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A rough guide to London, circa 1967: a weekly look at Len Deighton’s London Dossier, a guide to modern London published during the height of the allegedly swinging sixties. Other London by Che-Burahska “For me”, says Adrian Bailey, who might then have had the beginnings …

A rough guide to London, circa 1967: a weekly look at Len Deighton’s London Dossier, a guide to modern London published during the height of the allegedly swinging sixties. Gone but not forgotten, the New Piccadilly Cafe by Buckaroo Kid In his introduction to this …

Photo / Tanya N A plan to build a hijab-inspired gateway at the entrance to Brick Lane has upset local residents and the Spitalfields Trust. Tower Hamlets council is eager to increase the number of tourists (for which, read: richer folk) who pass through the …

A rough guide to London, circa 1967: a weekly look at Len Deighton’s London Dossier, a guide to modern London published during the height of the allegedly swinging sixties. By Buckaroo Kid Not much is known about Jane Wilson. From her self-penned biog at the …

Fresh from his success penning spy thrillers such as Funeral in Berlin and The Ipcress File, author Len Deighton changed tack completely and compiled a guide to ‘modern’ London. There had been guides to the capital before, of course, but they were invariably aimed at …

Image by pixelhut from the Londonist Flickr pool Boris was down the Royal Opera House this morning, loudly huzzahing a 6% increase in tourists to London this summer, each spending an extra £34 on average compared to last year. This is, obviously, brilliant news for …

What can you possibly do at 4am in London that doesn’t involve sleeping, menial labour or puking into a gutter? Marsha Moore’s new book offers six suggestions: queue for beigels on Brick Lane; tuck into German sausage at Kurz & Lang; clubbing at the O2; …

As a native Noo Yoiker himself — he was born in the city and lived there for his first few months — it’s appropriate that the Mayor is going in person to the Big Apple to sell Manhattanites on London as the city for tourism …

Bit hard for the London Eye to expand, one would have thought – not like they can make it taller. So what are they gonna do for kicks once the novelty’s worn off? Make the thing go faster? Well, you know, owners Merlin Entertainments (who …

Under the Eye by Martin_H via the Londonist Flickrpool If you’re not going abroad this year for a jolly, chances are you’ll be spending some of your hard earned holibobs right here. It’s no surprise to us that London is the UK’s top ‘staycation’ destination, …