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  I remember the first time I saw London. I was twenty-one. I walked out of Paddington Station into a city bigger than any I had ever seen. It was a gray, cold rainy afternoon. I loved the place immediately. I did the typical touristy things. I ...

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  Extra, Extra
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Eco-ravers will surely welcome the opening of an eco-club in Kings Cross: it is apparently to be dance powered. Groovy. Tourism New Zealand are to bring their giant rugby ball to London for the 2011 World Cup draw. A sixteen year old mega-drug dealer is to be jailed. Was the brutal killing of two French tourists all...

  Fish Eye Olympic Stadium Spy
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It was 3 years ago today we found out London would be hosting the 2012 Olympic Games. The fate of Forman's Salmon Smoking factory was thereby sealed as it was the exact spot that the new Olympic Stadium would be built. Forman's are now in a new factory overlooking the site and to mark this anniversary, they've installed...

  Drink-ography: Guardian Readers by Herschell Hershey
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Photography courtesy of Herschell Hershey via the Londonist pool on Flickr Interested in your foodie photos appearing on Londonist? Click here.

  Celeb Spot: Mark Kermode
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Today, we stumbled across 50s rocker film buff Mark Kermode and his splendid hair talking to camera in a lesser know National Theatre al-fresco stairwell. They picked one that didn't smell of wee. Spotted a celeb today? Share the goss in the comments.

  Counterfeit Criminal Countess Clinked
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Those people persevering with wordy email scams from Nigeria, involving "confidential business transactions" worth vast amounts of money, civil unrest and promises of mighty rewards for the simple act of paying their expenses really ought to take a leaf out of the audacious book of the fake Contessa de Aliva, one...

  Free Tonight?
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If you're into anything dancy you'd be hard pushed to find a better night out than at Fabric. Tonight in the floor quivering Room 1 Drop The Lime drops in from Brooklyn to play along side Switch & The Scratch Perverts while over in room 2 Australian drum and bass chart invaders, Pendulum, headline with support from...

  Competition To Design New Routemaster Launched
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Crayolas, set squares and glue-on sparkles to the ready: a competition has just been launched to design the next generation of Routemaster buses. Voters will of course recall that the much-loved bus was a key plank of Boris Johnson's manifesto, as he tempted bendy-bus loathers by claiming the articulated eyesores would...

  Preview: Bad Film Club @ Barbican
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Good films are arty, beautiful, moving, life-affirming, harrowing, immersive, thought-provoking, influential, idiom-altering. Bad films are just plain good fun. While there are countless film clubs screening the good stuff, and discussing such weighty things as symbolism, cinematography and ludic interfilmic references...

  Preview: Neon Neon Live
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If you've happily bounced around to Super Furry Animals hits over the last 15 years, you were probably a bit wowed by the sleek production of Neon Neon, a joint project between Gruff Rhys and eclectic bleepster Boom Bip. They'll be popping up at Wireless on Saturday, but if you fancy catching them do a full live gig,...

  Food-ography: Piccadilly whip by Martin...H
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Photography courtesy of Martin...H via the Londonist pool on Flickr Interested in your foodie photos appearing on Londonist? Click here.

  
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