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What are London's singletons doing on Valentine's Day?

Posted by anonymous about 1 year ago
Last active 9 months ago 27 responses

Sad and pathetic I know, but this is my first VDay in seven years as a singleton. I used to really like celebrating this regimented red heart-shaped process of corporate-whored mass emotional blackmail, but can it really be as fun without someone else to laugh at it all with? Where are all the other bitter cynical s...

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Is 9 weeks wait (at least) for a biopsy normal in London?

Posted by anonymous about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 10 responses

I recently had a scan to confirm a diagnosis of PCOS. However, whilst they were poking around in there the nurse doing the scan found a “lump” in my womb which she described as “very worrying”. She said that a consultant would look over the scan and that my GP would call me in to give me th...

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Is it because I is....?

Posted by anonymous about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 31 responses

There seems to be a regular flow of negative stories about black youths in the press. Operation Trident, the media coverage of gang killings, stabbings, the death of the teacher Mr Lawrence, sporadic discussion of poor academic performance. There appear to be daily stories on the topic. Or is that just me noticing t...

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What should I do before I leave London?

Posted by Babb about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 12 responses

I’m planning to leave this fair city at the end of 2007 to bum my way around the world. I’d leave today but I have a few financial loose ends to tie up so, while I’m still here, I thought I’d make the most of everything that London has to offer by being proactive and trying new things. I’m in the process of maki...

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Where do Londoners like walking?

Posted by msflic about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 27 responses

Anywhere along the South Bank doesn’t count.

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The Naughty North or The Sexy South?

Posted by SFULG about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 35 responses

OK kids, it behoves me to open this debate because on a website about London it’s about bloody time someone did so. So: Which side are you on? North or South (of The River)? I came up with posting this on Friday night when I was on my way to meet Mrs SFULG and a friend for a drink at a pub on The Cut, the ro...

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Where does everyone work?

Posted by ZaraElise about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 137 responses

I’m very curious, curious by nature. And nosey. So where does everyone work? Isn’t it weird that people we chat to on t’internet may very well be people you stand next to on the tube? I usually wear a bright yellow coat so if I’m slightly mean to you please forgive me! I hate my job! I wor...

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Shiny London or derelict London?

Posted by Simone about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 5 responses

One of my favouritest websites is www.derelictlondon.com, which documents the grimier side of life in London. No new shards of glass here, just the tatty, the rundown, but also the most historically interesting places in London. So what about you kids? You have any favourites here? I like Scotland Green in Totten...

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How many London boroughs have you lived in?

Posted by ________ about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 24 responses

I’ve never lived outside London myself. During my life though I’ve lived in Waltham Forest, Islington, Brent, Wandsworth and Lewisham so far (back in Islington now). How many boroughs have you lived in? Which was your favourite? Which was your least favourite?

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What makes London areas so different from each other?

Posted by BraveNewMalden about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 19 responses

When I lived in Clapham, I was struck by how different Streatham felt. It had an almost suburban air to it, which in itself is no bad thing but which seemed strange considering it was almost as close to central London. I know the hue of a local council can affect the way an area feels to live in as well as how it...

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Is there anywhere I can see a 3-D topographical map of London?

Posted by AngryMike about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 6 responses

I like to know the lie of the land. Out in the country this is easy but amongst the high-rises and caverous streets of this fair city it’s difficult to get a sense of the geography around you, the sweeping hills and valleys et etc. Is there a map anywhere of the topographical lay of the land of London? I’...

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Where do you have your own out of body experiences in London?

Posted by Chez about 1 year ago
Last active 9 months ago 13 responses

Not that kind of out of body experience. I mean where do you do your day dreaming about doing something completely different? I went somewhere else in my head this weekend and it was different parts of town that made me do it. Went to see Razor Light at Earls Court on Sunday. That evening I decided I wanted to le...

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City v Country as in London v Great Britain. Who are you?

Posted by msflic about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 6 responses

Whilst walking my nephew to a restaurant along the river, we had the following conversation Nephew: How do you know where to go? Me: Because I’m a Londoner. Nephew: What’s that? Me: Someone from London. So, do you associate more with your city or your country? For me it’s definitely city...

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Not just favourite karaoke venues, but favourite top tunes..?

Posted by Richo about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 30 responses

I seem to have been inflicting my unfortunate limited warblings on the karaoke venues of london town a little in recent times (not my fault guv – assorted work dos, hen dos and what a to dos…). It got me to wondering after a particularly marvellous soiree at Lucky Voice last week (no stroppy waiters, &#...

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Pinball machines - are they now extinct in pubs?

Posted by pottytime about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 4 responses

I’ve seen that the Castle Pub on Commercial Rd has one but that’s the only one that I’m now aware of. I used to enjoy smacking the ball around, as it were, but trying to find a pub with a machine in it is getting harder and harder. Any other watering holes in central(ish) London that have pinball?

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Which London view makes you happy?

Posted by Pandini about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 16 responses

I’ve recently been in the USA and saw the wonders of the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Sedona and more. These are stunning, beautiful places. Then, yesterday, I was in Cambridgeshire and saw fields of rape against a beautiful blue sky with just a few clouds lazily basking in it. It made me remember that Engl...

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London Photo shoot. - where to get good shots?

Posted by cobo04 about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 15 responses

I’ve six hours to ‘kill’ between meetings, will have camera with me, so… Done the usual tourist picture taking things. Where would I go to get the best and possile unusual shots in London. Suggestions please.

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Decent bag shop for ergonomic rucksack?

Posted by pitcher about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 3 responses

Does anyone know of a really decent bag shop in London? I’m looking for a real mega-emporium as I want a rucksack that has an ergonomic design. Obviously I’ve looked online, but I want to be able to get my hands on the real thing so that I can guage the size properly. I’ve thought of the usual c...

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What would be your fantasy London building to live in?

Posted by Richo about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 38 responses

Not that I have a clue what I would choose myself, from the vast array of amazing buildings on offer (many of which are indeed probably standing empty due to stupid levels of rent), but I just wondered, if you could choose any, but any, building/structure to live in, in our fair city – what would it be? Hmm...

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What should a new Londoner do?

Posted by AdamT about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 25 responses

I’ve just arrived in London and I would like to know what to do for the weekend. I have made the rounds at the typical tourist spots, and now I want a taste of authentic London. Where should I go and what should I do to experience London as a native might?

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