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Happy Birthday, New Bus For London

It’s a year since the ‘son of Routemaster’ first took to the streets.

Found him! Now, who thinks that shirt might need a wash after 25 years?

Where’s Wally Lights Up The London Eye

Happy Birthday Wali, Waldo, Valda, Vallu, Walter and Willy…

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Review: Amy Lamé’s Unhappy Birthday @ Camden People’s Theatre

The secret diary of Londonist, aged 15 and 3/4, reflects on Unhappy Birthday, a participatory birthday party featuring party hats, pass the parcel, cake and the memoirs of a Morrissey obsessed misfit.

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Happy Birthday Dulwich Picture Gallery! Celebrate with a Big Bang

The Dulwich Picture Gallery celebrates its 200th birthday on Sunday. England’s first purpose-built public art gallery is celebrating with a free, family day with local food stalls, live music performances, falconry and fireworks.

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Happy Birthday BBC London 94.9

Proving that video really didn’t kill the radio star, the 40th anniversary of the Beeb’s London radio station will be celebrated today with a lunchtime classic clips show presented by airwave legend, Tony Blackburn. Now known as BBC London 94.9, the station has been providing …

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£2 Birthday Specials at Benito’s Hat – TODAY

Photography by Chris Osburn The original Benito’s Hat location at Goodge Street (not the very newly opened one near Covent Garden) is celebrating its second birthday today (July 28th) with a sombrero full of two quid specials: Coronas, tacos, and mini frozen margaritas. Today is …

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Free Festival For Tate Modern’s Tenth Birthday

Dan Wade This weekend, Tate Modern celebrates a decade of existence at Bankside Powerstation by throwing a free arts festival party with extra special late opening to chime with the ace Museums at Night line up. If you’re already in a quandary about which late …

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Happy 10th Birthday London Eye

It’s twice as old as us today and if you’re in the vicinity from 7pm tonight, there’ll be a birthday light show and the odd glass of bubbly for lucky passengers. Over the past decade it’s ‘flown’ over 36 million visitors above the Southbank, had …

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5000 Followers By Friday?

We’ve been tweeting for yonks but it was only last week that we went 100% two-way interactive and wholly human. From now on, you’ll not only be getting tweeted alluring links to Londonist content without weird code, gaps and baffling headlines but also last minute …

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Preview: Regent Street Festival

Anyone who’s anyone is celebrating a big birthday at the moment, from Dr. Samuel Johnson’s 300th to a considerably more wet behind the ears Londonist. We don’t mind sharing the limelight though, because a big birthday means a big party and on Sunday that’s exactly …

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Happy Belated 300th Birthday

Dr Samuel Johnson! Sorry we missed it. Fortunately our Flickr friend McTumshie was at your house on Friday to immortalise your stupendous dictionary birthday cake for posterity. More photos from Dr Johnson’s house in Gough Square here. Many thanks McTumshie