couple of years there, he naturally stopped noticing the beauty of the island. He felt wistful about this, and while his...
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PR bumf round-up I haven't whinged about unsolicited PR emails for a while because I don't get as many as I used to....
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I haven't whinged about unsolicited PR emails for a while because I don't get as many as I used to. But they still trickle in, generally from hopeful marketeers with a press release to regurgitate or a plea to amplify some sponsored content. We don't do that here, thanks. Zarya...
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Disorientation When you first land in a new place, where you don’t speak the language, you’re probably going to...
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When you first land in a new place, where you don’t speak the language, you’re probably going to make some mistakes. You’ll get in the wrong line at the airport. Queue on the wrong side of the escalator. Realize you’ve unintentionally broken etiquette or convention of some sort....
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The Watling Street divide Watling Street runs for over ten miles from the heart of the West End to the very edge of the...
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Watling Street runs for over ten miles from the heart of the West End to the very edge of the capital, nigh straight and essentially roundaboutless. Not only is today's Edgware Road a Roman survivor but it's also probably London's most influential road democracywise. That's...
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Bow Roundabout update #11 Major road works at the Bow Roundabout continue. They might even be halfway through, depending on...
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Major road works at the Bow Roundabout continue. They might even be halfway through, depending on when you think the start and finish dates are. new sliproad underneath the flyover is nearing completion. This'll carry westbound traffic from the contraflow lane on Stratford High...
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Park City, Utah's Top Winter Activities for Families
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The Ultimate Friends’ Trip at Pendry Park City Resort, Utah
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Invest in your stories My friend Peter started posting at LinkedIn a couple of years ago. He noticed that while people who...
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My friend Peter started posting at LinkedIn a couple of years ago. He noticed that while people who followed him appreciated his advice, what they remembered most were his stories—about how he met his co-founder and started an agency, how they spun out new companies, and his move...
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Six free exhibitions in north central London Six free temporary exhibitions in north central London (I'll rank these at the end, but the best...
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Six free temporary exhibitions in north central London (I'll rank these at the end, but the best one comes first) Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds at: RIBA, Portland Place from: 10am to 5pm (not Sunday) until: 29 March cottage melded into a rocky Leicestershire...
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Fast & Furious The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The...
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The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The first three movies in this Fast & Furious franchise—Fast & Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift—maintained its signature by staying true to this...
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merry = 𝑥 - mas We have the best signwriters at Bow Road station. merry = 𝑥-mas
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Another tube map typo Would you like to see another tube map typo? It's not a spelling mistake it's a missing word, if...
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Would you like to see another tube map typo? It's not a spelling mistake it's a missing word, if that helps you spot it. Nobody at TfL spotted it, nor anybody at the printers, or if they did they just thought never mind let's use these duff maps anyway. I've checked other...
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Confidence vs. trusting the process “This might not work,” Seth Godin writes in his blog post, “Out on a limb.” (It’s one of my...
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“This might not work,” Seth Godin writes in his blog post, “Out on a limb.” (It’s one of my favorites, alongside “Talker’s Block.” ) It’s fascinating to see this idea make it into a key part of his book The Practice, which I recently picked up and find myself liking a lot. If you...
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7 Lesser-Known Adventures to Explore in Greece
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perhaps your most incredibly dull post According to a reader, my investigation of the five smallest parks in Barking and Dagenham was...
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According to a reader, my investigation of the five smallest parks in Barking and Dagenham was "perhaps your most incredibly dull post". All the buses in Barking and Dagenham in alphabetical order What I had for dinner on December 4th for the last 45 years 1980 roast 1981...
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Serious writing In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject...
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In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject and discriminate, believing that the best artist was the one who made the most elegant choices. They analysed poems to show how difficult ‘real’ writing was, and they taught that I...
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The five smallest parks in Barking & Dagenham Join me on a journey of data-driven disappointment as I attempt to answer a question nobody else is...
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Join me on a journey of data-driven disappointment as I attempt to answer a question nobody else is asking. What are the five smallest parks in Barking & Dagenham? map. "We're so proud Barking and Dagenham has 28 brilliant parks and open spaces which are much loved by so many...
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Some notes on a return visit to Hong Kong In late 2021, I moved to Hong Kong for six months. My partner and I enjoyed it so much that we ended...
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In late 2021, I moved to Hong Kong for six months. My partner and I enjoyed it so much that we ended up staying nearly a year and a half. We moved to New York City shortly after that, and I started my job at Figma.  I always thought I’d document the trip some other […] The post...
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Unblogged November 30 unblogged things I did in November Fri 1: I bought some Edding 55 pens online yesterday because...
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30 unblogged things I did in November Fri 1: I bought some Edding 55 pens online yesterday because I can't find them in the shops any more, and they were due to arrive today. Before they arrived I got three emails saying "Please note, your driver is unable to leave this item...
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Advent Way 'Tis the season. Advent Way N18 A country lane called Angel Road once headed east out of...
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'Tis the season. Advent Way N18 A country lane called Angel Road once headed east out of Edmonton following Pymme's Brook, ending at a sylvan bridge across the River Lea where anglers often gathered. Then in the 1920s the North Circular Road was built, the engineers choosing...
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November 2024 in summary I'd like to apologise to readers who don't like trains and railways because all of this week's posts...
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I'd like to apologise to readers who don't like trains and railways because all of this week's posts have been about trains and railways. I'm aware that many people do like trains and railways, including The Men Who Leave Comments When I Write About Trains And Railways, and their...
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TfL FoI requests in November 2024 30 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in November 2024 1) In a typical month (April 2024) TfL...
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30 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in November 2024 1) In a typical month (April 2024) TfL issued 29,767 Under 16 Oyster Photocards, 6992 16+ Oyster Photocards, 6028 18+ Oyster Photocards and 269 Apprentice Oyster Photocards. 2) The social media management tool used by...
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The Overground renaming story The Overground renaming story Sep 2006: The Mayor announced yesterday that he's found a cunning way...
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The Overground renaming story Sep 2006: The Mayor announced yesterday that he's found a cunning way of extending the tube network without forking out billions on new tunnels. He's taking a couple of existing rail services - namely Silverlink's North London line and TfL's East...
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Liverpool Street LIVERPOOL   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets LIVERPOOL STREET STATION Group:...
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LIVERPOOL   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets LIVERPOOL STREET STATION Group: British Railways Purchase price: £200 Rent: £25 Annual passengers: 95 million Borough: City of London Postcode: EC2 busiest station in the UK, a great contrast to mere Marylebone and...
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The new rainbow
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10 things to see on the Liberty line The introduction of line names on the Overground is sure to bring sightseers to Havering to see what...
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The introduction of line names on the Overground is sure to bring sightseers to Havering to see what the Liberty line is all about. So here's my tip-top tourist guide to help you find the finest places in the locality, some of which are actually rather fine. 10 things to see on...
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Overground line factfile Overground line factfile (because all the stats have changed) Windrush line...
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Overground line factfile (because all the stats have changed) Windrush line              Operates: Highbury & Islington to New Cross/Clapham Junction/Crystal Palace/West Croydon Colour on map: red parallel lines Joined the Overground: 2010 Length: 24 miles Zones: 1-5 Number...
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Renaming the Overground, step by step The introduction of the six new London Overground names is finally, tangibly, underway. But the...
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The introduction of the six new London Overground names is finally, tangibly, underway. But the changes are being phased in, as befits a seriously complex operation, with some happening now, some delayed until next month or next year, and some kicked far into the future because...
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Bow Roundabout update #10 Major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue to create long queues of traffic. This is a queue...
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Major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue to create long queues of traffic. This is a queue of traffic moving very slowly in brief bursts towards the end of Bow Road. On this particular day the back of the queue was around Bus Stop M although often it goes a lot further....
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Anorak corner (rail edition) Anorak Corner [National Rail edition] passenger data from across Britain's railway network, this...
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Anorak Corner [National Rail edition] passenger data from across Britain's railway network, this batch covering the period April 2023 to March 2024. The UK's ten busiest National Rail stations (2023/24) (with changes since 2022/23) 1) -- Liverpool Street (95m) 2) -- Paddington...
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Jeune & Jolie, Carlsbad To a visitor from lands afar (me) who sees this part of the world in little two-week periods twice a...
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To a visitor from lands afar (me) who sees this part of the world in little two-week periods twice a year, Jeune & Jolie feels like it did all the work of establishing itself as one of the best restaurants in California in a metaphorical blink of an eye, a few short months...
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The London Overground line names post The phased introduction of six new Overground line names has begun. Before we get into all that,...
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The phased introduction of six new Overground line names has begun. Before we get into all that, let's get the new names out of the way. we did all that back then. First important thing: If anyone posts any line name comments on any future post, I will shift them back to...
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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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Tractor Tax Protest Thousands of farmers, countryfolk and their supporters were in central London yesterday to protest...
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Thousands of farmers, countryfolk and their supporters were in central London yesterday to protest against the imposition of inheritance tax on farmland. You could tell something was up by the number of people in Barbour jackets, tweed caps and sensible outerwear milling around...
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Southwark 25 Silver Jubilee: Southwark Southwark station opened 25 years old today on 20th November 1999. The...
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Silver Jubilee: Southwark Southwark station opened 25 years old today on 20th November 1999. The platforms are much like many of the others on the Jubilee line extension, but the concourse between them is unique. Step through and you enter a long cylindrical space on two...
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Carpenders Park One Stop Beyond: Carpenders Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
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One Stop Beyond: Carpenders Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London boundary, getting off and seeing what's there. Today that means Carpenders Park, one stop beyond Hatch End on what will next week be the Lioness line. For positioning purposes...
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Visit London bolx Visit London is the flagship brand charged with attracting tourists to the capital, and in this we...
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Visit London is the flagship brand charged with attracting tourists to the capital, and in this we wish them well. But they do write some absolute bolx. This was their first tweet this month. November has arrived and that can only mean one thing... a magical London...
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Cromwell Road Bus Station Cromwell Road bus station in Kingston has reopened. There are eight versions of today's post,...
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Cromwell Road bus station in Kingston has reopened. There are eight versions of today's post, according to your level of interest. (click to jump to the right one) 1) I just need the basics 2) I never intend to visit but tell me more 3) I sometimes use this bus station 4) I...
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Beddington Farmlands A Nice Walk: Beddington Farmlands (1 mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing...
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A Nice Walk: Beddington Farmlands (1 mile) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, a bit of a stroll, wildlife guaranteed, railway-adjacent, mostly dry underfoot, broad pylon vistas, binocular opportunities, possibility of lapwings, won't take long. So...
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The Best Winter Resorts and Activities in Central Minnesota
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Empty dangling Big news about the Dangleway! Opening hours cutback proposed🚡 On weekdays that means an 8am...
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Big news about the Dangleway! Opening hours cutback proposed🚡 On weekdays that means an 8am start rather than 7am. 🚡 🚡 🚡NowFrom Decembercut Mon-Thu 07:00 to 22:00 08:00 to 22:001 hour Friday 07:00 to 22:00 09:00 to 22:00 2 hours  Saturday08:00 to 22:0009:00 to 22:001...
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Getaway to the Best of Palm Springs' Outdoors
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Top Spots to Relax in Palm Springs’ Desert Oasis
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A Guide to Mindful Travel in Greater Palm Springs
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Anorak corner - bus edition Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual...
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Anorak Corner [bus edition] (annual update) Once again TfL have silently published their annual spreadsheet listing the number of passengers using every London bus route and how many kilometres those buses travelled. Data is for April 2023 - March 2024. Comparisons are with the...
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9 Greek Travel Experiences for a Luxurious Escape
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McDonald's in Woolwich at 50 50 years ago today England's first McDonald's restaurant opened. There's a brilliant plaque...
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50 years ago today England's first McDonald's restaurant opened. There's a brilliant plaque outside. The three signatories were big names in the American company - Robert Rhea, Fred Turner and Ray Kroc - but none of them turned up. Instead the ribbon was cut by the dynamic...
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Alberta’s Best Nature Escapes for Adventurous Travelers
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An Alberta Winter Getaway for Nature, Wellness, and Culture
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Where to Ski, Stay, & Explore Outdoors in Alberta's Winter
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Why Madeira, Portugal Is the Ideal Stopover Destination
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Bond Street BOND STREET £320   London's Monopoly Streets BOND STREET Colour group: green Purchase price:...
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BOND STREET £320   London's Monopoly Streets BOND STREET Colour group: green Purchase price: £320 Rent: £28 Length: 800m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 penultimate street on the Monopoly board famously doesn't exist, even though it has a station named after it. It's also...
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Random Remembrance Every London borough hosts a Remembrance event, maybe several. The parade lines up outside the...
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Every London borough hosts a Remembrance event, maybe several. The parade lines up outside the museum and awaits the signal. Everyone important's here, all the civic dignitaries apart from those who've been delegated to officiate at the borough's three other memorials. The...
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Draw-Off For a few weeks every November the water level in the Thames in west London is deliberately...
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For a few weeks every November the water level in the Thames in west London is deliberately lowered. Draw-Off and it exposes more of the riverbed than usual. In order to carry out essential maintenance works on Richmond lock, weirs and sluices, it is necessary to hold up the...
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Ten apologies I'd like to apologise for the ten posts I could have brought you today but haven't written. 1)...
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I'd like to apologise for the ten posts I could have brought you today but haven't written. 1) Visit London have opened a temporary Ticket Shop in Covent Garden flogging stuff, mainly tickets to attractions and shows, and it looks hugely superfluous but it's not aimed at...
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Bow Roundabout update #9 The roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, and have a lot more continuing to go. Bow side of...
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The roadworks at the Bow Roundabout continue, and have a lot more continuing to go. Bow side of the flyover, although new kerbstones are now lined up along the new slightly-wider edge of the roundabout. major roadworks. For the last month one of these two lanes has been...
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Tube map gaps It's exactly 11 months since London last had a new tube map. Intervals between tube maps in reverse...
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It's exactly 11 months since London last had a new tube map. Intervals between tube maps in reverse chronological order 11 months Dec 2023  A Little Slice of Paradise ← Brent Cross West 7 months May 2023  Come Out, Come Out 6 months Nov 2022  Routes/Roots ← Bond Street 6...
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Fog
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Walking on Canada Water It's now quicker to walk from Canada Water station to the big Tesco. This is because British Land...
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It's now quicker to walk from Canada Water station to the big Tesco. This is because British Land are trying to sell flats. swooshy timber boardwalk has just opened and it's red. Very red. It starts from the dock edge by the library and ends at the far end of what used to be...
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The 47th President Two months ago I asked you the following question. Who do you think will be the next American...
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Two months ago I asked you the following question. Who do you think will be the next American President? (poll closed) Kamala HARRIS comments (71) Donald TRUMP comments (29) And now here we are the morning after the election. A red dawn is rising. 10 comments from readers...
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Lima, Shoreditch I don't usually like to do invited reviews back-to-back, so this was supposed to be a post about a...
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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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Dunton Green One Stop Beyond: Dunton Green In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
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One Stop Beyond: Dunton Green 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 Dunton Green, one stop beyond Knockholt on the Sevenoaks line, a disparate village at the foot of the North Downs...
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Taking the piss In an ideal world every TfL station would have toilet facilities but the truth is you're more likely...
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In an ideal world every TfL station would have toilet facilities but the truth is you're more likely to be caught short. announce "bold plans to grow and improve toilet provision" because that'd be a very good thing. The press release promised "investment totalling £3m per year...
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Single life Single life Yes, I used to post this every year, but now I only do it every five. Single: You get...
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Single life Yes, I used to post this every year, but now I only do it every five. Single: You get the whole duvet to yourself. Coupled: You don't need a hot water bottle. Single: There's half as much ironing to do. Coupled: There's twice as much ironing to do but somebody else...
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The Map House An exhibition of tube maps, dozens and dozens of them, is pretty much nirvana for some people. If...
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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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TfL FoI requests in October 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in October 2024 1) The five road junctions with the most...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in October 2024 1) The five road junctions with the most casualties and collisions over the last three years (specifically the greatest 'casualty harm') are the Redbridge Roundabout, Seven Sisters, Elephant & Castle, the foot of Ilford...
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Bow Roundabout update #8 The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout are now into their second month (or their third month if...
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The major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout are now into their second month (or their third month if you're the manager who cancels buses). a curve of concrete block paving that's due to become roadway, so fairly trivial. Previous updates: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
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Unblogged October 31 unblogged things I did in October Tue 1: Two new developments in Barking & Dagenham are...
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31 unblogged things I did in October Tue 1: Two new developments in Barking & Dagenham are over-egging transport links in their roadside marketing. Barking Riverside says 'Perfectly connected' when the reality is a half-hourly boat, a train to Barking or non-express buses....
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Med Salleh Viet, Earl's Court It's a funny old part of town is Earl's Court. Not quite Kensington, not quite Chelsea, not many...
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It's a funny old part of town is Earl's Court. Not quite Kensington, not quite Chelsea, not many reasons to visit (certainly not since the conference center/arena got pulled down), it's these days little more than a fairly ordinary provincial high street dumped in West London,...
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Keisuke Oka’s Arimaston Building in Tokyo, Made Entirely by Hand all photos by @husky_003 | used with permission Almost 15 years ago, on a tiny plot of land in...
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all photos by @husky_003 | used with permission Almost 15 years ago, on a tiny plot of land in eastern Tokyo, a young architect named Keisuke Oka began to construct a tower of concrete entirely by hand. Located just a short walk from Mita Station, the Arimaston Building (蟻鱒鳶ル) is...
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Oxford Street OXFORD STREET £300   London's Monopoly Streets OXFORD STREET Colour group: green Purchase price:...
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OXFORD STREET £300   London's Monopoly Streets OXFORD STREET Colour group: green Purchase price: £300 Rent: £26 Length: 2km Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1 Oxford Street is one of the Roman Empire's most successful roads, at least in terms of retail income. It started out as...
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Consequential Some weeks are consequential. a) Today is the Budget. This budget also feels like it's been...
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Some weeks are consequential. a) Today is the Budget. This budget also feels like it's been coming for ages, the General Election being 17 weeks ago, but it takes time to check the nation's finances, develop a plan and balance strategic gains with individual pain. There has...
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The Counter, Tunbridge Wells As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the...
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As much as I try to travel as far and wide as possible for a meal, there are certain parts of the world that are somewhat better-represented on these pages than others. Obviously as I live in London, and it's the best food city on the planet, that's the main focus of this blog....
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Signs of autumn in Old Malden I worry sometimes that my content isn't niche enough. Things on hills in Hainault. Ex-country lanes...
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I worry sometimes that my content isn't niche enough. Things on hills in Hainault. Ex-country lanes in Harrow. Bridges in Norwich. So today I'm going all-out niche in an attempt to dampen interest even further. Welcome to... Signs of Autumn in Old Malden Malden, a manorial...
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Hog Hill and Dog Kennel Hill Things on Hills: Hog Hill and Dog Kennel Hill Where the heck are we? The far side of Redbridge,...
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Things on Hills: Hog Hill and Dog Kennel Hill Where the heck are we? The far side of Redbridge, almost in Havering Be more precise: On the southern edge of Hainault Country Park Nearest tube station: Fairlop, but 1½ miles away so hardly near Nearest bus routes: both the 247 and...
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Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2024 Happy Jimi Halloween to everyone who celebrates. It’s that wonderful time of year when our favorite...
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Happy Jimi Halloween to everyone who celebrates. It’s that wonderful time of year when our favorite Japanese festival, Jimi Halloween, is on full display. Mundane Halloween, as we coined it back in 2018, is when people dress up in costumes so mundane they have to be explained....
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Rayners Lane Four tube stations are named after country lanes, the longest of which is Rayners Lane in Harrow....
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Four tube stations are named after country lanes, the longest of which is Rayners Lane in Harrow. What's more it still follows exactly the same meandering path across two miles of suburbia as it did when everything was fields. So I've walked it. entirely undeveloped agricultural...
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Secret river quiz Congratulations, you've found my secret river quiz. (completed in seven hours, thanks)
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Emails from 2004 Today I thought I'd dig into my inbox archive and bring you ten emails I was sent in October 2004....
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Today I thought I'd dig into my inbox archive and bring you ten emails I was sent in October 2004. Twenty years ago was a different time. From londonmobs (1/10/04) (and that was it, no further London flashmobs were organised) cc-ed from my work address (5/10/04) The...
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Bow Roundabout update #7 The second full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen drilling continue on the Stratford...
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The second full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen drilling continue on the Stratford side, both under and beside the flyover. A third lane is already substantially carved out at the end of Stratford High Street. Below we see a broad curve where grey concrete block...
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Not very interesting transport news Friday's not very interesting transport news The Overground lines still haven't been...
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Friday's not very interesting transport news The Overground lines still haven't been renamed double-sided Mildmay line panel was revealed at one end of platforms 1 and 2 (click to embiggen), while a separate sign directed passengers up to the Mildmay line from the subway. These...
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The Lamb Inn, Little Milton Most visitors to the Lamb Inn will approach from the car park and be greeted with the sight pictured...
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Most visitors to the Lamb Inn will approach from the car park and be greeted with the sight pictured above - an achingly cute thatched countryside pub in whitewashed stone looking like it hadn't changed much in the past few hundred years. And this is, of course, a great way to...
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Revised security measures at the National Gallery Last Friday the National Gallery made it harder for visitors to enjoy a look around. Revised...
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Last Friday the National Gallery made it harder for visitors to enjoy a look around. Revised security measures at the National Gallery Walk-through metal detectors have been a fixture here for years, ditto a perfunctory bag check. This did tend to create queues but nothing...
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Postcards from Norwich Postcards from Norwich ✉ Goldsmith Street five years ago it went to council housing in Norwich....
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Postcards from Norwich ✉ Goldsmith Street five years ago it went to council housing in Norwich. They could have built flats but instead they packed 105 energy-efficient houses into a handful of dense terraced streets, aligned east-west to maximise solar gain. Extra-thick walls...
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Hong Kong Restaurant, Angel London has never been the kind of place where you can just pick a restaurant at random and have at...
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London has never been the kind of place where you can just pick a restaurant at random and have at least a decent dinner. There are too many tourist traps, dingy fast food joints, grim chains and bandwagon-jumping copycats (just see how many smash burger joints have appeared in...
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Ted Lasso in Richmond A Nice Walk: Ted Lasso (1 kilometre) Richmond as seen on Ted Lasso, nowhere near enough to make a...
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A Nice Walk: Ted Lasso (1 kilometre) Richmond as seen on Ted Lasso, nowhere near enough to make a day of it but a nice walk all the same. n.b. I'm walking the route suggested on page 26 of the Visit Richmond Guide 2024/2025 Turn left out of the station and cross the road at...
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Trafalgar 219 To celebrate/commemorate the 219th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, here are 40...
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To celebrate/commemorate the 219th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, here are 40 Trafalgar-based lists. Places called Trafalgar: cape in Spain, hamlet in Cornwall, town in Indiana, community in Nova Scotia, town in Victoria, waterfall in Dominica, village in South Africa,...
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BL1 London's Free Buses BL1: Bedfont Lakes - Feltham BL2: Bedfont Lakes - Hatton Cross Length of...
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London's Free Buses BL1: Bedfont Lakes - Feltham BL2: Bedfont Lakes - Hatton Cross Length of journey: 2 miles, 12 minutes It's a strange place, a 1990s commercial development built across former gravel pits, originally with IBM as the lead tenant. It's a bit like Stockley Park...
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Five Things To Look Forward to at the 2025 World Expo Japan Pavilion The 2025 World Expo in Osaka, slated to take place in Osaka, is just 6 months away. Taking place...
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The 2025 World Expo in Osaka, slated to take place in Osaka, is just 6 months away. Taking place from April 13 to October 13, 2025, the expo aims to be a participatory, experiential, solutions-oriented exposition, offering the world an opportunity to come together in one place to...
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RP1 London's Free Buses RP1: Richmond Park circular Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes the RP1, a...
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London's Free Buses RP1: Richmond Park circular Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes the RP1, a minibus service organised by the Royal Parks to provide accessible transport through and around Richmond Park. Just because you can't get around easily any more, why should you miss...
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The New 12 Kanda Co-Working Space Supports Small Businesses all photos by Toshiyuki Yano Right across the Kanda River from Akihabara Station is 12 Kanda, a new...
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all photos by Toshiyuki Yano Right across the Kanda River from Akihabara Station is 12 Kanda, a new co-working space dedicated to supporting small businesses and startups. A visually eye-catching building, it features multiple stories with different forms and functions stacked on...
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847 London's Free Buses 847: Stratford to Here East Length of journey: 1 mile, 7 minutes shuttle bus...
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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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Bow Roundabout update #6 The first full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen lengthy queues and a bit more...
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The first full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen lengthy queues and a bit more drilling. The queues were at their worst on Wednesday when an additional set of roadworks temporarily afflicted Tredegar Road, at one point stretching over three quarters of a mile along...
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Borough visitor websites Some London boroughs like to have a web presence that draws tourists in, should anyone be...
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Some London boroughs like to have a web presence that draws tourists in, should anyone be interested, or highlights places of interest for the benefit of local residents. These websites attempt to reinforce the idea that a borough has history, or culture, or some sort of life,...
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Regent Street REGENT STREET £300   London's Monopoly Streets REGENT STREET Colour group: green Purchase price:...
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REGENT STREET £300   London's Monopoly Streets REGENT STREET Colour group: green Purchase price: £300 Rent: £26 Length: 1300m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1/SW1 Regent Street is one of the board's younger streets and a rarity for central London in that an architect drew a...
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I've been to see some art I've been to see some art. Tate Modern Mire Lee: Open Wound (until 16 March) metal motor hanging...
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I've been to see some art. Tate Modern Mire Lee: Open Wound (until 16 March) metal motor hanging in mid-air, slowly turning, over which are draped strips of fabric soaked in some manky viscous liquid. This drips gradually into a metal tray underneath, turning a series of...
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9 Things to Do in Richmond
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Why Richmond Has The Best Art and Music Scene
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It's official Journalists working at various media portals are under increasing pressure to churn out more and...
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Journalists working at various media portals are under increasing pressure to churn out more and more stories because the more they write the more page views they get. Clickbait isn't going away any time soon. But a trope that's sadly gathering more prominence lately is a...
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Lufthansa Strives to for More Eco-Friendly Air Travel
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Random Bexley Footpath I worry sometimes that my content isn't niche enough. Things to do in Wood End. Roadworks at the Bow...
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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...
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Burnt Oak Brook THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Burnt Oak Brook Mill Hill → Burnt Oak (2 miles) London's bountiful...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Burnt Oak Brook Mill Hill → Burnt Oak (2 miles) London's bountiful supply of unlost rivers continues to provide opportunities for waterside walking if you know where to look. This one flows not far from Edgware and is yet another tributary of the Silk...
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Bow Roundabout update #5 Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday 30th...
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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...
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Xi Home Dumplings Bay, I often like to look up the situation of restaurants I'm heading out to on Google Streetview, just...
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I often like to look up the situation of restaurants I'm heading out to on Google Streetview, just so I know what to expect when I get off the bus and lessen (though not completely mitigate) the chance I might head off in completely the wrong direction. I wouldn't recommend doing...
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The Smudge of Remembrance n.b. All the photos in this post were taken this week. The Smudge of Remembrance This key project...
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n.b. All the photos in this post were taken this week. The Smudge of Remembrance This key project is called The Smudge of Remembrance and has been comprehensively curated to create spectral moments of commemoration firmly rooted in the everyday. Some iterations are almost...
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Wood End Do you ever look at the front of a bus and think "where the hell is that?"? actual place in actual...
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Do you ever look at the front of a bus and think "where the hell is that?"? actual place in actual London. It even has a library, or rather it did but we'll get to that. You'll find it west of Sudbury, north of Greenford, east of Northolt and south of South Harrow, if that...
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Go To Jail The square after Piccadilly on the Monopoly board is GO TO JAIL. The accompanying picture may show a...
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The square after Piccadilly on the Monopoly board is GO TO JAIL. The accompanying picture may show a police officer blowing a whistle but the person who actually sends you to jail is a judge in a court room, so today's post is about criminal courts in London. Criminal courts in...
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Canteenlessness I was out in the City at lunchtime, not far from St Paul's, and found myself amid a horde of...
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I was out in the City at lunchtime, not far from St Paul's, and found myself amid a horde of businessfolk buying lunch. They were flocking to nearby shops, mainly specialist food outlets, for a calorific haul to tide them over into the afternoon. You could tell it was peak...
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Camille, Borough Market Some restaurants just make it look so easy, don't they? The menu at Camille is so enticing, with...
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Some restaurants just make it look so easy, don't they? The menu at Camille is so enticing, with unusual eye-catching ingredients prepared in exciting and distinctive ways, that it's almost enough to spoil any other dining experience by default, and it makes you wonder if they...
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The zone 1 challenge It's time once again to go on a pointlessly challenging train journey. How many zone 1 stations can...
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It's time once again to go on a pointlessly challenging train journey. How many zone 1 stations can you travel through without repeating any? And there are 72 zone 1 stations altogether, so it's going to be a long journey. It's perhaps best to think of the question as...
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An Exhibition of Plushie, Small Disappointments An onigiri smushed at the bottom of your bag. Water splashing off a spoon. Burnt toast. Life is full...
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An onigiri smushed at the bottom of your bag. Water splashing off a spoon. Burnt toast. Life is full of small disappointments. But helping us see the humor in it all is Makosun, a Japanese maker of weird plushies—their words, not ours—who renders all these small disappointments...
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Piccadilly PICCADILLY £280   London's Monopoly Streets PICCADILLY Colour group: yellow Purchase price:...
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PICCADILLY £280   London's Monopoly Streets PICCADILLY Colour group: yellow Purchase price: £280 Rent: £22 Length: 1400m Borough: Westminster Postcode: W1/SW1 Piccadilly leads from the West End to the west of town and is one of London's older roads. The eastern half was...
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In an Appeal to Young Workers, a Manufacturing Company Steps Away from Obscurity all photos by Takumi Ota courtesy Schemata Architects For decades, Japanese manufacturers have...
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all photos by Takumi Ota courtesy Schemata Architects For decades, Japanese manufacturers have worked in obscurity, churning out parts for the world’s biggest automakers and smartphone brands. And for the most part—largely owing to the confidential nature of their work—they have...
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The last QEOP entrance opens In good news the last entrance into the Olympic Park has finally opened. About time too. The new...
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In good news the last entrance into the Olympic Park has finally opened. About time too. The new connection starts just beyond the bridge over the Waterworks River, where a broad shallow concrete ramp bears off from the Greenway and slopes down towards the railway. It's...
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Bow Roundabout update #4 Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday. So how's that...
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Four months of major roadworks were supposed to begin at the Bow Roundabout on Monday. So how's that going? Monday 30th September Tuesday 1st October I popped up to Old Ford to see what's happened with route 8 terminating one stop early. A temporary stand has been created...
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Moor Park One Stop Beyond: Moor Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London...
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One Stop Beyond: Moor Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London boundary, getting off and seeing what's there. Today that means Moor Park, one stop beyond Northwood on the Metropolitan line, a Hertfordshire halt which exists thanks to a golf...
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Eden Dock You know how when you come out of Canary Wharf tube station, main entrance, there's always been a...
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You know how when you come out of Canary Wharf tube station, main entrance, there's always been a big empty dock in front of you? Well, not any more. yesterday and is really very impressive. So long as you don't read anything about it. island. Unsurprisingly it's already...
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Waverley This is Waverley, the world's last seagoing paddle steamer. She's currently on a two week foray...
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This is Waverley, the world's last seagoing paddle steamer. She's currently on a two week foray up and down the Thames Estuary and adjacent coasts. And if you'd been in Gravesend on Sunday evening you could have enjoyed a two-hour voyage up the estuary to Tower Bridge for just...
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Unblogged September 30 unblogged things I did in September Sun 1: My new laptop is on quite the sightseeing tour....
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30 unblogged things I did in September Sun 1: My new laptop is on quite the sightseeing tour. Yesterday it was in Shanghai, today it's in Köln and tomorrow it'll be in Stanford le Hope. Mon 2: At Gipsy Hill station I spotted a cat on the Oyster reader, and quite frankly this...
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The Ropemaker, Emsworth As I have surely said on this blog plenty of times over the years, I will never go to any holiday or...
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As I have surely said on this blog plenty of times over the years, I will never go to any holiday or short trip without at least one meal booked that stands a better than average chance of being decent. This is partly just for the sheer joy of eating out (how sad must your life...
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Unblogged 1984 30 unblogged things I did in September 1984 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago,...
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30 unblogged things I did in September 1984 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago, indeed my Sinclair ZX81 wasn't capable of much, but here are 30 things I didn't digitally publish at the time. To help you get your bearings I was 19 and most of this is the end...
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TfL FoI requests in September 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in September 2024 1) The average e-scooter hire trip...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in September 2024 1) The average e-scooter hire trip lasts 16 minutes, is 1½ miles long and is undertaken at 6½ mph. 2) TfL plan to replace the Lodge Avenue flyover on the A13 with a like-for-like replacement, with construction starting...
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This Halloween, a Zombie Shinkansen Will Travel Between Tokyo and Osaka Want a taste of the frights but too busy to go to a haunted house? How about a haunted train? This...
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Want a taste of the frights but too busy to go to a haunted house? How about a haunted train? This year, a Tokaido shinkansen, in what is being called the world’s first zombie bullet train, will travel between Tokyo and Osaka. The stage will be set in car 16 of the “Nozomi 435”...
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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,...
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photos courtesy Wara Art Festival Autumn is officially upon us. It’s the season of shorter days, brighter moons and bountiful harvests. Niigata prefecture, in Northern Japan, is known for its rice paddies and rice production. Around this time of year the rice harvest becomes a...
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Wimbledon expands Last week the Deputy Mayor approved the All England Club's planning application to build 39 new...
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Last week the Deputy Mayor approved the All England Club's planning application to build 39 new tennis courts across Wimbledon Park. But was that decision right or was it wrong? extend across the road with a new show court and dozens of practice courts, and throw in a new...
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Hampton Water Works The square after Coventry Street on the Monopoly board is the Water Works. London has all kinds of...
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The square after Coventry Street on the Monopoly board is the Water Works. London has all kinds of water infrastructure, from sewage treatment works to reservoirs and ring mains, not to mention sewers, pumping stations and the Tideway Tunnel. But I thought I'd visit the largest...
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Overground renaming - Severe Delays One thing that happens when transport deadlines slip is that some things happen anyway, things that...
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One thing that happens when transport deadlines slip is that some things happen anyway, things that were supposed to be associated with the launch. The weekend Crossrail was supposed to open but didn't, for example, Adidas inexplicably released a set of purple trainers with a 3D...
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I went to the doctor's a couple of weeks ago, not because I needed to but because I thought I should. "Oh that seems fine," she said, in a wholly reassuring way. "But perhaps we ought to do some checks." On Monday I went back to my doctor's surgery for Check 1. It's always...
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Paddington plus Paddington tube station has another entrance. I know, another one. It already has a...
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Paddington tube station has another entrance. I know, another one. It already has a District/Circle/Bakerloo entrance on the mainline concourse, a separate District/Circle entrance across the road on Praed Street, a completely separate Circle/Hammersmith & City entrance over...
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When it opened anyone could pay four shillings to take a lift to the top of the Post Office Tower, and in that first year over a million people took up the offer. But the viewing platforms closed in 1971 following a terrorist explosion and the famous revolving restaurant closed...
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Open House (3) For Open House this weekend I visited twelve different and varied properties, ranging from...
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For Open House this weekend I visited twelve different and varied properties, ranging from underwhelm to amazeballs. I'll save the wow until later but here are brief reports on the others, hopefully as testament that exploring otherwise inaccessible spaces is an opportunity not...
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all photos by Takuya Seki courtesy Maru Architects Founded in 1870, Hanaju is a florist that has served Tokyo’s Yanaka neighborhood for over 150 years. The flower shop is located near the entrance of Yanaka Cemetery and is surrounded by traditional homes and businesses, including...
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Farewell Evening Standard The Evening Standard, first published in 1827, went to press for the last time on...
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The Evening Standard, first published in 1827, went to press for the last time on Thursday. <insert anecdotes here, including how it used to have competition, and how it used to be good, and how it used to cost money but you'd still buy it, and how it was never the same after...
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Bow Roundabout update #3 They've confirmed dates for the upcoming major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout. This is annoying...
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They've confirmed dates for the upcoming major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout. This is annoying for a number of reasons. It's hard to comprehend why local bus services have been worsened entirely unnecessarily for several weeks and I can only assume that this is because...
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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,...
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The Royal Mail Experiment Have you ever wondered whether the Royal Mail are failing to deliver your post on time? I've long...
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Have you ever wondered whether the Royal Mail are failing to deliver your post on time? I've long thought it suspicious that I go days without post then a whole batch arrives together, and that bills seem to arrive long after they were posted. But without evidence all this is...
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Canary Wharf 25 Today is Canary Wharf station's 25th birthday. Not the DLR station (that's 33) nor the Crossrail...
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Today is Canary Wharf station's 25th birthday. Not the DLR station (that's 33) nor the Crossrail station (that's 2) but the Jubilee line station which opened mid-afternoon on Friday 17th September 1999. The relentless commercialisation of Canary Wharf station "Twenty banks of...
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Hainan House, Angel Hainan is an island off the south coast of China about the size of Vancouver Island - that makes it...
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Hainan is an island off the south coast of China about the size of Vancouver Island - that makes it bigger than Sicily and Sardinia and twice the size of Hawaii, with a population of over 10 million people (more than London). And yet inevitably until last week I'd never heard of...
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Open House (2) For Open House Day Two I zipped around the capital and visited seven different and quite varied...
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For Open House Day Two I zipped around the capital and visited seven different and quite varied properties. It was a long day. I therefore don't have the time or energy to write about them all, not right now, so instead I've prioritised selecting some good photos and uploading...
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Open House (1) It's that time of year again when hundreds of London properties open their doors to the public if...
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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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Birmingham stations quiz Birmingham stations quiz Birmingham.   1) Cider Pub 2) Fresh Road 3) Valets Path 4) Jump...
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Birmingham stations quiz Birmingham.   1) Cider Pub 2) Fresh Road 3) Valets Path 4) Jump Street 5) Upland Road 6) Student Hub 7) Tree Quartet 8) Stony Mound 9) Wintry Mount 10) Little Common   11) Half Half Ring 12) Perfume Forest 13) Dark Chocolate 14) Pork Substitute 15)...
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The news from Birmingham Non-Hyperlocal update: The news from Birmingham 1) Ozzy the Bull, who you may remember stole the...
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Non-Hyperlocal update: The news from Birmingham 1) Ozzy the Bull, who you may remember stole the show at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, has been relocated to take pride of place at New Street station. To be fair he's been there since last summer but this is the...
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The news from Bow Hyperlocal update: The news from Bow 1) The Bow East by-election took place on Thursday and we have...
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Hyperlocal update: The news from Bow 1) The Bow East by-election took place on Thursday and we have a new councillor. • Abdi Mohamed [Labour]: 53% (↑6%) [Green]: 30% (↑14%) [Conservative]: 10% (↑4%) [Liberal Democrats]: 6% (↓2%) It was a strong Labour performance, taking over...
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Anorak corner (tube edition) Anorak Corner (the annual update) [tube edition] Hurrah, it's that time of year again when TfL...
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Anorak Corner (the annual update) [tube edition] Hurrah, it's that time of year again when TfL silently updates its spreadsheet of annual passenger entry/exit totals at every tube station. To be honest they did this last month, that's how silently the data was updated, but at...
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Tentacle-Inspired Leather Accessories Handcrafted by Cokeco Cokeco are a Fukuoka-based design duo who create leather accessories inspired by the natural...
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Cokeco are a Fukuoka-based design duo who create leather accessories inspired by the natural curiosities of the world around them. Lately, their attention has been focused on sealife: specifically, our multi-limbed mollusc friends whose tentacles provide endless inspiration for...
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Kempton Park One Stop Beyond: Kempton Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
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One Stop Beyond: Kempton Park In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London boundary, getting off and seeing what's there. Today that means Kempton Park, one stop beyond Hampton on the Shepperton line, a station which exists solely because of the...
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Pig Farm Alley Underwhelming London: Pig Farm Alley, Worcester Park Pig Farm Alley is a long straight path, off...
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Underwhelming London: Pig Farm Alley, Worcester Park Pig Farm Alley is a long straight path, off limits to traffic, in the London borough of Sutton. It runs from Trafalgar Avenue, off Stonecot Hill, to an edgeland nomansland by the Lower Morden Equestrian Centre. It's about a...
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London's weekly local papers In Motspur Park I saw a newsagent that still has an advert for the Surrey Comet above the awning. Is...
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In Motspur Park I saw a newsagent that still has an advert for the Surrey Comet above the awning. Is that still going, I wondered. And yes, it turns out it still publishes, though now as the Epsom & Surrey Comet. weekly local newspapers London still has. Barnet Borough...
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Craft Your Own Salt From Over 600 Varieties at this New Salt Specialist in Tokyo unless otherwise noted, all photos by Takeshi Shinto This summer, a unique store opened in Tokyo....
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unless otherwise noted, all photos by Takeshi Shinto This summer, a unique store opened in Tokyo. Located just a few steps away from Tokyo Sky Tree is “Guruguru Shakashaka,” a salt specialty store that lets you explore 600 varieties of salt and then blend your own. Equally unique...
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W12W13W14 Over the weekend TfL withdrew bus route 549, extended route W13 and substantially restructured...
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Over the weekend TfL withdrew bus route 549, extended route W13 and substantially restructured routes W12 and W14. I wrote about the changes last week, and how TfL's information strategy relied substantially on a very complicated map. I went back yesterday to see how the...
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Bow Roundabout update #2 Roadworks are supposed to have started at the Bow Roundabout but they haven't yet, indeed it's...
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Roadworks are supposed to have started at the Bow Roundabout but they haven't yet, indeed it's possible they've actually been put back by two weeks. This is somewhat peeving given substantial bus mitigation has already taken place - five routes have had their frequency...
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The Royal Oak, Whatcote There are so many different types of restaurant, so much variety in the ways and manner and styles...
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There are so many different types of restaurant, so much variety in the ways and manner and styles that we eat out, that sometimes it's amazing we find anything in common about the experience at all. And yet somehow we do, and restaurant critics and food blogs exist because, by...
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Climbing Campden Hill A Nice Walk: Campden Hill (¾ mile) Campden Hill, a full 42 metres above sea level. Here it is on a...
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A Nice Walk: Campden Hill (¾ mile) Campden Hill, a full 42 metres above sea level. Here it is on a topographic map, a raw bruise to the east of Holland Park, entirely untroubled by public transport. [1872 map] [2024 map] Campden Hill rises to the south of Notting Hill Gate,...
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It's this blog's 22nd birthday It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or...
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It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or 20, but it's still a big number.
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BBC Breaking News alerts Like millions of Britons I have the BBC News app on my phone, and like millions of Britons I get...
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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...
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Mildmay Weaver Windrush We're still a couple of weeks away from the renaming of the Overground lines. On the left is the...
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We're still a couple of weeks away from the renaming of the Overground lines. On the left is the list of Overground line closures displayed at every station this week... It may look unfamiliar, and the line names may not mean much to you yet. But I'd hope we can agree it's...
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Bow Roundabout update #1 Roadworks have yet to start at the Bow Roundabout but buses on route 8 have already been curtailed...
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Roadworks have yet to start at the Bow Roundabout but buses on route 8 have already been curtailed so they no longer start at Bus Stop M. Unfortunately nobody's told the passengers yet. They're still standing around waiting for buses that aren't coming, some for ages until the...
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Redbridge Museum reopens The London borough of Redbridge has boasted a solid mid-table museum since 2000, housed in a bespoke...
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The London borough of Redbridge has boasted a solid mid-table museum since 2000, housed in a bespoke corner on the second floor of Ilford's main library. But it's needed a bit of a refresh for a while so they used lockdown as a chance to start updating it with lottery money and...
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Poor predictions Two years ago today Liz Truss became Prime Minister. That went well. I took the opportunity to ask...
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Two years ago today Liz Truss became Prime Minister. That went well. I took the opportunity to ask who you thought would win the next General Election. I offered four options and asked you to "pick the outcome you expect, not the outcome you want". 83 of you had a...
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Route 549 London's next dead bus 549: Loughton to South Woodford Location: outer London/Essex Length of...
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London's next dead bus 549: Loughton to South Woodford Location: outer London/Essex Length of journey: 5 miles, 30 minutes 549, which dies tomorrow, is one of London's weirder bus routes. It was transferred to TfL control from Essex in 2003, hence the unusual opening digit. It...
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Rejigging the Bow Roundabout (this is the first post written on my new laptop) (Windows 11 remains very unfamiliar - a lot's...
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(this is the first post written on my new laptop) (Windows 11 remains very unfamiliar - a lot's changed since 7!) I'm still trying to work out what's going on with the imminent roadworks at the Bow Roundabout. I keep checking the Causeway one.network map where everything's...
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Slowing the Bow Roundabout (this is the last post written on my old laptop) temporary timetables on bus routes 25, 205, 276,...
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(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...
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Mamapen at the Sun and 13 Cantons, Soho There are a few pubs in London notable for their hosting of fledgling food businesses, giving...
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There are a few pubs in London notable for their hosting of fledgling food businesses, giving talented but cash-strapped teams a chance to test their market and their cooking skills without the risk and stress of opening a completely brand new restaurant. Over the years, you will...
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Leicester Square LEICESTER SQUARE £260   London's Monopoly Streets LEICESTER SQUARE Colour group: yellow Purchase...
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LEICESTER SQUARE £260   London's Monopoly Streets LEICESTER SQUARE Colour group: yellow Purchase price: £260 Rent: £22 Area: 2 acres Borough: Westminster Postcode: WC2 And so to the yellows, the 'entertainment' corner of the Monopoly board. One theory has it that their ordered...
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Route 310 Route 310: Golders Green - Stamford Hill Length of journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes promised during the...
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Route 310: Golders Green - Stamford Hill Length of journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes promised during the Mayoral election. It shadows two existing bus routes. It's being delivered on a twelve-month trial basis. It runs every day but not all of the day. It tackles one very specific...
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Unblogged August 31 unblogged things I did in August Thu 1: A new coffee shop has opened just inside the gateline at...
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31 unblogged things I did in August Thu 1: A new coffee shop has opened just inside the gateline at Whitechapel station (or at least I assumed it was new because it didn't have a name displayed anywhere, whereas apparently it opened in June). It turns out they're called Yellow...
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September events diary 2024 It's almost September again but never fear, London's putting on a last flurry of events, activities...
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It's almost September again but never fear, London's putting on a last flurry of events, activities and happenings before the nights draw in and we're all invited. Here's my weekend-by-weekend guide to free September delights. All month Totally Thames (Sep 1-30): Once again a...
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TfL FoI requests in August 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in August 2024 1) In 2023/24 TfL sold 3,143,828 One Day...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in August 2024 1) In 2023/24 TfL sold 3,143,828 One Day Travelcards (down 38% on 2018/19). They also sold 3,849,293 Weekly Travelcards (down 65%), 801,367 Monthly Travelcards (down 67%) and only 15,192 Annual Travelcards (down 80%). 2)...
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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...
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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...
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Poverest This is a sponsored post on behalf of the Poverest Tourist Board Visit Poverest - London's Secret...
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This is a sponsored post on behalf of the Poverest Tourist Board Visit Poverest - London's Secret Leisure Destination Poverest, the charming outer London suburb handily located on the Chislehurst Road, where a good time is always on offer. [map] Ask anyone in Poverest where...
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Opening up the Thames Path I'm indebted to Ian Visits for alerting me that a new stretch of the Thames Path has just opened up....
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I'm indebted to Ian Visits for alerting me that a new stretch of the Thames Path has just opened up. It's alongside Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham FC, where previously you had to divert inland around three sides of the stadium. That's no longer necessary because a new...
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London's most extreme roundabouts London's most extreme roundabouts i.e. the largest, smallest, deepest, farthest, earliest,...
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London's most extreme roundabouts i.e. the largest, smallest, deepest, farthest, earliest, weirdest, exitiest... all the extremes. roundabout anyway, and will also have gaps, omissions and inaccuracies, but thankfully a lot of my readers are inquisitive research-friendly...
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Theobalds Grove One Stop Beyond: Theobalds Grove In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
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One Stop Beyond: Theobalds Grove 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 Theobalds Grove, one stop beyond Turkey Street on the Southbury Loop, better known these days as the Weaver...
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From eight to nine Yesterday I undertook the not inconsequential task of buying a new laptop, something I'd been...
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Yesterday I undertook the not inconsequential task of buying a new laptop, something I'd been putting off for a long time. 2020 and your collective advice was "if it's still working keep using it" so I did. It's got slower, as you'd expect, but I've worked around that and put up...
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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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50 dull lists 50 dull lists UK cities without a railway station: Armagh, Ripon, St Asaph, St Davids,...
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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,...
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The refillable water bottle tube map If you were wondering what symbol would be added to the tube map next, how about a refillable water...
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If you were wondering what symbol would be added to the tube map next, how about a refillable water bottle? It's always obvious retrospectively. Overground network, hence the map is titled "London Overground stations with free drinking water fountains". The new symbol thus...
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Where's Gail's? The bakery chain Gail's has been busy spreading its sourdough tentacles across London over recent...
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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...
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Fenchurch Street FENCHURCH   STREET STATION 🚂 £200   London's Monopoly Streets FENCHURCH STREET STATION Group:...
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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...
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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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On multiple OS maps This is the town of Purley. three OS Landranger maps. Landranger maps, each drawn to a scale of...
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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...
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Abstract Paintings by Yuna Ogina Depict Intimate Human Connections Tokyo-based artist Ogino Yuna creates semi-abstract paintings using motifs of living things that are...
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Tokyo-based artist Ogino Yuna creates semi-abstract paintings using motifs of living things that are familiar to her, such as flowers and people. But for her latest exhibition, which just opened in Tokyo, the artist has pointed her brush at one of the most basic yet intimate...
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Hayling Island Seaside postcard: Hayling Island Hayling Island lies just off the south coast near the mouth of the...
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Seaside postcard: Hayling Island Hayling Island lies just off the south coast near the mouth of the Solent, just east of Portsmouth. It's England's 7th largest offshore island and 5th most populous, some way behind Wight and Portsea respectively, both of which are nextdoor. It...
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Minimal and Tranquil Charcoal Drawings by Masahiko Minami “TRYST” (2021) by Masahiko Minami. Charcoal and mixed-media on wood panel Masahiko Minami works with...
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“TRYST” (2021) by Masahiko Minami. Charcoal and mixed-media on wood panel Masahiko Minami works with charcoal and graphite to create minimalist landscapes in dramatic contrast. At once both familiar and foreign, the landscapes present a tension between absence and depth,...
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Havant Until yesterday I hadn't been to Havant. Havant is a large town in southeast Hampshire on the way...
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Until yesterday I hadn't been to Havant. Havant is a large town in southeast Hampshire on the way to Portsmouth. They Havant got many old buildings because most of the town burnt in a fire in 1760. Only the church and a row of cottages survived. St Faith's and they found...
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Hyperlocal news HYPERLOCAL HISTORY MONTH: Looking forward (I'm not sure things happening in September really count...
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HYPERLOCAL HISTORY MONTH: Looking forward (I'm not sure things happening in September really count as History, but they are Hyperlocal) Major roadworks at Bow Interchange announced temporary timetables are being introduced on bus routes 25, 205, 276, 277, 425 and D7 starting on...
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Bus timetables are rubbish TfL run all their services to timetable, but increasingly hide these from the public on the...
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TfL run all their services to timetable, but increasingly hide these from the public on the assumption we don't need to know. "The timetable redesign follows research that shows people want even more simplistic bus information than already exists. People want larger type and...
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Random Grid Square TQ2492 Greater London contains around 2000 National Grid squares, each 1km by 1km in size. What I like to...
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Greater London contains around 2000 National Grid squares, each 1km by 1km in size. What I like to do, very occasionally, is pick one at random, visit it and write about what's there. Which random grid square did I pick? TQ2492 Where is it? Frith Manor in the borough of Barnet,...
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Where to Explore Maine’s Outdoors and Dining—a Local's Guide
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Banksy's zoo Over the course of the last nine days, the artist Banksy has been out daily painting animals at...
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Over the course of the last nine days, the artist Banksy has been out daily painting animals at various locations across London. As publicity goes it's been a summer season masterstroke. Some have since been removed, some have been screened off, some have been further...
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The exclaves of Sutton This is Saffron Close, one of the exclaves* of Sutton. exclave, noun (plural exclaves) A portion...
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This is Saffron Close, one of the exclaves* of Sutton. exclave, noun (plural exclaves) A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part. It's a very ordinary late 20th century cul-de-sac, not far from the tram stop at Therapia Lane in the vicinity of Mitcham...
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30s update This is probably a good day for my annual heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at...
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This is probably a good day for my annual heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at Hampstead reached 30°C  JunJulAugSep 2010279/10   201127    2012 2518  2013 13  15/16/17  221  2014 18   2015 122  2016 18/19/202413 201717/18/19/20/216   2018 5/6/7/8 15 23 25/26/272/3...
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The Barn at Moor Hall, Ormskirk In restaurants that offer both an A La Carte and parallel set menu I often play a bit of a thought...
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In restaurants that offer both an A La Carte and parallel set menu I often play a bit of a thought experiment. If there was no such separation of options, and if all the dishes available were priced evenly on the same list, which would I end up going for? Set menus (usually,...
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Poohsticks Bridge In deepest East Sussex, on the edge of Ashdown Forest, is a famous bridge where a six year-old boy...
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In deepest East Sussex, on the edge of Ashdown Forest, is a famous bridge where a six year-old boy and a fictional bear invented a waterborne race. There was a broad track, almost as broad as a road, leading from the Outland to the Forest, but before it could come to the...
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25 years of hurt 25 years ago today a total solar eclipse could be seen from the UK. How is that ever quarter of a...
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25 years ago today a total solar eclipse could be seen from the UK. How is that ever quarter of a century ago? small part of the UK mainland in south Devon and Cornwall, arriving over Land's End at 11:10am and departing near Salcombe five minutes later. All you had to do to...
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Banksy's animals Over the course of this week, the artist Bansky has been out daily painting an animal at various...
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Over the course of this week, the artist Bansky has been out daily painting an animal at various locations across London. The sequence of events generally goes like this. Overnight: Bansky (or his henchpeople) paint an animal silhouette on a wall somewhere. Early morning: Local...
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Football pre-season update Football pre-season update Olympic Men's Football, as of three minutes ago, it's time to look...
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Football pre-season update Olympic Men's Football, as of three minutes ago, it's time to look forward 11 minutes to the start of the new football season. Championship at 8pm tonight with a pair of opening matches, one between title contenders Blackburn Rovers and title...
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Let's vote again (Bow East version) HYPERLOCAL HISTORY MONTH: Let's vote again Bow East you're about to get another chance to place a...
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HYPERLOCAL HISTORY MONTH: Let's vote again Bow East you're about to get another chance to place a cross on a ballot paper, and all because 15302 voters put their cross on a ballot paper somewhere else. by-election is being held in Bow East ward for a seat on Tower Hamlets...
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One Stop Beyond But what are the first stations beyond the Greater London boundary? Herts Moor Park...
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But what are the first stations beyond the Greater London boundary? Herts Moor Park z6/7 Carpenders Park z7 Herts Elstree and Borehamwood z6 Potters Bar Herts Cuffley Theobalds Grove z7 Waltham Cross z7 Essex Buckhurst Hill z5 Roding Valley z4 Grange Hill...
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Hinchley Wood One Stop Beyond: Hinchley Wood Hinchley Wood, one stop beyond Surbiton on the New Guildford...
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One Stop Beyond: Hinchley Wood Hinchley Wood, one stop beyond Surbiton on the New Guildford line. unsung fields to the east of Esher, officially in the parish of Thames Ditton, sliced through by a non-stopping railway. What changed things was the arrival of the Kingston Bypass...
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Tickets are being accepted on alternative services The tube was seriously disrupted in northwest London yesterday morning when a signal failure at...
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The tube was seriously disrupted in northwest London yesterday morning when a signal failure at Wembley Park caused line closures and serious delays. And the advice which popped up is the advice which often pops up in such a situation, which is that tickets were being accepted on...
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You must have a valid ticket before boarding Last month there were significant closures on the DLR and a replacement bus service ran. And...
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Last month there were significant closures on the DLR and a replacement bus service ran. And there was one particular sentence that surprised me the most. "You must have a valid ticket before boarding the replacement bus service." I've never seen that before, not on a TfL...
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Isometric Drawings of Sento, Kissaten and other Japanese Establishments by Honami Enya rendering of the Takara-yu sento in Tokyo Japanese illustrator Enya Honami uses a style of...
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rendering of the Takara-yu sento in Tokyo Japanese illustrator Enya Honami uses a style of architectural rendering known as isometric drawings to faithfully recreate cross-sections of Japanese public bathhouses, or sento. Honami is a skilled draughtswoman by trade, having...
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Trafalgar Square TRAFALGAR SQUARE £240   London's Monopoly Streets TRAFALGAR SQUARE Colour group: red Purchase...
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TRAFALGAR SQUARE £240   London's Monopoly Streets TRAFALGAR SQUARE Colour group: red Purchase price: £240 Rent: £20 Area: 3 acres Borough: Westminster Postcode: WC2 four streets on the Monopoly board (all the pinks plus Strand) and is also a property in its own right. I've...
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Why are people wrong? Why are people wrong? There's no need to be wrong these days, all the facts are there. All you...
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Why are people wrong? There's no need to be wrong these days, all the facts are there. All you need to do is look. It's not clear where all this wrongness comes from. Nobody's born with wrong opinions but many accrue them later in life. Could be nature, could be nurture,...
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Tomohiro Inaba Invites Viewers to Complete the Story of His Sculptures “To the promised land” (2024) | installation view at YukikoMizutani Tomohiro Inaba is an artist who...
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“To the promised land” (2024) | installation view at YukikoMizutani Tomohiro Inaba is an artist who creates sculptures that engage the viewer through their own imagination. Depending on your point of view, Inaba’s works look like they’re either disintegrating into mid-air or or...
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Sullivanlessness London's only independent bus operator threw in the towel on Friday, withdrawing their services from...
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London's only independent bus operator threw in the towel on Friday, withdrawing their services from eleven routes in north London. Sullivan Buses have operated out of South Mimms since 1998 and will continue to run their Herts-based services as usual. But boss Dean Sullivan has...
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Three 15-minute posts Here are the other three submissions to my "Write A Post in 15 minutes" challenge. They have more of...
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Here are the other three submissions to my "Write A Post in 15 minutes" challenge. They have more of an out and about theme. The first is from Peter who lives in south Devon, not actually in Honiton but fairly close. The second is from Lorenzo and was originally laid out with ten...
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Manga Artist Hirohiko Araki Pays Tribute to Osaka Station’s History and Culture with New Public Art... Osaka Station just got a little more bizzare. Manga artist Hirohiko Araki, known best for his epic...
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Osaka Station just got a little more bizzare. Manga artist Hirohiko Araki, known best for his epic saga Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, has installed his first-ever public art piece at Osaka Station’s West Gate. Titled “Fountain Boy,” the circular, back-lit sculpture pays homage to the...
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Six 15-minute posts Here are six brief posts, none of which I spent more than 15 minutes on. 1) The consultation...
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Here are six brief posts, none of which I spent more than 15 minutes on. 1) The consultation report for "Extending the DLR from Gallions Reach to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead" has just been published. At this very early stage in the project it focused on asking people...
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Lower Lea Valley Bus Review HYPERLOCAL BUS NEWS: Lower Lea Valley Bus Review development papers focused on particular...
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HYPERLOCAL BUS NEWS: Lower Lea Valley Bus Review development papers focused on particular geographical areas. A recent set covers the Lower Lea Valley, an area of "historically relatively low trip-generating industrial land progressively transforming into higher trip-generating...
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Hyperlocal History Month August is often Local History Month on diamond geezer. I thought this year I might go hyperlocal and...
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August is often Local History Month on diamond geezer. I thought this year I might go hyperlocal and bring you historical details of objects and places particularly close to home. We'll see how it goes. HYPERLOCAL HISTORY MONTH: My fridge My fridge is four years old, having...
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TfL FoI requests in July 2024 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2024 1) TfL will not reveal the maximum speed on...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2024 1) TfL will not reveal the maximum speed on each tube line because "disclosure of the information you have requested would be likely to adversely affect the safety and security of TfL employees and members of the general...
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Unblogged July 31 unblogged things I did in July Mon 1: "Oooh," I thought, "I bet that's the last London park in...
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31 unblogged things I did in July Mon 1: "Oooh," I thought, "I bet that's the last London park in alphabetical order, I wonder what the first is." So if you see a post one day called The A-Z of London Parks, that's where the idea came from. Tue 2: Unblogged follow-up to my Free...
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4 Kessler Collection Hotels with Art in the Southern U.S.
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The best value London sightseeing bus The best value London sightseeing bus It's hard to get an objective opinion. If you head to the...
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The best value London sightseeing bus It's hard to get an objective opinion. If you head to the Visit London website it turns out they have an affiliate deal with Golden Tours and promote them heavily at the top of their list, with two other operators tucked a long way down and...
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The Ivers Today is Buckinghamshire Day, a celebration of all things Northwest Home Counties, or at least it is...
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Today is Buckinghamshire Day, a celebration of all things Northwest Home Counties, or at least it is if you're a flagpole fetishist or a features writer with a gap to fill. It might sound historic but was actually conjured up in 2015 for no better reason than that on 29th July...
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Watch AcquaintanceWatch #28July Wochabinupto? Blog visitors: 0 Blog comments: 0 Blog content: Hours out:...
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AcquaintanceWatch #28July Wochabinupto? Blog visitors: 0 Blog comments: 0 Blog content: Hours out: 0 Nights out: 0 Alcohol intake: 0 Becks Tea intake: 0 Trains used: 0 Steps walked: 0 Mystery count: 0 comments if(postComments['231203823120386'] != null){document.write(' (' +...
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Some transport news Some transport news Overground news It's only accessible via QR code so it's not that...
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Some transport news Overground news It's only accessible via QR code so it's not that accessible, but I clicked through and discovered the URL is vin.cloud.gomedia.io/HOXTON so you can check it out too. The homescreen is a list of the next three departures and their expected...
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Summer Olympics of my lifetime Summer Olympics of my lifetime 10th October 1964: Tokyo Tokyo Melody by Helmut Zacharias - and...
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Summer Olympics of my lifetime 10th October 1964: Tokyo Tokyo Melody by Helmut Zacharias - and helped propel it to number 9 in the singles chart. As one of a limited number of 7-inches in our record box while I was growing up it got a lot of plays, and I still subliminally love...
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Upgrading to Lufthansa Allegris’ New Business Class
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New Rent-Free Apartments Aspire to Support Budding Manga Artists a rendering of Manga Apartment VUY, for which occupancy will begin in March 2025 For many years, a...
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a rendering of Manga Apartment VUY, for which occupancy will begin in March 2025 For many years, a model has existed in Japan in which subsidized housing supports manga artists who are early in their career and have not yet established an audience. One of the earliest was the...
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Rail & Heritage Loop A Nice Walk?: Rail & Heritage Loop (18 miles) Buro Happold, in association with social enterprise...
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A Nice Walk?: Rail & Heritage Loop (18 miles) Buro Happold, in association with social enterprise Footways, have just launched a new circular walking route linking 10 central London rail termini. It's not meant for speedy connections, more for recreational wandering, and ticks...
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Cafe Kitty, Soho For someone who spends an unhealthy amount of time thinking about and reading about restaurants, I...
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For someone who spends an unhealthy amount of time thinking about and reading about restaurants, I consider it a personal failing that I didn't connect Cafe Kitty (Soho) with Kitty Fisher's (Mayfair) until it came up in conversation about halfway through dinner. In my defence,...
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Rooms Through TIme The Museum of the Home in Hoxton has evolved again. It used to be the Geffrye Museum, a linear...
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The Museum of the Home in Hoxton has evolved again. It used to be the Geffrye Museum, a linear celebration of historic middle-class interiors. In 1998 it extended beyond the almshouses into a loopy extension with cafe and gift shop. In 2021 they added a thematic basement, shifted...
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Fleet Street FLEET STREET £220   London's Monopoly Streets FLEET STREET Colour group: red Purchase price:...
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FLEET STREET £220   London's Monopoly Streets FLEET STREET Colour group: red Purchase price: £220 Rent: £18 Length: 500m Borough: City of London Postcode: EC4 Fleet Street precisely links the edge of the ancient walled city (at Ludgate) to the edge of the expanded medieval...
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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...
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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...
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RM70 Every 10 years the Routemaster Association likes to take over Finsbury Park with a mass line-up of...
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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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Washside postcards Washside postcards: Hunstanton → King's Lynn ✉ Head south from Hunstanton and the first village you...
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Washside postcards: Hunstanton → King's Lynn ✉ Head south from Hunstanton and the first village you graze is Heacham, home of Norfolk Lavender. It describes itself as "England's premier lavender farm (est. 1932) with nearly 100 acres of lavender" so we had high hopes, but it was...
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Hunstanton Seaside postcard: Hunstanton Hunstanton is a seaside town at the northwest tip of Norfolk and...
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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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Bus of the day 197 Bus Route Of The Day 197: Croydon to Peckham Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 10 miles,...
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Bus Route Of The Day 197: Croydon to Peckham Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 10 miles, 65 minutes Because it's 19th July I've been out riding the 197, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. My apologies for the repetition. Threepenny Bit building, stopping not...
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NewsBites From Norfolk NewsBites From Norfolk (It's been a busy week) n.b. one of these didn't actually happen, sorry.
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An Ethereal Bubble Emerges from a Japanese Townhouse in New Art Installation by MAD Architects photos by Osamu Nakamura In Niigata prefecture’s Murono Village, a surreal scene has unfolded…or...
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photos by Osamu Nakamura In Niigata prefecture’s Murono Village, a surreal scene has unfolded…or should I say, inflated? From the rear of an abandoned townhouse a colossal, semi-transparent bubble has emerged, immediately transforming the quiet village into what could easily be...
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The Best Theme Parks, Festivals, and More in Florida
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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...
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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....
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Bus of the day 187 Bus Route Of The Day 187: West Hampstead to Park Royal Quadrant: London northwest Length of journey:...
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Bus Route Of The Day 187: West Hampstead to Park Royal Quadrant: London northwest Length of journey: 8 miles, 60 minutes Because it's 18th July I've been out riding the 187, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. It's no big hitter. twiddling round backstreets in an...
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East Anglia Pylons More News From Norfolk 110 mile line of pylons all the way from Norwich to the Thames. It's needed...
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More News From Norfolk 110 mile line of pylons all the way from Norwich to the Thames. It's needed to help connect an increasing number of wind farms in the North Sea to population centres in London and the southeast, because it's no good having all that cheap energy if you...
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4 Outdoor Adventures Near Marriott Hotels in Florida
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Bus of the day 177 Bus Route Of The Day 177: Peckham to Thamesmead Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 12...
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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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The News From Norfolk I'm in Norfolk all this week, so expect a mild dose of The News From Norfolk Norfolk has more...
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I'm in Norfolk all this week, so expect a mild dose of The News From Norfolk Norfolk has more Labour MPs than Conservative MPs. That's very unusual in what's normally true blue territory, indeed it hasn't happened since 1945. What's even more unusual is that Norfolk now has MPs...
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3 Ideas for a Family or Group Trip in Florida
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Bus of the day 167 Bus Route Of The Day 167: Ilford to Loughton Quadrant: London northeast Length of journey: 8 miles,...
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Bus Route Of The Day 167: Ilford to Loughton Quadrant: London northeast Length of journey: 8 miles, 50 minutes Because it's 16th July I've been out riding the 167, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. Let's hit the Home Counties. 167 extends far enough to properly enter...
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Midsummer Day Officially Midsummer Day is 24th June. And midsummer is also 6th August. astronomical definition...
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Officially Midsummer Day is 24th June. And midsummer is also 6th August. astronomical definition of summer is the period between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. Summer is 94 days long so we're looking for the 47th day after the solstice and that's 6th August....