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Londonist
A Glimpse Into The Future: The Big Things On The Horizon For London New museums, bridges and trains.
9 hours ago
diamond geezer
Commuter puzzle pages If you're still commuting to the office, or if you just need something to read on the train, three...
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If you're still commuting to the office, or if you just need something to read on the train, three free London newspapers continue to make themselves available outside stations. Some people start with the news and gossip, others the sport, but many simply turn to the puzzle page...
Londonist
Did You Know You Can Hire Part Of The Southbank Centre For Private Events? Brutalist icon up for grabs.
5 hours ago
diamond geezer
16 postcards from Southend Yesterday's forecast was for clear skies and temperatures nudging 30 degrees, so I slapped on the...
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Yesterday's forecast was for clear skies and temperatures nudging 30 degrees, so I slapped on the suncream and steeled myself for a sweaty seaside promenade. Instead a sheet of high cloud spanned the Thames estuary, thickening later to bring showers, but everyone who'd come to...
Londonist
Paul McCartney's Beatlemania-Era Photos On Show At Free London Exhibition Rearview Mirror: Liverpool–London–Paris.
2 days ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Nou Bar del Poble, Peratellada There's a part of me knows, deep down inside, that it probably is possible, if you try really,...
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There's a part of me knows, deep down inside, that it probably is possible, if you try really, really, really hard, to have a bad meal in Spain. Burger King exist there, for a start, and although they sell alcohol as a concession to their European location I somewhat doubt they...
Londonist
Ride On A 1938 Art Deco Tube Train This September OMG that moquette!
2 days ago
diamond geezer
Bus of the day - 138 Bus Route Of The Day 138: Bromley North to Coney Hall Location: Outer London south Length of...
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Bus Route Of The Day 138: Bromley North to Coney Hall Location: Outer London south Length of journey: 5 miles, 30 minutes Because it's 13th August I've been out riding the 138, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. The 138 is one of several buses that serve the Bromley...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Where to Stop and Stay Along Route 66 If You Love Astronomy
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Londonist
Punchdrunk: New Immersive Show Is A 'Live Action Video Game' LANDER 23 tickets on sale now.
3 days ago
diamond geezer
A ride around the block A walk around the block can take a few minutes or quite a lot of minutes depending on where you...
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A walk around the block can take a few minutes or quite a lot of minutes depending on where you live. For me it takes ten minutes, where I grew up it took 30 minutes and for my brother it takes over an hour, such is the paucity of rights of way in Norfolk. Attempted definition:...
Londonist
Huge Chunk Of The Capital Ring To Close For Years The Greenway will be closed until 2028.
4 days ago
Cheese and Biscuits
8 by Andy Sheridan, Liverpool There are many things about 8 by Andy Sheridan that might rub you up the wrong way. The name, for a...
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There are many things about 8 by Andy Sheridan that might rub you up the wrong way. The name, for a start - I've never really been behind the idea of any restaurant being purely "by" anyone; except in very rare cases, these things are surely a team effort, particularly as on this...
Londonist
Free Things To Do In London This Week: 11-17 August 2025 Events that don't cost a penny.
4 days ago
diamond geezer
Fleeting - Camden Town Fleeting CAMDEN TOWN The two branches of the river Fleet that rise on Hampstead Heath merge two...
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Fleeting CAMDEN TOWN The two branches of the river Fleet that rise on Hampstead Heath merge two miles lower down in the vicinity of Kentish Town. For my second visit to the river I'm skipping down to the confluence and attempting to follow its path onward through Camden Town....
Londonist
Where To Find A Poem For A Dead Squirrel Penned By A Would Be King-Killer James Hadfield pet epitaph sold plenty.
5 days ago
diamond geezer
Closing the Greenway Last week I was walking along the Greenway between West Ham and Plaistow when I spotted some new...
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Last week I was walking along the Greenway between West Ham and Plaistow when I spotted some new notices. A lot of the Greenway is closed at the moment so I assumed it was about that. The title on the first notice was 'Manor Road NOS Improvements', explaining underneath that NOS...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 4-10 August 2025 Roundup of our best articles from the past week.
5 days ago
diamond geezer
Mansfield Gadabout: MANSFIELD Mansfield is the largest town in Nottinghamshire, but only because Nottingham is...
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Gadabout: MANSFIELD Mansfield is the largest town in Nottinghamshire, but only because Nottingham is a city. It lies 12 miles north of Nottingham and an hour's bus ride southeast of Chesterfield on the other side of the M1. Again we're on the edge of an abandoned coalfield but...
Londonist
Denmark Street Set To Rock With Free One-Day Music Festival Tin Pan Alley cranks up the volume.
a week ago
diamond geezer
Pictograms Pictograms 30 July - 9 November Japan House High Street Kensington admission free 2018 as a venue...
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Pictograms 30 July - 9 November Japan House High Street Kensington admission free 2018 as a venue to share and celebrate Japanese culture and design. And what could be more Japanese than the pictogram - a suite of graphic symbols that convey meaning through symbolic...
Londonist
Local History Shines At Bloomsbury Festival 2025 Packed programme of art, music, theatre and history.
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diamond geezer
Chesterfield Gadabout: CHESTERFIELD Chesterfield is the largest town in Derbyshire, but only because Derby is a...
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Gadabout: CHESTERFIELD Chesterfield is the largest town in Derbyshire, but only because Derby is a city. It lies 10 miles south of Sheffield, sandwiched between the Peak District and the M1 on the edge of an abandoned coalfield. But it's best known for the twisted spire of its...
Londonist
Banksy Artwork Goes On Display At London Transport Museum Rat on clock was discovered in 2019.
a week ago
diamond geezer
East Midlands quiz East Midlands quiz Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire A) Bigsofa B) Rugbolt C) Nicercub D)...
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East Midlands quiz Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire A) Bigsofa B) Rugbolt C) Nicercub D) Localmatch E) Glancearea F) Typeamaze G) Ringereach H) Yearntasted I) Gossipvalue J) Glazesurgery K) Cookproperly L) Dollarsweight M) Babywrapjacket        Nottinghamshire N)...
Londonist
Where To See Jane Austen's Works Live On Stage This Autumn London theatres celebrate 250th anniversary of the author's birth.
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diamond geezer
Hyperlocal signage news Hyperlocal Signage News Delays are expected to continue until October. It's probably related...
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Hyperlocal Signage News Delays are expected to continue until October. It's probably related to the aforementioned sewer repairs. But it has a misplaced apostrophe. I wish someone would take it away.
Londonist
North London's Poignant Prisoners-of-War Memorial London's first holocaust memorial.
a week ago
diamond geezer
Banksy's endangered animals On 5th August 2024 London woke to the news that Banksy had painted a goat on a wall in Kew. Over the...
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On 5th August 2024 London woke to the news that Banksy had painted a goat on a wall in Kew. Over the next eight days an entire menagerie emerged across the capital, and it filled the August silly season gap brilliantly. [original bloggage] Two of the animals vanished almost...
Londonist
Things To Do In London This Weekend: 9-10 August 2025 Fringe shows, guided walks and a taco festival.
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diamond geezer
Fleeting - Hampstead Heath Fleeting HAMPSTEAD HEATH The Fleet starts at the highest point in inner London which is the top...
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Fleeting HAMPSTEAD HEATH The Fleet starts at the highest point in inner London which is the top of Hampstead Heath. It starts here because the clay hills are capped with sandy soil - specifically the Bagshot Formation and the Claygate Member - thus groundwater emerges from...
Londonist
Their Majesties: Meet Croydon's Queer Royalty Long may this LGBTQ+ club night reign over us.
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diamond geezer
Fleeting August is Local History Month on diamond geezer, or has been on 14 previous occasions. Themes have...
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August is Local History Month on diamond geezer, or has been on 14 previous occasions. Themes have included my immediate neighbourhood, Metro-land, the Lea Valley, the New River, the perimeter of Tower Hamlets, London borough tops and the 51½°N line of latitude. But perhaps the...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 28 July-3 August 2025 Catch up on what you missed this week.
a week ago
diamond geezer
Footpath 47 - all change I've long loved Footpath 47 at Barking Riverside for its estuarine bleakness, a half mile of...
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I've long loved Footpath 47 at Barking Riverside for its estuarine bleakness, a half mile of undeveloped Thames foreshore with open access to the river. I've also long urged you to visit before a wall of flats encroaches and the river's edge is tidied up to incorporate a...
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!
2 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."
2 weeks ago
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.
2 weeks ago
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...
Londonist
Famous Simpsons In The Strand Restaurant To Reopen This Autumn Return of the beef trolleys.
2 weeks ago
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.
2 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...
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.
2 weeks ago
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.
2 weeks ago
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...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 21-27 July 2025 The best articles from the past week.
2 weeks ago
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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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.
3 weeks ago
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.
3 weeks ago
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.
3 weeks ago
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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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.
4 weeks ago
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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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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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...
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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Events + Festivals Near Yosemite National Park to Attend
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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...
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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
What to Do in Park City This Summer
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Spoon & Tamago
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...
diamond geezer
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...
AFAR Media - Travel...
9 Can’t-Miss Summer Events in Park City
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diamond geezer
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...
Spoon & Tamago
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....
diamond geezer
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...
Spoon & Tamago
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...
Cheese and Biscuits
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,...
diamond geezer
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...
Spoon & Tamago
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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The Best Way to See Northern Lights in Norway
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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RIP Kimiko Nishimoto: Japan’s Most-Creative Obachan We were saddened to learn that Kimiko Nishimoto, known for absurdist self-portraits, passed away on...
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We were saddened to learn that Kimiko Nishimoto, known for absurdist self-portraits, passed away on June 9, 2025. She was 97. Nishimoto’s creative journey began, unexpectedly, at the age of 72 when she decided to take a photography class. She immediately fell in love with the...
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5 Bucket-List Luxury Trip Ideas
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carpe Solis When June comes round a heck of a lot of events happen. Temperatures are up, daylight's almost at...
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When June comes round a heck of a lot of events happen. Temperatures are up, daylight's almost at its max, the sun should be out and it pays to make the most of these optimum conditions. Some pencil in July or August, but an awful lot of diary organisers flick no further than...
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The Afar Insider’s Guide to Detroit
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Norbert's, East Dulwich They're like the buses, these rotisserie places. You wait years for a decent, affordable spit-roast...
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They're like the buses, these rotisserie places. You wait years for a decent, affordable spit-roast chicken in the capital, and then two come along at once. one in Holborn closed (where I would go at least once every couple of weeks back in the day), then Kentish Town, then...
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Why Sandals Resorts Are More Than Just an All-Inclusive Stay
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Merstham One Stop Beyond: Merstham In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London...
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One Stop Beyond: Merstham 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 Merstham, one stop beyond Coulsdon South on the Brighton line. For positioning purposes it lies at the foot of the...
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How This Resort Is Redefining Dining in the Caribbean
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New TfL walking maps TfL have issued two new maps based on that perennial question, is it better to walk? Both were...
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TfL have issued two new maps based on that perennial question, is it better to walk? Both were released as part of National Walking Month. Mr MapGrump @mrmapgrump They've knocked up a West End map and a City map rather than attempting to sprawl across all of central London...
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The Machu Picchu of Japan—and Other Sites that Compare Themselves to World-Famous Destinations See the World Without Ever Leaving Japan There are several remote corners of Japan that have been...
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See the World Without Ever Leaving Japan There are several remote corners of Japan that have been comparing themselves to world-famous tourist destinations. Whether it’s out of pride, a bid to attract tourists, or just a good sense of humor, their reasons vary. But that’s not to...
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V&A East Storehouse This is Blythe House, a monumental Edwardian office block round the back of the Olympia exhibition...
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This is Blythe House, a monumental Edwardian office block round the back of the Olympia exhibition centre. Swindon, the British Museum are off to Reading and the V&A shifted their repository to the Olympic Park... opening yesterday. New in E20: V&A East Storehouse Location:...
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Explore Minnesota's Best LGBTQ+ Spots and Music Venues
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Great West Road 100 One of west London's most important roads is 100 years old today, the Brentford By-Pass or as it's...
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One of west London's most important roads is 100 years old today, the Brentford By-Pass or as it's better known the Great West Road. Hounslow council are making a big thing of it. The new dual carriageway swept through fields and parkland to the north of Brentford and...
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The Knave of Clubs, Shoreditch I wouldn't normally feel comfortable sticking a score on a place after sampling just 2 dishes from a...
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I wouldn't normally feel comfortable sticking a score on a place after sampling just 2 dishes from a menu, but I will make an exception for the Knave of Clubs for two reasons. Firstly, they have put the rotisserie "centre stage" at one end of the large dining room and that is...
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Switch on to Capitalcard Back in January I spotted an original 40 year-old poster at Leytonstone station. "I hope someone...
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Back in January I spotted an original 40 year-old poster at Leytonstone station. "I hope someone preserves it," I wrote, and what do you know they have! It now has a secure glass frame across the front and also one of the London Transport Museum's blue heritage posters...
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For the Next Month, Osaka will Transform into a Public Art Museum As the Osaka Expo draws the world’s attention to Osaka, the city is poised to add an additional...
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As the Osaka Expo draws the world’s attention to Osaka, the city is poised to add an additional attraction. Between May 28 and June 24, Osaka Art & Design 2025 (OAD2025) will run parallel to the Expo, transforming the city’s urban space into a public art museum. The event, which...
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Bonesgate Stream THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Bonesgate Stream Malden Rushett → Chessington → Tolworth (4...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Bonesgate Stream Malden Rushett → Chessington → Tolworth (4 miles) Bonesgate Stream is the river which drains this elongated extrusion, from a field in sight of Chessington World of Adventures to a rewilded channel on the Watersedge Estate. Most of it...
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8 Ways to Enjoy the Great Outdoors in Telluride
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The Parakeet, Kentish Town I'm going to start this post about the Parakeet, with - unfortunately (for them, and possibly for...
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I'm going to start this post about the Parakeet, with - unfortunately (for them, and possibly for you) - a bit of a rant. Why is it that no matter how much money has been lavished on a place, no matter how starry the chefs, how extensive the wine list, how exclusive the whisky...
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Untold I went out yesterday morning, inspired by something I'd read, and visited somewhere on the other...
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I went out yesterday morning, inspired by something I'd read, and visited somewhere on the other side of London. When I got there I had a quick look round and took some photos. And I haven't told anyone else about it. One thing about living by yourself is that there's nobody...
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The Best BVI Hotels for Couples, Families, and Groups
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London's three fare scales Ever since contactless travel became the norm, people have got used to swanning round London without...
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Ever since contactless travel became the norm, people have got used to swanning round London without knowing what their journey costs. Swipe, travel, swipe, and somewhere around four the next morning your bank balance is adjusted by the requisite total. The capital's fare system...
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Enjoy an Intimate Cruise for Seamless Peak Seasonal Travel
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7 Floor Malaysia Tea Room, Holborn In a world of sprawling Mercato Metropolitanos, Market Halls and Arcade Food Halls, the miniscule...
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In a world of sprawling Mercato Metropolitanos, Market Halls and Arcade Food Halls, the miniscule Holborn Food Hub is a reminder that food courts come in all shapes and sizes. I'm sure they had very good reasons for filling a space the size of a mobile phone repair shop with...
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All the Overgrounds How long would it take to ride all the Overground lines? I gave it a go, and I started in the...
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How long would it take to ride all the Overground lines? I gave it a go, and I started in the obvious place. Intermission two members of staff on duty, one sweeping the platforms and the other holed up in his kiosk in case any situation transpired that required his...
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This is the Time of Year Bamboo Shoots Grow, Sometimes Wreaking Havoc a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s)...
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a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s) According to Japan’s ancient calendar of 72 microseasons, right now is microseason 21: the time of year when “Bamboo Shoots Sprout.” Known as takenoko in Japan, these voracious plants have...
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7 Must-Visit Lakes and Rivers in Appalachia
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Jurassic Coast 2 Jurassic Coast (part 2) Colmer's Hill (50.74°N, 2.79°W) Colmer's Hill. Stand in the town's main...
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Jurassic Coast (part 2) Colmer's Hill (50.74°N, 2.79°W) Colmer's Hill. Stand in the town's main street and its summit is perfectly framed on the near horizon, a silhouette so simplistic it's what a child would draw. Get closer and it looks even better. The hill is an uplift...
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Whole Beast, Blackhorse Road and The Friendly, San Diego Earlier this month I was lucky enough to eat probably the best burger I've ever had in my life. It...
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Earlier this month I was lucky enough to eat probably the best burger I've ever had in my life. It was a smash burger, cooked quickly on a flat-top to a good crust, placed inside a toasted sweet bun and dressed with little more than deli cheese. And before I get accused of being...
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A wedding is a long time in the making A wedding is a long time in the making. A decade in the making, all the way back to the winter of...
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A wedding is a long time in the making. A decade in the making, all the way back to the winter of 2015 when the bride and groom first met. Their academic studies had taken them to the same corner of the country but not to the same city, in one case a last minute decision when...
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West Virginia Summer Road Trip Guide
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Optimism vs. delusion Making the choice to be optimistic is always worth it, especially when it’s the more difficult...
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Making the choice to be optimistic is always worth it, especially when it’s the more difficult decision to make. As Bob Iger, who leads Disney, puts it, optimism is the ability to focus on what matters—steering your team towards the best possible outcome, and moving forward in...
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On holiday I don't know if you've noticed but I'm on holiday this week. I don't normally go away on holiday so...
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I don't know if you've noticed but I'm on holiday this week. I don't normally go away on holiday so you might have got used to me always being around. But I'm not around at the moment, I am very much away from home, so what you've been reading recently are a number of posts I...
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Define your work What do you do? Who do you do it for? Why? Answering these questions, and others like them, is hard...
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What do you do? Who do you do it for? Why? Answering these questions, and others like them, is hard work. It can also feel painful, because you commit to being labelled. Even though you contain multitudes, you’re making a decision: you will be known for one thing, for now and in...
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VE Day - 80 years of peace VE Day 1945-2025: eighty years of peace 1946 Greece civil...
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VE Day 1945-2025: eighty years of peace 1946 Greece civil war 1600001947 India independence 8000001948 Madagascar independence 150001949 China civil war 10000001950 Korea Korean War 3000000 1951 Malaysia civil...
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Participate, even if you’re not prepared In an ideal world, you’d be prepared for everything you want to participate in. That’s not realistic...
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In an ideal world, you’d be prepared for everything you want to participate in. That’s not realistic though. New opportunities pop up all the time. It can feel tempting to want more time to prepare for all of it. What tends to happen is you don’t have energy to, or you’re not...
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Why Disney Is the Best Alaska Cruise for Families
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The bluebell scale The bluebell photo scale 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score not awarded.
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You meet ten people… Two will like you. There is potential to become best friends. Seven will feel indifferent towards...
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Two will like you. There is potential to become best friends. Seven will feel indifferent towards you. You will become acquaintances at best. One will dislike you. At best, you will both treat each other with civility. You can’t please everyone. Sometimes—perhaps many times—in...
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Roding Valley If you want to use the least used tube station, from today you're semi-buggered. You probably...
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If you want to use the least used tube station, from today you're semi-buggered. You probably don't, it is the least used tube station after all, but the Londoners who live nearby are being inconvenienced even more than normal. RODING VALLEY STATION: From Tuesday 6 May until...
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This Wrapping Paper Turns All Your Presents into Bread At first glance, these wrapped objects see like freshly bakes loaves straight from the bakery. With...
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At first glance, these wrapped objects see like freshly bakes loaves straight from the bakery. With toasty brown hues, signature flour dusting, and even hand-scored patterns mimicking artisanal baguettes, this genius wrapping paper turns all your gifts into bread. Conceived by...
Herbert Lui
Customer satisfaction builds momentum A business delivers a good product or service to a customer. A satisfied customer tells other people...
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A business delivers a good product or service to a customer. A satisfied customer tells other people about the business. Those people find the business and become customers. As the years go by, the business builds enough of a reputation and customer base to sustain itself. If we...
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Square days Today is 5.5.25, a square day. It's also the second time a square day has been a bank...
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Today is 5.5.25, a square day. It's also the second time a square day has been a bank holiday. 1.1.01 (Monday) century ending with a double-zero year. The reason for this is that there was no year 0, the first century starting in AD 1 and running until AD 100. Thus every...
Herbert Lui
Style = best traits + taste + flair In her book Executive Style, Judith Price covers a lot of really cool offices from the 1970s—think...
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In her book Executive Style, Judith Price covers a lot of really cool offices from the 1970s—think Diane Von Furstenberg, Estée Lauder, Malcolm Forbes. What won me over was this paragraph in her introduction: Style isn’t something you’re born with or something you acquire when...
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Unhidden London UNHIDDEN LONDON - Knightsbridge Step into secret parts of the underground network! An exclusive...
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UNHIDDEN LONDON - Knightsbridge Step into secret parts of the underground network! An exclusive behind the scenes tour exploring time-capsule corridors unseen by the travelling public for decades. For many years the London Transport Museum has run guided tours of secret...
Herbert Lui
Practicing Most days, I write and I don’t think about it much. Some days, I write and it doesn’t come out as...
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Most days, I write and I don’t think about it much. Some days, I write and it doesn’t come out as nice as I’d like for it to. I publish it anyway, though I wonder if I hit a plateau. It makes me reconsider this whole practice. Maybe this isn’t helping me write better. Maybe...
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IKEA Oxford Circus Central London now has an IKEA, right beside Oxford Circus where Top Shop used to be. It opened on...
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Central London now has an IKEA, right beside Oxford Circus where Top Shop used to be. It opened on Thursday, a balloon-infested occasion attended by the Mayor because he's very keen to see Oxford Street full of successful businesses again. It brings the number of IKEA stores in...
Herbert Lui
Getting rich One path to getting rich looks more like saving money. While your friends buy the fancier options,...
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One path to getting rich looks more like saving money. While your friends buy the fancier options, you don’t. You’re not broke, you’re living within your means and taking steps toward richness. Maybe you used to borrow from the future, and now you’ve given that inclination up....
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The Best Places to Eat in Detroit, per Chef Javier Bardauil
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St Andrew's/Jubilee Square 45 45 Squared 15) ST ANDREW'S SQUARE, KT6 Borough of Kingston, 100m×60m Surbiton, the quintessential...
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45 45 Squared 15) ST ANDREW'S SQUARE, KT6 Borough of Kingston, 100m×60m Surbiton, the quintessential Surrey suburb, although it's no longer in Surrey and the etymology of 'suburb' and 'Surbiton' are entirely separate. As is so often the case the town owes its existence to the...
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Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Great Milton I'm sure the Manoir (as I will call it for this post) can impress whatever the weather, but when the...
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I'm sure the Manoir (as I will call it for this post) can impress whatever the weather, but when the early summer sun is shining, and punters are welcomed into the gardens for their aperitifs and/or digestifs, the place is surely at its best. When you've got gardens like these,...
Herbert Lui
Your own project You should always have at least one project, or a performance, that you can complete with no...
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You should always have at least one project, or a performance, that you can complete with no meetings, no bosses, and no external accountability. Just you doing something for yourself, where you don’t need to explain yourself at all, or need to make money doing. If it resonates...
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TfL FoI requests in April 2025 30 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in April 2025 1) There are no current plans to shorten...
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30 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in April 2025 1) There are no current plans to shorten route SL7 to allow for more stops, including Feltham (which is bypassed by the longest gap between stops on a TfL bus route). 2) There are a total of 1928 ULEZ signs. 3)...
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Rapper Ty Farris on Detroit’s Best Food and Music Spots
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Herbert Lui
Two quotes about fans and enthusiasm “It’s not what you know. It’s who you know,” the cliché goes. (Not one of the quotes.)  If you’re...
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“It’s not what you know. It’s who you know,” the cliché goes. (Not one of the quotes.)  If you’re doing creative work—visual art, writing, music, entrepreneurship, programming, design, amongst the many other forms of expression—it’s entirely about who you know and who knows you. ...
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Unblogged April 30 unblogged things I did in April Tue 1: I still had no broadband at the start of the month, so my...
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30 unblogged things I did in April Tue 1: I still had no broadband at the start of the month, so my original plan for an April Fool's Day post had to go unimagined. Thankfully I'd already knocked up my monthly FoI round-up before the connection died on Saturday, so a fictional...
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Explore Sonoma’s French-Style Wineries and Eats
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Herbert Lui
Making the money vs. collecting it Chris Rock asked a young comic what he did that day. “Nothing,” the young comic said. “But I’m going...
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Chris Rock asked a young comic what he did that day. “Nothing,” the young comic said. “But I’m going to do a set tonight.”  “You make money during the day. You collect it at night,” Chris responded. “During the day is where the money is made.” There’s a writing lesson here: While...
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How to get to Stansted Airport Need to get from London to Stansted Airport? A new player has entered the market and it's very...
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Need to get from London to Stansted Airport? A new player has entered the market and it's very green. Flibco, a Luxembourg-based company taking its first steps in the UK. They operate to airports in Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Spain and 15 other European countries, with the...