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london’s least used roads #2 – royal college st & st pancras way, NW1

Posted in London's Least Used Roads on January 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »

In these troubled times even bloggers are forced into desperate attempts to get people in the door to buy read their shite. Therefore in the spirit of the January sales that started, it seems, back in August, I give you two “least used” roads for the price of one. And they really do come as [...]

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I love city snacks

Posted in Loving London on January 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

There are many places in London that should have a preservation order slapped on them, and this place is currently top of my list. 29 Theobalds Road, right near the junction with Lambs Conduit Street, just so you can’t miss it. A quick search in Westminster on English Heritage’s buildings at risk register seems to [...]

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…the city folded tightly in their heads.

Posted in Loving London on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Taxi Drivers – Kathryn Simmonds They lean against the glossy buttocks of their cabs, kicking free of clutch and brake, stubble-headed, right arm browner than left, legs whitely shocking in their shorts, their talk, impossible to tell when distance seals off their opinions like glass. Five cabs ahead, the leader takes a fare, shifts into [...]

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majestic finsbury park

Posted in Loving London on January 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I make no apology for being a Sarf London propagandist. It’s where I grew up and where all the good things in London are, including Chelsea FC (please, let’s not start the old debate about whether Chelsea is a West London or South London club. It’s in SW6 and part of an exclusive group of [...]

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