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Shame

TNT Magazine readers’ Letter of the Week:

I’m an Australian who, during my time here in the UK, has befriended many South Africans. However, one thing (actually the only thing) about these mates that grates on me is their inappropriate use of the noun ’shame’ in all topics of conversation. An example of this would

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Red Bull Art of Can exhibition

I’ve been working out of the Old Truman Brewery for the past month…

…an 11 acre site that has become the creative hub of London’s East End [...] more than 200 small, creative businesses are housed in the Brewery. Fashion designers, artists and DJ’s work alongside graphic designers, architects and recording and photographic studios. Together they make the Brewery a

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You know you’ve been living in London too long when…

  1. You don’t even bother looking out of the window when you get up in the morning to check what the day is like. You know it is overcast.
  2. You believe that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are all good nights for drinking. Sunday day is also entirely reasonable.
  3. You can’t remember what ‘customer service’ means.
  4. After a big night out you

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Dashboard Confessional cover R.E.M.

Seen at R.E.M.h.q:

Dashboard Confessional covering REM’s “Automatic for the People” is airing on MTV2 Thursday, March 8th, at 8pm (ET). The performance is part of MTV’s Cover Week, a new series which features one artist paying homage to another by covering an album which has been influential to them.

Wicked. More … view full post

 

Abandoned bicycles

Joe in New York has done exactly what I was planning to do last year August – to take photos of the abandoned bicycles, but in London obviously. I started in Hammersmith with a couple of photos.

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If you’ve got the poison I’ve got the remedy

One pint of Stella Artois. An hour tube ride to Chalk Farm (??) station. One pint of Fosters. A tube ride to Leicester (“Lester”) Square station. Walked in circles around Covent Garden.

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The rain in London falls mainly on Damien

It’s time to get an umbrella – it started raining (not wimpy drizzle) today for the first time since arriving. Actually just a couple of hours ago. I got to my tube station after work and it was closed. Apparently a major power failure affecting south London. Only, I’m not … view full post

 

The London Underground

No points for guessing what happens to the tv, which wasn’t working properly in the first place, when you get so frustrated with bad reception that you throw the aerial across the room a couple of times. Needless to say, I’ve had plenty of time to do other things. So the photo link I mentioned before is … view full post

 

Earth from the Air

Yesterday I spent what could have been over an hour at the awesome Earth from the Air outdoor photographic exhibition in the gardens of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.

a spectacular presentation of large-scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes. Created by

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Heat wave in London

I can’t stop going off about the weather here, today it’s an unbearable 34°C – not the type of weather you want when you have to haul 25 kgs of your life around London. But we managed – and have moved into another hostel in … view full post