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Speakers’ Corner

Random rants from bloggers with a bee in their bonnet, or just a personal opinion you’d like to express

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Why London Markets Aren’t All That
Why London Markets Aren’t All That

Camden Market may have been alternative back in the 1980s, but now it’s all so coordinated and contrived

Cordon Chelsea Off
Cordon Chelsea Off

I wondered, at such a time of recession, how anyone could be so insensitive as to commission and show ‘Made In Chelsea’

The Best Things in London Are Free
The Best Things in London Are Free

There’s nothing like getting things for free, allied with the knowledge that you’re limiting the amount sent to landfills

Save Gaby’s. Fight Clone London!
Save Gaby’s. Fight Clone London!

Gaby’s Deli on Charing Cross Road, home of the salt beef buttie, is facing closure. Do your bit to keep some London history alive!

Living With Unobtainaboys
Living With Unobtainaboys

Unobtainaboys are not the misogynistic assholes found in Neil LaBute scripts. They’re good people, just a little gamesy

Down With Drugs
Down With Drugs

The best drug experience I’ve ever had took place on a Saturday in August at the end of a secluded road in Tottenham

Football Isn’t Coming Home After All
Football Isn’t Coming Home After All

This week’s game against Sweden at Wembley saw the lowest attendance there for an England match since 2007

The Invisible Cyclist
The Invisible Cyclist

In a society preoccupied with phones and iPods, we can’t afford to be too preoccupied when it comes to road safety

Brockley: A Car’s Worst Nightmare
Brockley: A Car’s Worst Nightmare

Being a (North)Eastender, if I ever venture beyond the river, I get all nervous and have to start calling people Guv’nor or Treacle

The Winged Fare Dodger
The Winged Fare Dodger

There’s nothing more disconcerting than sharing your tube ride home with a pigeon, and knowing that it hasn’t paid the fare

Journeys of a City Girl

Cath Millman
Londoner Cath Millman's travel blog takes us beyond the big smoke - read her blog

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