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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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As we walked across Lambeth Bridge towards the Museum of Garden History on Thurdsay evening, we were immediately reminded us of how much we enjoyed the first Atmospheres festival. It was on that bridge in October where we started it with a field recording workshop led by Chris Watson. With the old St Mary-at-Lambeth...
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Everyone always says that there's not many acts out there that can play Wembley, but I don't necessarily buy that. I reckon at any one point there's probably about fifty acts that could. It just depends how many tour.
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Upminster WindmillYou've just missed National Mills Weekend - two days when more than 300 UK wind and watermills opened their doors to the public. Yes, who knew? It's an annual event, apparently, but not the sort of thing that gathers a huge amount of pre-publicity. I mean, where should one go to see advance notice of this...
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This Week In London’s History
Monday – 12th May 1967: Pink Floyd stage their ‘Games for May’ concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank. The concert is notable for being the first ever live performance to use a quadraphonic sound system. Unfortunately, the use of bubbles and daffodils during the performance...
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Wow, loads of people editing the holiday wiki - many thanks for all the ideas although if I were to take them all on it'd take me a year to see it all.
I've seen my future, well it'll be my future if I'm lucky and don't drop dead in my 50's.
It was a lovely day, one of the first sunny days we'd had all year and our...
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Hope you managed to stand the heat on the London Underground at the weekend. On Saturday I spotted the guy below at lunchtime, who was a bit errr merry from booze and had clearly been out in the sun.The red arms, chest and legs looked a tad painful, but he didn't seem to mind and his mates spent more time joking about the...
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I've been sent an email (well two emails actually) by Josh Neicho from letters at Evening Standard. He wants me to pass on to friends and colleagues who have previously run Circle Line parties. I only have one friend who has run a Circle Line party - well a pub crawl to be more precise and I will forward this on to him. ...
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Hope you managed to survive the heat on the London Underground at the weekend. On Saturday I spotted the guy below at lunchtime, who was a bit errr merry from booze and had clearly been out in the sun.The red arms, chest and legs looked a tad painful, but he didn't seem to mind and his mates spent more time joking about the...
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