It’s the last weekend of the month. You’re skint. We’re skint – even more than usual – but it’s a bank holiday, and no one wants to lose out on the unbridled joy of that extra glorious day off. So it’s pretty lucky that we’ve put together a comprehensive list of free (or at least …
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With headlines declaring Storm Ernesto’s imminent arrival and a recent plunge into the depths of autumn (when did the mornings get so cold?) marking the official end of London’s heatwave, it looks as though we’re set to surrender summer for this year already. But why wallow in the pain of quickly diminishing daylight (yes, the …
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Now that the metallic novelty glasses and giant numeric balloons are finished populating our newsfeeds, we can start to actually get on with 2018. That means putting those well intentioned (but probably not the most realistic, right?) resolutions into action. If the idea of swearing off meat and sugar is already losing its appeal, we’re …
Ahh, the tube. Sprawling across 402km (the third longest after Beijing and Shanghai), London’s Underground system is one of the oldest, most famous, and most complicated in the world. It boasts almost 300 stations, 11 lines, and an inevitable litter of quaking tourists clutching their TFL maps in the corner. It carries a stomach-churning 1.37 …
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Moving to London means finding a flat, finding a job and finding friends. But what about finding a doctor? Probably one of the last things on your to-do list – if it’s even there at all – registering with a GP is the kind of thing your mum nags you about, but you can never …
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Anyone stuck on the central line this week won’t need to be told how bleedin’ hot it was – a mobile thermal device recorded temperatures above 35 degrees on the tube – as hordes of sweaty commuters spent their journey battling to press themselves like puppies, tongues lolling, against that teeny, tiny window at the …
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The election might be over, but the announcement today that the Queen's speech will be delayed while the Conservatives 'hammer out' a deal with the DUP has shown that the British government is still far from being decided. It looks like the optimistically named 'Coalition of Chaos' might already be under threat, giving hope to …
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Uber gave free rides to polling stations for wheelchair users, two book shops on opposite sides of London offered discounts to under 25s if they could prove they had registered to vote, and…pubs were giving away BOOZE. It seemed like all of London was rooting for a Corbyn victory by luring the youth out in …
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Rent. Prices. Two words best uttered with extreme caution for fear of sending every Londoner within a three-mile radius in to a state of hysteria (‘tube strike’ has a similar effect but you’ll soon discover the horror unleashed by that particular phrase). The average person living in London will have spent almost £70,000 on rent …
Yes, you might spend your weekends perpetually lost and weekdays stuck in some hairy man’s armpit, but some of London’s worst traits can actually have surprising benefits. Here are our top six unlikely advantages of living in the city. 1. It’s generally accepted that no one living in the capital ever has any money (double …
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