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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 ... 
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 visited Westminster Abbey and went book shopping on Charing Cross Road, but mostly I just walked around. I had read about this city my entire life. I could hardly believe I was finally there.
I’ve been back a few times since, and the city only gets better. I love
London not just for all there is to see—one of the world’s finest art galleries, one of the first and greatest modern museums, world-renowned theater—but also to savor the fantastic, sprawling vastness of the place. Over 7 million people speaking more than 300 languages call London home.
In our Top 10 London sources, Here I’ve collected voices that reflect the pleasures, problems and variety of life in the city, including that of an expatriate Nigerian poet and a Labour councillour in Southwark. We've also got feeds on London news and nightlife. A poignant online journal begun in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings provides a perspective on British politics, and the musings of an amiable crank keeps us abreast of events such as National Cheese on Toast Day. Perhaps you came to this site because of an interest in London’s storied past: Shakespeare, Bloomsbury, the Blitz. You’ll stay because its present is even more compelling.
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Tourism New Zealand are to bring their giant rugby ball to London for the 2011 World Cup draw.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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