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Win a Free Copy of Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009

Here’s a chance to win a copy of Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009 (which we think is particularly useful for finding the right place to dine in London). Simply click here to take a quick survey . Complete the super quick ‘n’ easy survey …

Enjoy London’s Restaurants Like a Campion

Foodie wordsmith Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009 is now available from Profile Books. This ‘09 edition is his biggest to date, featuring reviews of more than 400 London eateries. After our first skim of this handily-sized guide, we reckon Campion’s take of the London …

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Free Tonight?

Broadcaster and author Jonathan Dimbleby is at the Royal Geographical Society to discuss and sign copies of Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and Its People, the travelogue of his 10,000-mile journey around the country that Churchill dubbed ‘a riddle wrapped in …

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Giving Greenbelt Away For Good

To top off a year of switching the telly off standby, turning down the thermostat and carbon offsetting concern, you can now give a loved one 12 square metres of greenbelt land for Christmas. Yes, you can help protect London’s precious remaining circle of undeveloped …

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Santa’s Lap: Beer at hand!

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …

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Book Review: London Atlas of Architecture By Alejandro Bahamon

There’s plenty of tomes on the market describing our city’s buildings. A search on Amazon for the term ‘London architecture’ yields 1070 results. Into this crowded marketplace – one of the few not designed by Horace Jones – steps the London Atlas of Architecture. It’s …