Destinations

London's Canary Wharf | Martin O'Brien | United Kingdom, London, London

Only twenty minutes by Underground from London's West End, this major financial and business centre is moored like some mini-Manhattan in the heart of the Isle of Dogs

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Walking the Millenium Mile along London’s River Thames | Christopher Somerville | United Kingdom, London, London

London’s Millennium Mile (it’s actually nearer two miles) along the south bank of the River Thames must contain more memorable sights and attractions than any city-centre stroll on earth

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London | David Clement Davies | United Kingdom, London, London

'It was trying to get my shopping bags back from the supermarket, along the darker reaches of the North End Road, that finally clinched it...' David Clement-Davies plans his escape from the onset of yet another foul British winter.

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Down the Drain | Nancy Lyon | United Kingdom, London, London

Over-the-shoulder espionage and underground eavesdropping: spend a day as a mole, mindlessly riding the Northern Line, the oldest, longest line of oldest subway on earth-the London Tube

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London Calling | Kamin Mohammadi | United Kingdom, London, London

The history of cool Britannia, as told by one who saw the fading days of punk, the Day-Glo ‘80s, Chelsea Girls, the rise of Kate and Sienna—only to come full circle and find herself, once again, rifling the racks at Topshop

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Swinging back to Sixties London | Rory MacLean | United Kingdom, London, London

Alongside New York and San Francisco, London was the herald and harbinger of the Sixties, the place and time where the women’s movement, gay lib, the environment and pop music became mainstream

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London | Vitali Vitaliev | United Kingdom, London, London

I love London's velvety summer nights, when nightingales scream their little lungs out in Berkeley Square, and a podgy full moon mooches about in the brandy-coloured sky, like a pot-bellied drunk trudging home from a pub

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Hampton Court | Ben Mallalieu | United Kingdom, London, London

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Shakespeare's London | Marc Zakian | United Kingdom, London, London

The George was one of Shakespeare’s locals. He may have watched plays here, supping the evening away after the show. Four centuries later it’s still a working pub, restaurant and – in summer – it still stages plays

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Favourite Hotels Outside London | Martin O'Brien | United Kingdom, London, Sussex Downs

These hotels are something special: they are stately country homes, some of which date back to the 15th century, set in some of the prettiest English countryside you can find

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