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Bags under their eyes, 9am: the Shoot Experience Team

Bored At Work? Shoot It

Bags under their eyes, 9am: the Shoot Experience Team Here’s something to brighten up your working day today. Shoot Experience are running a fun competition ‘Workin’ 9 til 5′ challenging you to submit up to 9 photos of your workplace, representing every hour of the …

Health Nut: Handpicked Fruit at an Office near You

Here at Londonist we love to indulge in all sorts of devilishly scrumptious treats. However, we know healthy, conscientious eating is the key to a happy life. Okay office rats. We know you all bring home the bacon and are well aware that many of …

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Weekend Round-Up

Here’s what we’ve learned while you’ve been battening down your hatches and bringing the cattle in: In the weekend crime round-up…police were rather cross to be shot at on Friday, while there was an unseemly brawl outside Claire’s Accessories (we blame the pink feather boas). …

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When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights….

And we’re not just talking about the hills of the Chankly Bore. Londoners are being advised to batten down the hatches on Monday morning, when a rather ferocious weather front is predicted to romp across the UK. The Met Office has gotten all serious on …

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Let Them Drink Tap Water

Government departments are being asked to switch from bottled to humble tap water for lubricating the endless meetings involved in running the Civil Service. Hot on the heels of Ken’s campaign to get London’s diners to insist on tap water in restaurants, this switch could …

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Gas Guzzlers In Marylebone

Despite Londoners being inveigled mere days ago to report any suspicious activity to the police, people in Marylebone are now being advised to, er, do the opposite. The reason? A Home Office-run project is to simulate a dirty bomb attack on the capital. The trials, …

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Police@copshop.org

It’s not quite the same as having the local bobby back on the beat, but a scheme trialled in south London that addresses public unease with the remote, impersonal nature of modern policing is set to be rolled out across London. The £325 million Home …

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The Book Grocer

Even on its quietest weeks, London is something of a happy haven for bibliophiles such as ourselves, though we may be doing nothing more than perusing one of the city’s many lovely bookshops. This week, however, we’re in a veritable book geek heaven, as the …

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Listen Up! Portico Quartet

Every now and again we try and bring you the finer things in life. Sure, there’s loads of indie, goth, electro and Viking death metal to talk about but what about music on the more classical end of the spectrum? Portico Quartet are currently touring …

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Team Nice Gets Political

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 33. Office Robots Following on from the theme of Office Culture and the influence this can have on how nice we are to each other… this …

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Team Nice Gets Political

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 32. Office Boy Band So recently I have been looking at office culture and anti-social issues within the workplace. Purely because over the years I have …