London Daily Photo: Alarmed & Erected

London Daily Photo: Alarmed & Erected
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Hunting

London Daily Photo: Hunting
Photography by Emiana © 2007
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Where to Stick Those Free London Papers

Recycling service for free papers
Publishers of London's two free afternoon newspapers have agreed to set up a dedicated recycling service to tackle the problem of discarded copies.
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 16:48 GMT 17:48 UK

The firms behind thelondonpaper and London Lite will each buy and install about 40 recycling bins in central London and recycle the contents.

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Photography courtesy of Acme's Flickr photostream.

London Daily Photo: Cat Nap

London Daily Photo: Cat Nap
Photography by Emiana © 2007
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London No Longer a Top 10 Destination for US Vacation-Goers

London is No Longer A Top Ten Holiday Destination for American
by Travel Editor
Cheap Flights News
August 21, 2007

the city’s lower destination ranking demonstrates the significant effect the dollar’s weakness has had on US air travel to the UK.In July 2006 London was ranked the 7th most popular destination for which deals were sought on Cheapflights’ US site. In July 2007, that ranking has dropped sharply out of the top ten destinations to 15th.

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Photography courtesy of chaserpaul's Flickr photostream.

Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?" Bosphorus Kebabs

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Bosphorus Kebabs
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
August 21, 2007
















Apparently, the cult of kebab has many adherents, as evidenced by the many impromptu rave reviews written on index cards covering much of the wall space inside and providing a brilliant lunchtime read. One card from 2002 is signed by “Lionel the Taxi Driver” a fan of Bosphorus Kebabs for 35 years, writing that Bosphorus serves “the best food in town.” Another, among the multitude of cards, simply states that “It’s all about Bosphorus Kebabs.”

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London Daily Photo: Concrete Jungle

London Daily Photo: Concrete Jungle
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Free bike route maps cover 4,000km across London

Launch of new cycling route maps
Cyclists can now get their hands on the latest set of free maps which cover 4,000km of cycle routes across London.
BBC News
Last Updated: Monday, 20 August 2007, 23:48 GMT 00:48 UK

The 14 maps help riders identify the shortest routes or quiet roads in any part of the city as well as stations with parking for cycles.

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Photography courtesy of Salim Virji's Flickr photostream.

London Daily Photo: Holborn

London Daily Photo: Holborn
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Cat & Mutton

London Daily Photo: Cat & Mutton
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Afternoon Nap

Afternoon Nap
Photography by Anna Krsikova © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Untitled

London Daily Photo: Untitled
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Rusty

London Daily Photo: Rusty
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Night of the Demon at Sartorial Contemporary Art

Night of the Demon
Solo show of works by James Jessop
6 September – 3 October 2007




























Sartorial Contemporary Art
101a Kensington Church Street
London W8 7LN
T: 020 7792 5882
F: 020 7792 5820

Tues to Sat 1:30 – 6:30 pm

Jessop's indulgence is a penchant for gaudy B-movie imagery and sleazy paperback covers from the sixties juxtaposed with a sense of Bronx style tagging intervention. And Jessop unashamedly appropriates, steals, 'sprays up' in his work, bringing us up close to an old Modernism still flexing its muscles a hundred years on. Modernism as it is so-called is still in its youth, Post-Modernism a conceited premature attempt at breaking away from its forebear, a failed attempt at being aloof to the labyrinth.

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Roc Roc Radio - Kid Acne

London in Song and Video ...

Cool song by Kid Acne set to a great video directed by London artist Dscreet. Brilliant shots of East London, especially the bits on Sclater St.

Golden Age of Restaurants for London?

Here's a link to a lil diddy I wrote for Londonist about a recent report about a boom in new restaurants in London.

A Golden Age of Restaurants?
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
August 15, 2007

London is experiencing a restaurant boom. Over the past year, 158 new outlets compared to 89 closures were recorded by Harden's for its upcoming 2008 London Restaurants guide. That’s 16 new restaurants more than the former record set in 2005, opening at an annual rate of three times what it was in the early Nineties. Harden’s co-editor, Peter Harden, is so enthused by the increase he’s dubbed this point in time a “golden age for the London restaurant-goer with the restaurant scene reaching a stage which would once have seemed inconceivable.” A walk down any High Street confirms Harden’s findings.

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London Daily Photo: Tandoori King Business Lunch

Tandoori King Business Lunch
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Free Beer Money from Saatchi & Saatchi

Carlsberg: Litter
axelk
AdverBox
2007-07-18










£5000 in £10 and £20 notes were individually dropped around the streets of London with a removable sticker that read, Carlsberg don’t do litter. But if they did it would probably be the best litter in the world’.

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Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?" Pogo Café

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Pogo Café
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
August 14, 2007

Pogo Café is a “vegan worker’s cooperative café” in Hackney. Being a vegan worker must do wonders for one’s disposition, as the smiley and soft-spoken woman that served us was possibly the nicest person we’ve come across in a long time. She also seemed to genuinely appreciate our patronage and showed sincere interest in our thoughts about our dining experience.

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London Daily Photo: Mega-Sale

London Daily Photo: Mega-Sale
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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