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The folks over at Time Out have put together a great microsite guide to what they think are the Top 100 Shops in London. From...
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Cool Maps of Individual London Underground Lines

We've found some really cool maps of invididual lines of the London Underground. You can purchase them as posters and they have a very...
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London 2012: Posters by Britain’s Top Artists Released for London 2012

London 2012 has released a series of 12 posters for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. Check them out below in a gallery and...
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Monumental wooden art at Kew Gardens

One of Britain’s most prolific creators of ecological art is to produce and exhibit his work for a year at the Royal Botanical Gardens...
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Soho’s new place for Urbanites – Details of New Hotel in London’s Soho

The UK’s newest hotel group is to open its first hotel in London’s Soho district. Z Hotel Soho plans to be the first hotel...
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London’s Admiralty Arch Could Become Hotel

London's Admiralty Arch which stands sentry near Trafalgar Square could be turned into a luxury hotel according to The Telegraph. From the Telegraph: Admiralty Arch, built...
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Tune Hotels to Open Second Budget Hotel in London

Tune Hotels is to open its second UK budget hotel in January. The new Tune hotel, with 183 en-suite bedrooms, will be near Liverpool...
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Extravagant shoes on show at the Design Museum

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The Tube: Tube Map Visualized of the World

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Christmas in London: Christmas Lighting Dates for Central London

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London 2012: Measuring the Economic Impact of the 2012 Olympic Games

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London Pass Releases Free iPhone App – Pretty Useful!

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Picasso at the Tate Britain

Tate Britain in London is to hold the first exhibition to explore Pablo Picasso’s lifelong connections with the UK. Picasso and Modern British Art will...
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Explore an Awesome Mogg Pocket Map of London from 1806

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Buy Your Very Own Official London Street Signs

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A festival of early music in Greenwich

The world’s largest early music fair takes place in November at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. The Greenwich International Early Music Festival and...
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Heathwick? New High Speed Rail Line Proposed to Connect Heathrow and Gatwick Airports

The big news over the weekend was a new proposal being investigated by the British government that would seek to develop a high speed...
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Great Article: 10 best guided walks in London

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New London Cable Car Gets a Name – The Emirates Air Line

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