London Daily Photo: Untitled

Untitled
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" Beatroot

Yet another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for the subsequent instalments on Tuesdays and Thursdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Beatroot
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
May 31, 2007










About halfway down Soho’s frenetic and cacophonous Berwick Street is a relative oasis of salubrious calm, the Beatroot Vegetarian Café. An appetizing and healthy array of vegan salads, hot food, smoothies and juices are ‘prepared with natural ingredients and lots of care’ and served cafeteria-style to the delight of health-conscious and ethically aware consumers, not to mention everyone else simply interested in a delicious ready-to-go meal sold at a commendable price.

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London Daily Photo: Outside

Outside
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London Daily Photo: Zombie

Zombie
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" Spice 'N' Rice

Here's my second What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for the subsequent instalments on Tuesdays and Thursdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Spice 'N' Rice
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
May 29, 2007










Newly opened Spice ‘N’ Rice, on Long Lane across from Smithfield Market, offers readymade curries, cooked fresh daily and ‘inspired by our mother’s home recipes.’ The curries are prepared with vegetable oil, not Ghee; thus, that bloated feeling so often associated with a visit to the curry house is avoided along with the extra calories and fat.

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London Daily Photo: Round the Corner

Round the Corner
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Huge Hockney

Hockney unveils huge art canvas
World famous artist David Hockney has unveiled the biggest painting of his career as part of the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in London.
BBC News
Last Updated: Friday, 25 May 2007, 12:37 GMT 13:37 UK










The work, Bigger Trees Near Water, is 40ft by 15ft and is made up of a grid of 50 small canvases.

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More about Hockney here.

Madonna at Exmouth Market or Don't leave home without your camera!

Note to self: Always always always take your camera with you, dummy!

A lesson that's been impressed upon me many times (especially over the past year) but that I still can't seem to heed, is this: if I leave my camera at home, I'm sure to happen upon a very photogenic moment. Case in point: Friday around midday, I needed to go out to run some errands. Before leaving, I took a good long look at my camera bag, wondering if I should sling it across my shoulder for my brief outing. 'Nah,' I thought, 'I'm not going to be out that long or going anywhere interesting.'

So, I walked up to nearby Exmouth Market where I happened upon a huge crowd gathered around some vans, camera and lighting equipment, people walking around with clipboards, and ... Madonna, who was working on an upcoming film. Just a few minutes from my flat, I made a U-turn, heading back for my camera. Less than 10 minutes later, I returned to a much more mundane scene: no crowd, no vans, no clipboards, no Madonna. Oh well. Click here for some photos by some Flickr folks with a little more luck than I had.

Anyway, I took being out with the camera as an opportunity to take some shots of a couple of Banksy pieces, one of which has been getting an awful lot of publicity (like this, this and this) as being a new piece. However, I can verify that it's been there at least a year when I first noticed it. The other (the rat) seems to have fallen victim to a zealous but ineffective art collector.

Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007

London Daily Photo: Agro Made in England

Agro Made in England
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New Banksy in South London?

A New Piece by Banksy
posted by Marc
Wooster Collective
May 24, 2007











BiPed spotted this new piece yesterday in South London. While it hasn't been confirmed, it has Banksy written all over it.

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London Daily Photo: New Oxford Street

New Oxford Street
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London Daily Photo: Untitled

Untitled
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Designer Sales UK

Here's another post I did for Londonist:

Designer Sales UK
by Tiki Chris
Londonist
May 24, 2007









We checked out the scene at today's preview, there are bargains galore, but don't expect rock bottom prices. However, do expect queues and little elbow room. Restocking will occur every day of the sale so keep hold of your entry ticket to use again. Designers include Dolce and Gabbana, Nigel Hall, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and many more.

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London Daily Photo: Looking Back

Looking Back
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London may host language museum

"Multilingual London may get language museum"
Source: Reuters, 23 May 2007
Translating is an Art
May 24, 2007

Language enthusiasts want to open a dedicated museum in London - the world's most multilingual city, where more than 350 languages are spoken - to coincide with the 2012 Olympics.

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Upper Playground opens in London

Upper Playground in London
Juxtapoz
Wednesday, 23 May 2007










One month after launching its first overseas location in Taiwan, Upper Playground is pleased to announce the opening of a flagship United Kingdom store in London, marking the second international site to exclusively sell Upper Playground apparel.

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London Daily Photo: Coca-Cola, Toni&Guy

Coca-Cola, Toni&Guy
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Fire delays rail travel in/out of London

Blaze disrupts railway services
Rail passengers in and out of London are facing major delays due to a trackside fire in south-east London.
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 12:35 GMT 13:35 UK

Southeastern, Southern and First Capital Connect services to London Bridge, Cannon Street, Charing Cross and Waterloo East are affected.

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Chloe Early at StolenSpace

Chloe Early
Between Earth & Heaven
25th May - 24th June

A solo show by Chloe Early. Chloe Early’s paintings are an amalgamation of abstract landscape, surface pattern and figurative/representational elements. The diving figures appear incongruous, apparently unrelated to the urban landscape they inhabit. They are celebratory, a homage to freedom and self expression within the emptiness of contemporary urban landscape. Paint is applied in loose liquidy layers with a strong overall emphasis on colour and texture. Her current works are oil paintings on aluminium. Artist's Statement: "My paintings are a fictional junction between the natural and urban environments. These views are made up of many parts, bridging abstraction and landscape, a sense of place both fleeting and momentous. They play with colour and scale. The human figure appears as a diver, a small but energetic presence within the picture plane. Elements of pattern and representation appear throughout, as abstraction gives way to brief but emphatic moments of reality."

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London Daily Photo: Soho

Soho
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?"

I just started writing a weekly series for super cool mega-blog Londonist "about that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break." I've been a big fan of Londonist for quite awhile. So I'm quite chuffed about this opportunity to write about one of my favorite subjects for them! Check out my first post and stayed tuned for the subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? City Snacks
by Tiki Chris
Londonist
May 22, 2007










Panettone boxes hang from the ceiling, giving a festive air to the café while a Robert De Niro/Al Pachino photo collage and a mildly violent Taxi Driver poster add a sense of danger to your meal. Fast and friendly table service and a long standing self-imposed no smoking policy make this a clean and efficient choice for lunch.

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London Daily Photo: Barbican Grill

Barbican Grill
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London Lost and Found: Mutual Exchange

London Daily Photo: S&M Tools & Hardware

S&M Tools & Hardware
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Dinner Party on the Jubilee Line

I'm not sure how hygienic fine dining on the Tube is, but I love the irony and the fact that people are taking candy from strangers!

London Daily Photo: Carlo

Carlo
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Blair likes his tea "properly strong"

Blair pines for 'good cup of tea'
He may be keeping tight-lipped about what he plans to do next, but Tony Blair has revealed one major regret about his time in power.
BBC News
Last Updated: Friday, 18 May 2007, 14:15 GMT 15:15 UK










[Blair] ... said he wanted to uphold the British tradition of a well-made cup of tea.

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London Daily Photo: Smile

Smile
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London Daily Photo: Untitled

Untitled
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Amwell Veterinary Practice

Just a quick word of thanks to the folks at Amwell Veterinary Practice. Their sympathy and professionalism are commendable and much appreciated.

London Daily Photo: Knowing Me, Knowing You

Knowing Me, Knowing You
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Indian tourists now outspend/outnumber Japanese

Enter the Indian tourist
by Jon Stock
The Week
May 16, 2007

Indian tourists parted with a staggering 139 million pounds in 2006, up from 107 million the previous year. The Japanese spent a measly 123 million. More interestingly, the number of Japanese fell dramatically: 230,000 in 2006, compared with 434,000 in 2005.

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London Daily Photo: Holborn

Holborn
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London Daily Photo: Holborn

Holborn
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Interview with London street artist, Cyclops

Chris Osburn interviews Cyclops
by Chris Osburn (with photography by Marta Abalau)
whitehot magazine of contemporary art
May 2007










I like painting on the street because there's more democracy. You can just do your thing; you don't have to pay for gallery space or be curated or any of that. You just do your thing, where you like, how you like, and then it's out there. You haven't been paid and anyone can fuck it up or be inspired on the way to work by what you've made. And, once it's up, that's it: It doesn't belong to you any more.

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London Daily Photo: Closed

Closed
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London Daily Photo: Time

Time
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London Daily Photo: Golden Lane Estate

Golden Lane Estate
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London Daily Photo: Golden Lane Estate

Golden Lane Estate
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London Daily Photo: Barbican

Barbican
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London Daily Photo: Dots

Dots
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London Daily Photo: Very Very Very Wrong Indeed

Very Very Very Wrong Indeed
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London Daily Photo: Extra Stomachs

Extra Stomachs
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London Daily Photo: Fann(y) Street

Fann(y) Street
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London Daily Photo: Special Report

Special Report
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London Daily Photo: On the 38

On the 38
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London Daily Photo: Soho Square

Soho Square
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London Daily Photo: Play on Dude

Play on Dude
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