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Top 10 FREE things to do in London
1} Sample the delicious food on display at the Borough Market – cheese, meat and treats galore 2} Wander down Brick Lane and look at the graffiti on display (and the crap being sold on the street) 3}...
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Sorry to keep going on about the tarts
The other day, as I was walking through Borough Market, I found some of my favourite Portuguese Custard Tarts. Now if you want to read about my tart obsession, read my earlier post, this post is about...
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Art and the marketplace
On one of the last sunny days in London, I ventured to Greenwich. I intended to go to the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Royal Observatory, but got completely distracted by...
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The inevitable post about carrots
For those of you who watch QI, you will know that carrots were not always orange. They were bred to be orange by some fancy pants dude in the Netherlands to honour royalty*. I have known this for a...
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I think you need a Brick Lane Sunday
The sun has finally returned to London. Weak and cold it may be, but it is the perfect excuse to rediscover Brick Lane. There are three main reasons to go to Brick Lane on a Sunday: 1} You are hungry...
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Cheating on Borough Market
Yesterday I did something bad, real bad. I cheated on Borough Market. For months now Borough Market and I have had a loving, regular and fulfilling relationship. We laughed, we ate cheese and we got...
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Turns out Broadway Markets are ever so slightly amazing
My sister has been raving about Broadway Markets since I arrived in the UK. But like the obstinate little sister that I am, it took me over a year to deign to visit. It. Was. Amazing. Unlike my normal...
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runawaykiwi goes cruising for chicks in Paris
Paris has some amazing markets; food, flea and flowers stretching as far as the eye can see. But there was one market that had always captured my imagination, Marché aux Oiseaux, the bird market. It...
View ArticleTurns out I’ve been doing markets wrong
I love London markets, they are one of my favourite parts of living here. But today I discovered that I have been doing them entirely 100% wrong. I was asked by Camden Market to do an Instagram...
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For those of you who watch QI, you will know that carrots were not always orange. They were bred to be orange by some fancy pants dude in the Netherlands to honour royalty*. I have […] The post The...
View ArticleCheating on Borough Market
Yesterday I did something bad, real bad. I cheated on Borough Market. For months now Borough Market and I have had a loving, regular and fulfilling relationship. We laughed, we ate cheese and we got...
View ArticleTurns out Broadway Markets are ever so slightly amazing
My sister has been raving about Broadway Markets since I arrived in the UK. But like the obstinate little sister that I am, it took me over a year to deign to visit. It. Was. […] The post Turns out...
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Paris has some amazing markets; food, flea and flowers stretching as far as the eye can see. But there was one market that had always captured my imagination, Marché aux Oiseaux, the bird market. It...
View ArticleTurns out I’ve been doing markets wrong
I love London markets, they are one of my favourite parts of living here. But today I discovered that I have been doing them entirely 100% wrong. I was asked by Camden Market to do […] The post Turns...
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