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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...
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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...
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Haringey NEWS Haringey South southernmost point in the borough of Haringey. Which is this pub on the Seven...
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Haringey South southernmost point in the borough of Haringey. Which is this pub on the Seven Sisters Road. Finsbury Park station is 50 metres away. The southern tip of Haringey is a properly busy spot, a staggered crossroads between a mainline station and a massive park gate....
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What to Do in Park City This Summer
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Kuroneko Delivers More Than Just Packages at Expo 2025 If you’re heading to the Osaka Expo, you need to stop by Kuroneko Yamato’s booth. Trust us. And...
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If you’re heading to the Osaka Expo, you need to stop by Kuroneko Yamato’s booth. Trust us. And while they do offer baggage storage and shipping, that’s not why you want to go. Running for the duration of the Expo (through October 13), the “Dreaming World of Kuroneko” has an...
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What's the best thing TfL ever did? What's the best thing TfL ever did? anniversary poster series highlights several major achievements...
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What's the best thing TfL ever did? anniversary poster series highlights several major achievements across the last 25 years, but they haven't released one for each year, not yet anyway. So I had a go at selecting annual highlights. 2000  Tramlink 2001  Bus Saver...
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9 Can’t-Miss Summer Events in Park City
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TfL 25 Happy Birthday to TfL, who are 25 years old today. Celebrations started in January with a panoply...
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Happy Birthday to TfL, who are 25 years old today. Celebrations started in January with a panoply of posters highlighting past successes, also scattered silver roundels reminding Londoners that Every Journey Matters. But the actual birthday is today, a founding date shared...
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Golden Square 45 45 Squared 23) GOLDEN SQUARE, W1 Borough of Westminster, 60m×60m central well-ish-known one for a...
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45 45 Squared 23) GOLDEN SQUARE, W1 Borough of Westminster, 60m×60m central well-ish-known one for a change. Golden Square is one of Soho's largest public spaces, mainly due to a lack of public spaces rather than being particularly large. It lies east of Regent Street and...
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TfL FoI requests in June 2025 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in June 2025 1) Between April 2021 and March 2025, a fire...
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20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in June 2025 1) Between April 2021 and March 2025, a fire alarm was activated at tube stations on 1102 occasions. 2) The final cost of installing lifts at Harrow-on-the-Hill station was £18.8m. This figure includes design and...
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Tanjiro Emerges in the Fields as Gyoda Unveils 2025 Rice Paddy Art Every summer, the city of Gyoda in Saitama Prefecture turns rice paddies into giant canvases,...
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Every summer, the city of Gyoda in Saitama Prefecture turns rice paddies into giant canvases, planting colorful rice varieties to form massive works of art. Known as tanbo art, these living murals stretch across nearly three hectares and can only be fully appreciated from above....
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Unblogged June 30 unblogged things I did in June Sun 1: My Dad hasn't had any answerphone messages for three weeks...
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30 unblogged things I did in June Sun 1: My Dad hasn't had any answerphone messages for three weeks since BT switched him to Digital Voice, the internet-based phone connection. We tried to work out why this might be, and were surprised/shocked to discover that as part of the...
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A Garden on Rails: Mitone Design Transforms Train Car into Monet Museum All photos by Shotaro Hamasaki, courtesy mitone design. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kochi...
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All photos by Shotaro Hamasaki, courtesy mitone design. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kochi prefecture’s Monet’s Garden Marmottan, a beloved recreation of Monet’s iconic garden in France, Kitagawa Village has brought the garden’s peaceful beauty to the Gomen-Nahiri Line in...
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Studio Gauthier, Fitzrovia Hard as it may be to believe from my supremely easy-going and liberal attitude these days (no...
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Hard as it may be to believe from my supremely easy-going and liberal attitude these days (no laughing at the back), there was a time when I was, well, if not completely anti-vegan then certainly vegan-skeptic. To someone who once considered vegetarianism radically restrictive,...
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A London loop A Nice Walk: A London Loop (6 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too...
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A Nice Walk: A London Loop (6 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, leafy shade, river valleys, wildlife-adjacent, pretty views, a bit of heritage, a bit of a stroll, won't take all day. So here's a scenic loop some distance from the centre of...
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Tomoe Shinohara Brings 1,300 Years of History to Life in Wearable Art all photos by Sayuki Inoue Located in Nara, the ancient capital of Japan, the Shosoin is the...
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all photos by Sayuki Inoue Located in Nara, the ancient capital of Japan, the Shosoin is the Imperial treasure house associated with Todai-ji Temple. Constructed in the 8th century, it safeguards nearly 9,000 precious artifacts once belonging to Emperor Shomu, donated by his...
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Last week in photos Last week in photos (all clickable) Sunday It opened in 2011 with a futuristic flourish and it...
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Last week in photos (all clickable) Sunday It opened in 2011 with a futuristic flourish and it closed in 2022 after an arson attack over Hallowe'en weekend. Two youths were arrested but nobody's ever been charged. 2½ years later everything's still behind barriers, even the...
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ChatGPT's London Quiz I wondered whether ChatGPT would be able to come up with a good London quiz, so I asked it...
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I wondered whether ChatGPT would be able to come up with a good London quiz, so I asked it for...  A difficult quiz about London (10 questions) where all the questions have seven words or fewer  1. Oldest pub in London? I told it this was a poor, ambiguous quiz and proceeded...
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Tour of the rest of London I toured London again today. Bromley the search perimeter was ready and waiting, Variety Coach 5418...
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I toured London again today. Bromley the search perimeter was ready and waiting, Variety Coach 5418 drove down the hill, the man at the water fountain spotted four police cars and told me he hoped several chidren had been hurt ("they're all devils at that school"), the recycling...
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Tour of London I toured London yesterday. Barking and Dagenham I thought OK that's quite enough, I should probably...
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I toured London yesterday. Barking and Dagenham I thought OK that's quite enough, I should probably go home now. Barnet the hotel was still heavily promoting a wedding fair they held in March 2022. Bexley I admired the two Empathy Revolution elephants placed there by...
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The Best Way to See Northern Lights in Norway
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How to Spend a Summer Weekend in Telluride
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The news from Havering The news from Havering (black holes, Schrodinger's bus and thatched rabbits) roundabout in north...
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The news from Havering (black holes, Schrodinger's bus and thatched rabbits) roundabout in north Havering has closed to traffic for 12 weeks. It is an almighty constriction. Gallows Corner flyover can be strengthened, even made safe for HGVs, safeguarding it for the next 60...
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geezer's mailbox Thank you for the emails you've been sending. Tom emailed on 16th January. ✉ Not sure if you have...
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Thank you for the emails you've been sending. Tom emailed on 16th January. ✉ Not sure if you have come across the National Archives’ 2023 competition on stories from 1920s streets, but it seems completely in your zone. The only thing that would have made this article better...
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Thamesmead by DLR Yesterday TfL launched a consultation proposing an extension of the DLR to Thamesmead. And not just...
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Yesterday TfL launched a consultation proposing an extension of the DLR to Thamesmead. And not just "we think it would be a good idea to extend the DLR to Thamesmead" because they did that consultation last year. This is the proper full-on version including where the stations...
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Extreme bus stops Ten years ago I visited (and blogged about) London's most extreme bus stops - that's the most...
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Ten years ago I visited (and blogged about) London's most extreme bus stops - that's the most northerly, easterly, southerly and westerly bus stops inside the Greater London boundary. But TfL's reach spreads wider than that so today I'm going one better, to the most northerly,...
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If You’re Looking For Good Coffee (and cute packaging design) in Akita, Head to 08coffee 08coffee is a quaint coffee shop and coffee bean retailer located in the city of Akita. Set off from...
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08coffee is a quaint coffee shop and coffee bean retailer located in the city of Akita. Set off from the main road, the space is as cozy as its neighborhood. It occupies a large white building with parking on the ground level and the cafe space above it, that serves up specialty...
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Ferry Square 45 45 Squared 22) FERRY SQUARE, TW8 Borough of Hounslow, 40m×20m square's in old Brentford, inasmuch...
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45 45 Squared 22) FERRY SQUARE, TW8 Borough of Hounslow, 40m×20m square's in old Brentford, inasmuch as old Brentford still exists, although all its buildings have somehow survived the recent cleansing of the riverside. The ferry in question was a horse ferry to Kew, an important...
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Hyperlocal news in brief Hyperlocal news in brief 1) As of yesterday the 205 bus goes to Marble Arch rather than Paddington....
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Hyperlocal news in brief 1) As of yesterday the 205 bus goes to Marble Arch rather than Paddington. This means you can now get a bus to the end of Oxford Street from both sides of Bow Church. Route 205 starts from Bus Stop J and goes to the western end, and route 8 starts from...
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Marie Asaba Captures Expressions in Gentle Illustrations In her latest exhibition ‘FACE’ the illustrator points her gaze to the facial expressions of people,...
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In her latest exhibition ‘FACE’ the illustrator points her gaze to the facial expressions of people, pets and even food Marie Asaba is a Yokohama-based illustrator who depicts children, animals and plants using delicate expressions and bold compositions. Raised in lush Toyama,...
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Hendon to Mill Hill A Nice Walk: Hendon to Mill Hill (3 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing...
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A Nice Walk: Hendon to Mill Hill (3 miles) Sometimes you just want to go for a nice walk, nothing too taxing, bit of heritage, proper healthy, municipal-focused, hilltop views, football-related, flying balls, disused railway bridge, a bit of a stroll, won't take long. So here's...
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The shortest night Tomorrow is the summer solstice (3:42am BST).   Date    Sunrise   Day length   Sunset  Night...
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Tomorrow is the summer solstice (3:42am BST).   Date    Sunrise   Day length   Sunset  Night length Jun 1504:42:1316h37m54s21:20:077h22m03s Jun 1604:42:1016h38m24s21:20:347h21m35s Jun 1704:42:0916h38m50s21:20:597h21m13s Jun 1804:42:1216h39m08s21:21:207h20m57s Jun...
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Walking London's boroughs WALK LONDON London borough walks (on London borough websites) who else will? 2008, then again in...
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WALK LONDON London borough walks (on London borough websites) who else will? 2008, then again in 2012, then again in 2016, then again at the start of 2021. Four years on, the majority of these borough websites have upgraded. A few have merely reorganised, breaking previous links....
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Dangleway cabins with glass floors An extraordinary thing has happened at the cablecar. The bottom of the cabin has been removed and...
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An extraordinary thing has happened at the cablecar. The bottom of the cabin has been removed and replaced with what I assume is an impressively chunky sheet of glass. It's not a small window, it's pretty much the entire floor, allowing a completely new perspective on a flight...
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Wellness and Outdoor Fun in Telluride This Summer
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Thames Ditton One Stop Beyond: Thames Ditton In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
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One Stop Beyond: Thames Ditton 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 Thames Ditton, one stop beyond Surbiton on the Hampton Court line. Obviously it's beside the Thames, in this case...
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3-Day Sonoma Valley Itinerary Featuring Sonoma-Cutrer Wines
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Uncle Hon's BBQ, Hackney Wick After traipsing halfway across London, dodging travel works and closed Overground lines and...
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After traipsing halfway across London, dodging travel works and closed Overground lines and carriages with malfunctioning air conditioning and all the other things that make moving around this city on a weekend in the summer such an endless joy, it's equally annoying to find that...
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All the stations I have been to all the stations in London. It's a lot of stations. I'm including tube, DLR,...
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I have been to all the stations in London. It's a lot of stations. I'm including tube, DLR, Overground, Crossrail and all National Rail services, even trams, and that's why it's quite so many stations. Also when I say 'been to' I mean properly used, not just passed through on...
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There's More to Telluride Than Trails and Ski Lifts
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Sounds Of The Late 60s Observation: The music played on Sounds of the 70s on Radio 2 isn't what it was when Johnnie Walker...
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Observation: The music played on Sounds of the 70s on Radio 2 isn't what it was when Johnnie Walker was in the chair. Hunch: Bob Harris is playing older, gutarrier records. Hypothesis: He plays more records from the first half of the 1970s than the second half. Research: I...
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241 to Here East Route 241: Royal Wharf to Hackney Wick (Here East) Location: London east, cross-Newham Length of bus...
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Route 241: Royal Wharf to Hackney Wick (Here East) Location: London east, cross-Newham Length of bus journey: 8 miles, 50 minutes route 241 was extended from Stratford City into the Olympic Park. No fuss was made, no hordes descended. Buses which would normally have terminated...
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The news from Watford The news from Watford Here's some news from Watford in insufficient detail, some of which I could...
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The news from Watford Here's some news from Watford in insufficient detail, some of which I could have written more about, one of which I might return to and one of which I definitely will. • Watford has a new website encouraging you to visit Watford, live in Watford and move...
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Where to Hike, Bike, and Relax in San Luis Obispo
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I've been to see some art I've been to see some art. Serpentine Galleries Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots (until 7...
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I've been to see some art. Serpentine Galleries Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots (until 7 September) [exhibition guide] Arpita Singh: Remembering (until 27 July) Serpentine Pavilion 2025 by Marina Tabassum (until 26 September) medical capsule, much enlarged, chopped up...
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The Banstead Loop If you ever fancy a cheap excursion into Surrey by train, all without travelling beyond zone 6, try...
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If you ever fancy a cheap excursion into Surrey by train, all without travelling beyond zone 6, try the Banstead Loop. It's not technically a loop, you have to get off and walk in the middle, also that's not an official name (it just passes through what used to be Banstead...
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Indie News Week It's Indie News Week, which I know because I picked up a copy of this month's Enfield Dispatch and...
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It's Indie News Week, which I know because I picked up a copy of this month's Enfield Dispatch and it's on the back page. The Public Interest News Foundation have thus launched an awareness-raising/crowdfunding campaign for independent news - slogan No New Is Bad News - and 30...
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Northampton Square 45 45 Squared 21) NORTHAMPTON SQUARE, EC1 Borough of Islington, 70m×60m square at the quieter end of...
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45 45 Squared 21) NORTHAMPTON SQUARE, EC1 Borough of Islington, 70m×60m square at the quieter end of Clerkenwell, half of it old and half new, and all a bit on the wonk. It's tucked away in the slice of streets between St John's Road and Goswell Road, somewhere between Angel and...
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6 Cultural Experiences at World of Hyatt Properties
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Bakerloop and beyond In April 2024 Sadiq Khan proposed introducing an express 'Bakerloop' bus route in lieu of a Bakerloo...
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In April 2024 Sadiq Khan proposed introducing an express 'Bakerloop' bus route in lieu of a Bakerloo line extension. It was part of a proposed doubling of the Superloop network. BL1: Waterloo → Elephant & Castle → Burgess Park → Old Kent Road → New Cross Gate → Lewisham January...