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diamond geezer
TfL FoI requests in July 2025 25 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2025 1) It's anticipated that buses on route SL7...
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25 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in July 2025 1) It's anticipated that buses on route SL7 will eventually be replaced by electric double deck vehicles with single doors and 2m of luggage space. Current vehicles have either 1m or 3m. 2) Non-foldable e-bikes without the...
Londonist
A First Look At Lucy Sparrow's Fantastic New Felt Chippy In Mayfair A fish and chip made entirely from felt — and it's a delight!
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The Hundred: The What, When And Where Of 2025's Cricket League Plenty happening at the Oval and Lord's.
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Mayor Of London Opposes Latest Heathrow Third Runway Plans Cites "severe impact it will have in terms of noise, air pollution."
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Londonist
Ticket Alert: Chelsea History Festival 2025 Programme Announced Get booking for 80+ talks and tours this September.
3 weeks ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Luna, Shad Thames This is not going to be a long post. Not because Luna - a cosy little new wine bar from the people...
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This is not going to be a long post. Not because Luna - a cosy little new wine bar from the people behind Legare just over the road - isn't good, but rather because it really isn't going to take me long to describe why it's good. Because it's really not rocket science - take...
Londonist
What Goes On Inside Duck Island Cottage In St James's Park? "It is the glamping version of office work."
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Londonist
The Great River Race 2025: The London Marathon... But On The Thames Passing beneath 28 bridges.
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diamond geezer
Unblogged July 31 unblogged things I did in July Tue 1: Thanks for your 57 comments on Unblogged June, even if...
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31 unblogged things I did in July Tue 1: Thanks for your 57 comments on Unblogged June, even if they were predominantly about smoke alarms. I have now sorted the issue, thanks (and the replacement will itself need to be replaced in ten years' time). Wed 2: In surprising news, as...
Londonist
Why You Should Go To... Hastings: Things To Do In The East Sussex Town According to someone who grew up there.
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Londonist
Why You Should Go To... Hastings: Things To Do In The East Sussex Town According to someone who grew up there.
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Londonist
The Soaring Suffragist: Muriel Matters That time a flying suffragist tried to drop leaflets on the King.
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diamond geezer
diamond geezer goes YouTube I'm pleased to announce that your daily diamond geezer blogpost is now available on YouTube. Here's...
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I'm pleased to announce that your daily diamond geezer blogpost is now available on YouTube. Here's yesterday's bus route post presented in video format. My thanks to Ryan, the AI voiceover bot, for doing the commentary. And wow, who realised a single 1200-word post could...
diamond geezer
Ofcom media trends report Ofcom's annual report on UK media trends was released yesterday, packed with fascinating insights...
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Ofcom's annual report on UK media trends was released yesterday, packed with fascinating insights about how we consume audio, video, news and all kinds of on-demand streaming. [94 page pdf] Over a typical month, (85%) than live TV (67%) (68%) than streamed music (62%) (53%)...
Londonist
Famous Simpsons In The Strand Restaurant To Reopen This Autumn Return of the beef trolleys.
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diamond geezer
Horseguards to Buckingham Palace London's newest bus L10: Horseguards to Buckingham Palace Location: London central Length of bus...
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London's newest bus L10: Horseguards to Buckingham Palace Location: London central Length of bus journey: ½ mile, 14 minutes The route is relatively straightforward, running from a temporary bus stand at the northern end of Horse Guards Road to a terminus outside the front...
Londonist
In Pictures: Lionesses Celebrate In Front Of Buckingham Palace Might as well make Sweet Caroline the national anthem now.
4 weeks ago
Londonist
Totally Thames 2025: London's Month-Long Festival Of All Things Riverine A marathon along the Thames and a gig in a pumping station.
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Londonist
What's The Average Rent In Each London Borough? The 2025 stats are in.
4 weeks ago
diamond geezer
London's dialling codes 020 is the dialling code for London. This is Wikipedia's map of the 020 dialling code area. It...
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020 is the dialling code for London. This is Wikipedia's map of the 020 dialling code area. It forms an approximate circle spreading 20 miles from the centre of London. But London is not circular. Places outside London with an 020 dialling code telephone exchanges outside...
diamond geezer
A tribute to Tom Lehrer A tribute to Tom Lehrer (1928-2025)   🔊
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Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 2-3 August 2025 A rooftop beach, a free street party and a new chippy with a twist.
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Tate Modern To Open Late Every Friday And Saturday From September Stay up to three hours after normal closing time.
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Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 28 July-3 August 2025 Things to do for a fiver or less.
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Londonist
Victorious Lionesses To Parade Through Central London On An Open Top Bus A chance to celebrate with your heroes.
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diamond geezer
All the royal cyphers The first pillar boxes were introduced in 1853, since when Britain has had seven monarchs. I wanted...
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The first pillar boxes were introduced in 1853, since when Britain has had seven monarchs. I wanted to track down one postbox from each reign, noting that two of these could prove quite tricky, so I did my research and headed off to Dartford in Kent to try to grab the full set. I...
Spoon & Tamago
Tokyo’s Coolest Cats Take Over Galerie LE MONDE Discover new artists, take home some new art and do it all for a good cause. The CAT POWER 2025...
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Discover new artists, take home some new art and do it all for a good cause. The CAT POWER 2025 exhibition is back at Galerie LE MONDE in Harajuku, Tokyo—marking the return of its annual cat‑themed charity show, now in its 10th edition. illustration by Rina Yoshioka, who creates...
Londonist
Twin Peaks Festival Comes To London This September It's the first since David Lynch's death.
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diamond geezer
Euros final liveblog Euros final liveblog  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 09:00 The day of destiny is here! A nation dares to...
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Euros final liveblog  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 09:00 The day of destiny is here! A nation dares to dream! 11:00 The Lionesses can rewrite history! 12:00 Mentality! Passion! Togetherness! 13:00 England expects a famous victory! 14:00 (Spain are also potential winners) 15:00 One final...
diamond geezer
Bonnington Square 45 45 Squared 26) BONNINGTON SQUARE, SW8 Borough of Lambeth, 80m×40m terraced loop sandwiched midway...
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45 45 Squared 26) BONNINGTON SQUARE, SW8 Borough of Lambeth, 80m×40m terraced loop sandwiched midway between the station and the Oval Cricket Ground, tantalisingly close to both but impressively well screened. It has a similar neighbour called Vauxhall Grove which is both leafy...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 21-27 July 2025 The best articles from the past week.
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Londonist
The Soho Sculpture Celebrating The Arrival Of Asylum Seekers A memorial to Huguenot refugees.
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diamond geezer
Cannon Brook THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Cannon Brook Northwood → Ruislip Common → Ruislip (2½ miles) upstream,...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Cannon Brook Northwood → Ruislip Common → Ruislip (2½ miles) upstream, climbing from Ruislip's HS2 edgelands to Northwood's Iron Bridge. River Pinn just north of Ruislip Golf Course, which is currently sealed off having been conscripted for use as a...
Londonist
London Month Of The Dead 2025 - A Spine-Chilling Array Of Events Lots of things happening by candlelight 🕯️
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Londonist
Sip Your Way Around The World At This Huge Wine Festival The Laithwaites Wine Festival returns this autumn.
a month ago
Londonist
55+ Summery Things To Do In London This Month: August 2025 Carnival! Afternoon Tea Week! A lovely long bank holiday weekend!
a month ago
Londonist
London's Museum Lates: Top Evening Events In The Capital Late night events at London's museums and galleries.
a month ago
diamond geezer
More transport news July 2025 What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success...
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What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success unless it isn't detailed data reports on how the Silvertown Tunnel's doing every three months and the first report is just out. Here are ten things I noticed. » Since the...
Londonist
When A 17-Metre-Long Whale Washed Up In Greenwich... But All Wasn't As It Seemed Spouting lies.
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Londonist
London Podcast Festival: Big Names On Line-Up For 10th Anniversary Inc. Dan Snow and No Such Thing.
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diamond geezer
Three questions I was on the train between Norwood Junction and London Bridge and I said "this is quite a long way...
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I was on the train between Norwood Junction and London Bridge and I said "this is quite a long way isn't it?" "Longer than most," they said. "I wonder what the longest journey between stations in London is?" I said. "That sounds like the sort of thing you'd blog about," they...
Cheese and Biscuits
Bo.Tic, Corçà You will probably be aware that Catalonia has well more than its fair share of influential...
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You will probably be aware that Catalonia has well more than its fair share of influential restaurants, a tradition that runs from El Bulli through Can Roca and Disfrutar and has fanned out in all kinds of interesting ways across all levels of the culinary scene, from the most...
Londonist
Take A Free Water Bike Ride In Stratford This Thursday A lovely way to admire the East Bank.
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Londonist
22 Events Worth Leaving London For This August Where to escape the summer heat of the city.
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Londonist
What Lies Behind The Egyptian Facade Of The Old Carlton Cinema On Essex Road? You can now go on tours of the stunning picturehouse.
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diamond geezer
Transport News July 2025 What's new this week in the world of London transport? Cutting the DLR timetable walk-through...
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What's new this week in the world of London transport? Cutting the DLR timetable walk-through train arrived for testing in January 2023 and should have entered public service in April 2024, yet somehow still hasn't. The latest official estimate for the first new train in public...
Londonist
Competition: Win A Free Weekend BMW Car Rental With SIXT To Celebrate The Oasis Tour Drive around London in a Bimmer, courtesy of SIXT.
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Londonist
The Human League Did '28 Days Later' 14 Years Earlier The video to Life on Your Own looks very familiar.
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Major Shake-Up To DLR Timetable Ahead Of New Trains Later This Year Inc. no Beckton to Canning Town/Stratford International services.
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Things To Do In London Over The August 2025 Bank Holiday Weekend The best events in London, from festivals to Carnival.
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