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True Love Has a Ganache Centre

You have approximately 48 hours until the most [insert adjective of choice here] holiday of the year descends upon us. If Londonist were a girl, she’d appreciate a box of chocolate and maybe some flowers. (And actually, if Londonist were a boy, some chocolate wouldn’t …

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Londonist Interviews: Some People Who Like Walking

Anyone walking past Holborn Tube is sure to have all kinds of leaflet thrust upon them. But if you were passing by last Friday, you might have ended up with something worthwhile. A group of postgrads from St Martin’s have put together a handy map …

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Londonist Drinks: The Sampler

It’s not often that Londonist gets to try lots of different wines for less than a tenner. So we were excited to hear about The Sampler, a new wine store on Upper Street in Islington, that lets you try before you by. On a recent …

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Londonist Live: Mr Hudson & The Library

A couple of weeks ago on Friday, the perfect antidote to a certain, unmentionable reality TV showdown was a gig at Swiss Cottage Library, of all places. For one night only, the aptly named Mr Hudson and the Library, graced the award-winning building as part …

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Blogjammin’

We were going to write a long detailed explanation of why we’re once again doing a weekly blog roundup and then realised that only a few days (and a few centuries) ago Samuel Pepys had done the job for us: (Lord’s day). Lay long in …

Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse

As the world holds it’s breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated …

Here Be Bunnies

Once your work gets picked as a Photo of the Day we like to keep an eye on you. Sometimes this means averting our eyes from drunken snapshots of you at an office party, but normally it means you treat us to great photo after …

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Londonist’s Back Passage

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 22. Cloth Court Where? Barely visible on most maps, this little dog-leg sits within the precincts of the ancient St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield. What? This is one of our favourite parts of town for poking around …

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Londonist’s Back Passage

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 21. Cecil Court Where? Short pedestrian route between Charing Cross Road and St Martin’s Lane. What? In the heart of glitzy, neon tourist-town, it’s heartening to find such a contrasting bastion of antiquity. The shop fronts …

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Santa’s Lap: Wardour to Bond

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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Get A Move On

After sampling London past at the British Library’s ‘London: a life in maps’, we went on to Store Street for a peek at the London yet come. ‘London’s moving: how transport is changing’ is the latest free exhibition at New London Architecture, best known for …