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AFAR Media - Travel...
Explore Alaska’s Coastline Aboard the New EXPLORA III
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Londonist
Famous Simpsons In The Strand Restaurant To Reopen This Autumn Return of the beef trolleys.
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diamond geezer
Horseguards to Buckingham Palace London's newest bus L10: Horseguards to Buckingham Palace Location: London central Length of bus...
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London's newest bus L10: Horseguards to Buckingham Palace Location: London central Length of bus journey: ½ mile, 14 minutes The route is relatively straightforward, running from a temporary bus stand at the northern end of Horse Guards Road to a terminus outside the front...
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Epic Trips Made Easy with USTOA Tour Operators
a month ago
Londonist
In Pictures: Lionesses Celebrate In Front Of Buckingham Palace Might as well make Sweet Caroline the national anthem now.
a month 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.
a month 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.
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diamond geezer
Euros final liveblog Euros final liveblog  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 09:00 The day of destiny is here! A nation dares to...
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Euros final liveblog  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 09:00 The day of destiny is here! A nation dares to dream! 11:00 The Lionesses can rewrite history! 12:00 Mentality! Passion! Togetherness! 13:00 England expects a famous victory! 14:00 (Spain are also potential winners) 15:00 One final...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 21-27 July 2025 The best articles from the past week.
a month ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Unique Trips That Take You Off the Beaten Path
a month ago
Londonist
The Soho Sculpture Celebrating The Arrival Of Asylum Seekers A memorial to Huguenot refugees.
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diamond geezer
Cannon Brook THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Cannon Brook Northwood → Ruislip Common → Ruislip (2½ miles) upstream,...
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THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON Cannon Brook Northwood → Ruislip Common → Ruislip (2½ miles) upstream, climbing from Ruislip's HS2 edgelands to Northwood's Iron Bridge. River Pinn just north of Ruislip Golf Course, which is currently sealed off having been conscripted for use as a...
Londonist
London Month Of The Dead 2025 - A Spine-Chilling Array Of Events Lots of things happening by candlelight 🕯️
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diamond geezer
More transport news July 2025 What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success...
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What's else is new this week in the world of London transport? The Silvertown Tunnel is a success unless it isn't detailed data reports on how the Silvertown Tunnel's doing every three months and the first report is just out. Here are ten things I noticed. » Since the...
Londonist
When A 17-Metre-Long Whale Washed Up In Greenwich... But All Wasn't As It Seemed Spouting lies.
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diamond geezer
Three questions I was on the train between Norwood Junction and London Bridge and I said "this is quite a long way...
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I was on the train between Norwood Junction and London Bridge and I said "this is quite a long way isn't it?" "Longer than most," they said. "I wonder what the longest journey between stations in London is?" I said. "That sounds like the sort of thing you'd blog about," they...
Cheese and Biscuits
Bo.Tic, Corçà You will probably be aware that Catalonia has well more than its fair share of influential...
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You will probably be aware that Catalonia has well more than its fair share of influential restaurants, a tradition that runs from El Bulli through Can Roca and Disfrutar and has fanned out in all kinds of interesting ways across all levels of the culinary scene, from the most...
Londonist
Take A Free Water Bike Ride In Stratford This Thursday A lovely way to admire the East Bank.
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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.
a month 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.
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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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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
2 months ago