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Pattersonists’ Progress #2

Since our last update a few hours ago, our intrepid neo-Pattersonists have taken the river boat from London Bridge to Greenwich, where they stopped for unauthentic lunchtime sustenance at one of the locale’s many noodle emporia, before taking a gawp at the Greenwich Hospital Painted …

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Pattersonists’ Progress #1

Despite the chill, our Patterson Challenge team set out from Camden as planned this morning, shortly after 9am. No less than 15 well-insulated neo-Pattersonists braved the cold, and by 10am they had skirted the east side of Regent’s Park and the west side of Fitzrovia, …

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The Patterson Challenge: Come Snow Or Shine

Tomorrow is the day. We’ll be up bright and early, braving the 1st of February chill to see if we can complete the Patterson Challenge. We’ll be twittering our progress if our fingers don’t freeze so follow us from the warmth of your snuggly home …

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The Patterson Challenge Is On: Sunday 1st February

By edscoble via the Londonist Flickrpool. Start breaking in your best walking shoes, grab yourself a pac a mac and polish your camera lens – The Walk takes place next weekend. Gathering at Camden Tube station on Sunday 1st February at 9am we’ll be treading …

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The Patterson Challenge

150 years ago today, Victorian tourist, James Patterson returned to Manchester after a festivity packed sight-seeing sojourn in Camden with friends. It’s quite likely you took a post prandial walk over Christmas. Perhaps you hit Oxford Street to look at the sales, wander the deserted …

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Deptford X – A Really Top Notch Art Festival

Deptford. Yes, that bit opposite the Isle of Dogs that isn’t smart Greenwich. Borders Blackheath, yeah? Bet you didn’t know it’s a contemporary visual arts hotspot, did you? If you did, then you’ve clearly been to Deptford X at some point in its 10 year …

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Green Tours Of London

We like our London walks. Usually, they’re full of folklore and witchery, stories and histories or the straight tourist tirade guff. But by the pricking of our thumbs, a new kind of walk this way comes! Future London Green Tours are being launched to coincide …

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O 2 GO

Londonist likes to breathe. This Londonist is pneumatically challenged, and so she is especially fond of a good puff of the invisible stuff. So when the invisible stuff becomes visible, and London is shrouded in an ominous sulphurous blanket, we either stay indoors, or wander …

Londonvidium: #1 The Fleet River Walk

Video. Everyone’s at it. After our recent clip showing the haunted vaults beneath London Bridge and Stompie the Bermondsey tank, we thought it was about time to make a regular slot for this not-so-new medium. So we’ll be poking our lenses into all kinds of …

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Wander Lonely Streets Part IV

Announcing the fourth Londonist guided walk. When: Friday 8 February. What: Piccadilly warriors, sapphic Royalty, bonkers fashion, nazi dogs, naval heroes and lovesick gardeners are amongst the cast on this dysfunctional relationship stroll through St James. Who: Chris Roberts, your genial guide from our previous …