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Mysterious Safe-Oven-Type-Thing Found In City Of London

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Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: Secret Gardens

Some of the lesser known green patches north of the river.

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Anish Kapoor In New Temporary Sculpture Park

The City of London gets all arty with four new sculptures.

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Friday. A good day for noses and cornrows.

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Climb The Gherkin For Charity

So, who’s up for 1,037 steps?

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Crossrail Dig Uncovers Hundreds Of ‘Lunatic’ Skeletons

Ancient graveyard found at Liverpool Street.

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New Restaurant Review: CityPoint Club

The private CityPoint Club has opened its doors to non-members. Is it any good?

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Midweek news, including two London giants which are just about to get even bigger.

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Bloomberg To Get New London HQ?

Bloomberg media group are expected to build new HQ on the site of Bucklersbury House in the City. Will it still look like Darth Vader’s helmet, as in original plans for the site?

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Elizabethan London Returns With Sound Sculpture By Susan Philipsz

Turner nominee Susan Philipsz unveiled her first London commission over the weekend, producing a ‘song cycle’ for the Square Mile. But it’s also a sculpture. These crazy artists. What boundaries will they blur next? Philipsz’s work, Surround Me, places loudspeakers at six locations throughout the …

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Biblio-Text: Daunt Books Cheapside

Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops We’ve been to Daunt before, but this newest arm of their burgeoning empire marks a new episode for bookselling in the City. Other than Waterstone’s, we’re not aware of any other bookshops in the Square Mile (though we’re …