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Londoners Have UK’s Longest Commute

We spend an average of five weeks a year commuting.

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Londoners At City Hall

Ian Westworth and Paul Robeson keep Big Ben ticking by Harriet Armstrong Pictures of Londoners whose work is essential to the city go on show today in a free photography exhibition at City Hall. Forget politicians and celebrities, these portraits present the people who operate …

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PresentationCamp This Sunday

If you want to step up a gear careerwise or have committed to do a best man speech or generally get the willies over public speaking then you might want to be at PresentationCamp London this weekend. It’s billed as an “unconference” about speaking skills …

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Alain de Botton Takes Job At Heathrow Check-In Desk

Image / Haemmboerger Has the harsh economic climate driven philosopher and School of Life founder Alain de Botton to a gig at the grubby coalface of customer service? Not quite: according to The Observer, he’s taken a job at Terminal 5 in order to research …

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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Do Your Work: Performance Art At The Foundry

Performance art can be challenging. But we love a challenge and we love The Foundry. So we made the effort to see Astrid Bin’s “Do Your Work”. The deal is this: for 2 weeks you can watch the artist at work. Then you can buy …

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A Job That Slowly Kills You

Anyone with an ounce of common sense should be able to tell you that work-related stress is not good for the health, a bit like cigarettes, junk food and bullets. But, since many of those who make decisions regarding our working lives seem to be …