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Sunday Selection

Happy Sunday! Sorry this is a little late in the day, but better late than never as they say. Here are a few things from my internet travels that I think you will enjoy. Get your day off to a flying...

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Istanbul

Sorry for the hiatus – I’ve been travelling to the exotic, exciting, cultural, incredible and beautiful city of Istanbul! Can you tell that I loved it?! We were there for a week but still needed much...

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Creating an Attractive City

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable....

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A History of New York in 50 Objects

I romanticise New York all out of proportion. So much so that I dedicated a large chunk of my studies to the city as it fascinates and excites me. When I was younger there was no where else that I...

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Commit no nuisance

There is a secret garden down a cobbled side street in front of a desolate church in London. It is a place of sanctuary amongst all the noise and bustle of the capital and I feel like I step back in...

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Where to visit during Open House London weekend

Battersea Power Station, Wandsworth (c) Battersea Power Station It’s Open House London this weekend so head out and explore some of the capital’s amazing architecture. Be inspired by Modernist homes...

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New releases: Books about London

Last week I received two new books in the post; London Villages: Explore the City’s Best Local Neighbourhoods by Zena Alkayat and A London Year: 365 Days of City Life in Diaries, Journals &...

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A London Year: Daily Life in the Capital in Diaries, Journals and Letters

London, meet New York A couple of months ago I received* a beautiful book, A London Year: Daily Life in the Capital in Diaries, Journals and Letters, in the post. It’s the type of mail you dream of – a...

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Throwback Thursday – Boston

Each Thursday I post a photo from the past, usually with a few words about where and when it was taken. As a teenager I was lucky enough to spend a week in the city of Boston. I flew over for a family...

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City Life

“The mixture of difference and indifference can be described as cosmopolitanism. In social science this term does not refer to chic clothing or suave manners; it names more fundamentally a sense of...

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Humans of New York blog

Every so often you come across a blog that grabs you. You inevitably find it at 11pm and before you know it it’s two in the morning and you’re greedily reading every post they’ve ever published. The...

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