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Londonist
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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Londonist
8 Lovely Lakeside Walks Near London Water way to have a good time.
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diamond geezer
Random I wondered if there was any mileage in further 'Random' blog series. Random grid reference: ...
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I wondered if there was any mileage in further 'Random' blog series. Random grid reference: TQ269722 Springfield Park Wandsworth SW17 precise spot is a block of flats just over the wall, but I was in Springfield Park just last week and blogged all about it so there's no point...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 26-27 July 2025 A Saxon camp reenactment, Japanese ballet and a jerk cookout.
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You Might Soon Be Able To Climb Brentford's Italianate Tower Again Crowdfunder launched to restore stand-pipe tower.
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Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 21-27 July 2025 Things to do for a fiver or less.
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Londonist
Things To Do In Sevenoaks Spend a day there... just don't go looking for seven oak trees.
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diamond geezer
Grove Park Nature Reserve For today's post I selected a six-figure grid reference somewhere in London, entirely at random, and...
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For today's post I selected a six-figure grid reference somewhere in London, entirely at random, and then visited the selected spot. That'll make a change from posting about railways, I thought. But I thought wrong. Random grid reference: TQ402727 Grove Park Nature Reserve...
Spoon & Tamago
Flushing into the Future: Toto’s High-Tech Health Tracker Imagine sitting on your toilet and getting a personalized health report sent straight to your phone....
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Imagine sitting on your toilet and getting a personalized health report sent straight to your phone. No clinic visit, no awkward conversations. Just data, insight, and… well, your poop. This isn’t science fiction anymore. Toilets in Japan have long been known for their...
Londonist
When Pigs That Could Spell, Read And Count Were All The Rage Clever swine.
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diamond geezer
Inspiration 200 Railways are 200 years old this year, and one of the highlights of the anniversary celebrations is...
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Railways are 200 years old this year, and one of the highlights of the anniversary celebrations is the Inspiration Train. pre-book but I chanced my luck at Waterloo station yesterday while the rest of the station was in total signalling meltdown, smiled sweetly and got...
Spoon & Tamago
Joe Hisaishi’s ‘Summer’ Reimagined as a Short Film Originally composed as the main theme for Takeshi Kitano’s 1999 film Kikujiro, Joe Hisaishi’s...
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Originally composed as the main theme for Takeshi Kitano’s 1999 film Kikujiro, Joe Hisaishi’s timeless piece “Summer” has long been cherished in Japan as the soundtrack of nostalgic summer memories. Now, this beloved masterpiece is reimagined as a short film. Set in a high school...
Londonist
The Sidney Street Mural: Digging Into The Details Whitechapel's recent wall painting.
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diamond geezer
Hatton Cross 50 Another Saturday, another significant station birthday. This time it's a 50th birthday and it's on...
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Another Saturday, another significant station birthday. This time it's a 50th birthday and it's on the Underground, the anniversary station being Hatton Cross. brand new rolling stock was introduced on the Piccadilly line, freshly fitted out with additional luggage space. The...
Londonist
A 'Hogarthian Rave' Is Going Down In Trafalgar Square Next Weekend Odds bodkins!
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Cheese and Biscuits
El Molí de l’Escala, L'Escala I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting...
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I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting this part of the world. The first couple of visits were pre-blog and pre-camera phone and I don't remember much about it other than being sat in those same ancient vaulted rooms...
Londonist
Dazzling Yellow PYO Sunflower Farms And Fields Near London: Summer 2025 And it was all yellow.
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Londonist
Fergie Finally Finds The Correct London Bridge - Two Decades After Blundering Music Video Water under the bridge?
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Londonist
Visit A Museum Of Vintage TVs, And A Moated Manor House: Heritage Open Days 2025 September = Xmas for London lovers.
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Spoon & Tamago
In a New Pop-Up Exhibition, Erica Ward Presents Tokyo as a Living, Breathing Organism all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and...
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all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and watercolor artist who has called Tokyo her home for over 10 years. Inspired by Japanese designs and imagery, as well as the ever-changing landscape of Tokyo, Ward reinterprets everyday...
Londonist
Where To Find Eduardo Paolozzi's Sculptures In London They're scattered across the city.
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Londonist
That Time Jayne Mansfield Opened The Chiswick Flyover Strange bedfellows indeed.
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diamond geezer
I remember I remember film for cameras. You couldn't just wander around with a smartphone snapping willynilly,...
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I remember film for cameras. You couldn't just wander around with a smartphone snapping willynilly, you needed special film like Colourprint II designed for instant loading cameras. You bought a box of film from the shop, in this case Boots, and had to manoeuvre the cartridge...
Londonist
Open House Festival 2025: Which Buildings Are Open? Which Need Booking? First details of this year's architecture fest.
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Streatham Hill's A23 Set For Major Overhaul New crossings, cycle lanes, public spaces and more.
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Londonist
Canada Water Is London's Next Hotspot: Here's Why A new town square, and London's first new high street for 100 years.
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diamond geezer
Tables Back in 2003 I saw a table on Jonathan's blog and thought "ooh, I wonder how he did that". I checked...
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Back in 2003 I saw a table on Jonathan's blog and thought "ooh, I wonder how he did that". I checked the source code and tried to unpick it, also consulted my Teach Yourself HTML4 book, and so sussed out how tables worked. And since then tables have been a regular feature on this...
Londonist
Things To Do In London In The Summer Holidays 2025 Family-friendly shows, exhibitions and events for all ages.
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diamond geezer
Thirties The third week of July has more 30°+ temperatures than any other week of the year. heatwave...
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The third week of July has more 30°+ temperatures than any other week of the year. heatwave update. Dates on which the temperature at Hampstead reached 30°C  JunJulAugSep 2010279/10   201127    2012 2518  2013 13  15/16/17...
diamond geezer
45 Squared map 45 45 Squared (this because 2025 = 45², remember) ...
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45 45 Squared (this because 2025 = 45², remember) Harrow  BarnetEnfield MarketHaringey MarwoodW ForestRedbridge ShakespeareHavering Balgores Hillingdon The SquareEaling HallidayBrentCamden CentralIslington NorthamptonHackneyBark&Dag Osborne Hounslow FerryH'smith &FK&...
diamond geezer
The Swithinometer Yesterday was St Swithin's Day. n.b. It may not have rained for you but it rained where I was and...
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Yesterday was St Swithin's Day. n.b. It may not have rained for you but it rained where I was and that's what counts. I had to hide in a hedge near Heathrow to avoid getting drenched, and I thought ah well, rain every day until August 24th. disproved as rubbish, obviously,...
diamond geezer
Go Find Miracles TfL sometimes struggle to get the media to notice a good press launch, but I got lucky yesterday and...
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TfL sometimes struggle to get the media to notice a good press launch, but I got lucky yesterday and stumbled upon their latest project at Waterloo station while travelling home from riding a duff bus. I knew something was up when I noticed an art workshop at the top of the...
diamond geezer
Route 700 Route 700: Colliers Wood to Phipps Bridge Estate Location: London southwest Length of bus journey:...
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Route 700: Colliers Wood to Phipps Bridge Estate Location: London southwest Length of bus journey: 1½ miles, 7 minutes new temporary bus route with a high number. The latest is the 700, a number chosen because it replaces part of route 200, a lowly twiddler in the borough of...
AFAR Media - Travel...
52 of the Best Places to Visit in the U.S.
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diamond geezer
Market Square 45 45 Squared 25) MARKET SQUARE, N9 Borough of Enfield, 70m×50m Market Square in Edmonton. New not...
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45 45 Squared 25) MARKET SQUARE, N9 Borough of Enfield, 70m×50m Market Square in Edmonton. New not old, enclosed not open, basic not aspirational, blouses not yogawear, also you can't drive a vehicle into it which I think is a first in this year-long series. Come with me to the...
diamond geezer
The Square 45 45 Squared 24) THE SQUARE, TW9 Borough of Richmond, 60m come together beneath a zinc-scaled dome....
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45 45 Squared 24) THE SQUARE, TW9 Borough of Richmond, 60m come together beneath a zinc-scaled dome. One of the main streets is The Quadrant, one of the passageways is The Passage and stretching briefly to the east is The Square. This isn't square, just as The Quadrant isn't...
diamond geezer
Motspur Park 100 As part of this year's Railway200 celebrations, special events and community get-togethers with a...
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As part of this year's Railway200 celebrations, special events and community get-togethers with a rail connection are taking place across the country. And yesterday a very special one took place at Motspur Park station because, coincidentally in this 200th anniversary year, it...
diamond geezer
Springfield Park Earlier this week the Mayor opened London's largest new park since the 2012 Olympics. It's...
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Earlier this week the Mayor opened London's largest new park since the 2012 Olympics. It's Springfield Park in Tooting, and given Sadiq went to school less than half a mile away he was surely* well chuffed. Springfield Park covers 32 acres around the rim of a new health...
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Events + Festivals Near Yosemite National Park to Attend
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Why Spring and Fall Are the Best Seasons for a Yosemite Trip
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Spoon & Tamago
Haneno Suzuki Brings Playful Lines to Shibuya Tokyo-based artist Haneno Suzuki has a way of turning something everyday as paper into something...
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Tokyo-based artist Haneno Suzuki has a way of turning something everyday as paper into something completely unexpected in her solo exhibition “Playful Lines“, currently on view at (Place) by Method in Shibuya. Running from July 4th to 19th, 2025, the show invites visitors to...
diamond geezer
Snail mail Yesterday Ofcom agreed to Royal Mail's request to deliver 2nd class mail slower and on fewer days....
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Yesterday Ofcom agreed to Royal Mail's request to deliver 2nd class mail slower and on fewer days. Great, said Royal Mail, we'll start doing just that from 28th July. You'll either have to post your letters and cards earlier or shrug and put up with it. a) Saturdays will be...
Spoon & Tamago
Earth, Reimagined on the Shores of Ishigaki Sou Fujimoto’s newest project, Earth, is a vacation home that nearly disappears into the landscape...
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Sou Fujimoto’s newest project, Earth, is a vacation home that nearly disappears into the landscape of Ishigaki Island. Built for NOT A HOTEL, the circular villa is topped with a green roof and designed to feel like part of the land itself. From above, it reads more like a natural...
diamond geezer
c2c Senior Rover Often the best value travel comes from a rover ticket, and this is an absolute bargain. Senior...
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Often the best value travel comes from a rover ticket, and this is an absolute bargain. Senior Rover allows unlimited train travel on the c2c network beyond London, i.e. all the stations on this map, for the measly sum of £7. It can only be used after 9.30am on weekdays, not at...
diamond geezer
Rebranding the Waterloo & City The opportunity has arisen to spaff your brand across the Waterloo & City line. Bring your dosh,...
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The opportunity has arisen to spaff your brand across the Waterloo & City line. Bring your dosh, share your collateral, own the journey. To be clear you don't get to rename the line. TfL's commercial mavens would love to do that, prostituting their most iconic assets to...
diamond geezer
Unblogged July 1985 31 unblogged things I did in July 1985 They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago,...
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31 unblogged things I did in July 1985 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 20 and July was the start of the...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Recharge: Park City’s Mindful Escapes
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diamond geezer
The most visited attractions in each English county The most visited attractions in each English county Visit England) [data is for 2024] Bedfordshire:...
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The most visited attractions in each English county Visit England) [data is for 2024] Bedfordshire: Whipsnade Zoo, Wrest Park, Shuttleworth Collection Berkshire: Windsor Great Park, Windsor Castle, Basildon Park Bristol: Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol Zoo, Wake the...
diamond geezer
The 3 Most Visited Free Attractions in England It's Official - I Went To The 3 Most Visited Free Attractions in England 1) BRITISH MUSEUM (6.5...
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It's Official - I Went To The 3 Most Visited Free Attractions in England 1) BRITISH MUSEUM (6.5 million visitors, 2024) 2) NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (5.9 million visitors, 2024) 3) TATE MODERN (4.6 million visitors, 2024) A huge hall that's empty most of the year. Four...
diamond geezer
London 2012 +20 Twenty years ago in a Singapore hotel, 54 IOC delegates voted to award the 2012 Olympic Games to...
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Twenty years ago in a Singapore hotel, 54 IOC delegates voted to award the 2012 Olympic Games to London. Few saw it coming, the expectation was that the Games would go to Paris and that Seb Coe and friends had valiantly wasted years of effort. Instead the world came to Stratford...