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London Market Madness In Madrid

“En 10 años de servicio nunca he visto una tontería igual.” – In ten years of service, never have I seen such foolishness. So said the local policeman last Sunday at Madrid’s Londonize event. Of course, every London market has Beefeaters in full costume guarding …

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Southwark Dean Fumes

The Dean of Southwark, The Very Revd Colin Slee, seems to have gotten a taste for being in hot water. In December he stoutly defended his allegedly drunk bishop who somehow staggered across London from an Irish Embassy Christmas bash to clamber into someone’s car, …

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Foodie Tours of London

With weather like this, there’s nothing like a little bit of a walk, followed by a little bit of food, followed by a little bit of a walk, followed by some more food, followed by–well, you get the point. So the amazing sunshine has Londonist …

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Londonist Makes: Rhubarb Recipes

We at Londonist try to cook with seasonal vegetables where possible and a trip to Borough Market early on Saturday (always go early before the gastro-porn tourists arrive, or on a Thursday when many of the stalls are now open) saw us staggering home with …

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Eat, Drink and Be… Generous

This Thursday, the Oxfam book shop on Marylebone High Street will be holding another of its super foodie nights. This is the charity’s flagship London bookshop and is a treat for philanthropic bibliophiles: new and anitquarian books, CDs, vinyl, videos and DVDs can be found …

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Cine City

If the London movie map created by FilmLondon and VisitLondon is to be believed, there are few places in this city that haven’t been filmed. So next time you have a ‘this could be in a film’ moment when you’re out, that’s probably because it …

Extra, Extra

Ken better watch out. The pigeon protesters are coming to get him! A restaurant in Mayfair has been giving away free food all week after their trading licence was delayed. Free food is so our favourite type of free. UKTV have announced a new show …

Borough High Street FUBAR?

The BBC are paying some attention to one of our own bugbears – the fact that Borough High Street just doesn’t work: It is the gateway to the City of London, shrouded in history and referred to in respected literature. So why then, when you …

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GTA: BHS

This little virtual recreation of Borough High Street is in the immortal words of Kevin Coster, neat. We had fun just wandering around getting in the way of the traffic, but by designing your own street you can: choose the nature and extent of traffic …

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Architecture Week: Fri–Sun

So we enter Endgame. Architecture week and the London Architecture Biennale (LAB) draw to a close this weekend. And we still haven’t figured out how to pronounce ‘biennale’. Here’s our pick of the final flourish. Friday Walks: A bevy of novel guided walks are available …

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Architecture Week: Next Two Days

See listings here for today and here for ongoing events. Wednesday Architectural History of the Albert Hall: Pretty self-explanatory. Take a guided tour round the old, red beehive for £7.50. Tours from 11am, requires booking. Pub and Church Crawl: From holy spirits to those of …