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And September's Last Word Is…

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Chinatown

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Going Dutch

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The Dutch hit town during the Olympics.

River Steps

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To the water at Westminster.

Our Favourite Shop

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The window of Hornets in Kensington, fine gents' clobber.

City Sunset

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Summer Plumage

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One last look at summer, at New & Lingwood in Jermyn Street SW1.

Prang A Boris

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Deer In The City Of London…

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… sort of. Golders Hill Park is owned by the Corporation of London, so, on a technicality, deer in The City of London.

I Met Her In A Club Down In Old Soho…

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Giving The People What They Want…

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… makes sound business sense. Which is why this pet shop at Archway, where Dick Whittington and his cat turned back to London, is well stocked with all your cat requirements…

Buskers

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… taken before the goons descended. "You can't play here!" "Why not?" "Don't verbally abuse me! You can't play here!" Yes, it would be a terrible thing to be allowed to perform music on London's largest arts complex. I wonder if they'll say, on their deathbeds, "I wish I'd spent more time being a security guard"…

Clouds Over Ally Pally

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Apologetic Graffiti

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Poor Old Will Coles

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Catastrophe, not apostrophe.

Neal's Yard: The Jaffa Cake Heart of Covent Garden

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Neal's Yard. The Jaffa Cake heart of Covent Garden. Plain and predictable on the outside, wildly colourful and thrilling on the inside.

Sneaking Up Behind Landmarks

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St Paul's and The Shard from Farringdon Road,

Every Head He's Had The Pleasure To Have Known

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Buccheris – an old school barber shop in Golders Green. Famous customers (clockwise from top left) Wilfred Bramble (Steptoe), Bruce Forsyth, Kenny Lynch and Johnny Mathis. Johnny Mathis! In Golders Green! Getting his haircut! This is where he got the inspiration for his famous hit. When A Child Is Shorn . B'boom.

Sunset on Vintners' Hall

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Orange

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Southwark Sunset

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They say that if you find yourself on Southwark Bridge… then you are lost. Who, then, is this lone figure heading back toward The City at dusk? Is he the next Nick Leeson heading back to the office to try to cover his dastardly tracks?

Scroll Up

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"Oh God, I just lurve these columns." "Are you being Ionic?"

St Giles Window

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Looking through Henry Flitcroft's St Giles-in-the-Fields church (1734) to Renzo Piano's colourful Central St Giles (2011) beyond.

They've Gone Native…

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Can I Take Your Name?

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A joke so lame that I'm almost ashamed. Almost…

Radical Rethink

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Following a number of complaints, it has been decided that Renzo Piano's Shard should be dismantled. Work began yesterday and should be over by Christmas.

The Bloody Blue Baron

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Now that Boris has patented his flying bike, there's surely no stopping him now.

Reflections on Justice

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The Emerald City

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From Muswell Hill.

The Writing's On The Wall

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