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Seeing double? No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Apparently, this really is a photo of two identically dressed identical twins catching the tube together.
But not sitting right next to each other.
But both doing the crossword.
No wonder the lady in the middle has had to close her eyes for a bit.
For more tube oddities, see 20 more photos of weird stuff happening Underground.
Picture a relaxing outdoor space in London. Picturing it? Okay, is it Old Street roundabout? It isn’t? Well, picture again, because last week an alfresco bar opened in the middle of Shoreditch’s most famous traffic island. The 500-capacity Old Street Terrace will be showing lots of big-screen sport and is, according to its founders (one of whom runs Spin London bicycle festival), intended ‘to create the atmosphere you’d find in open-air bars and cafés of European cities like Barcelona and Berlin’. Possibly not the island getaway you were hoping for this summer, but it’s handy for the tube.
They open for this weekend at 4pm on Thursday July 17. Find out more on the Old Street Terrace Facebook page.
Love going out dancing but always get too hot and sweaty? You’ll have no such problems if you’re in King’s Cross this Saturday night – there’s an underwater disco going down.
To celebrate the opening of a new leisure centre, Camden Council is putting on a sound bath (not the meditating type with singing bowls) in the brand new pool and everyone is invited. Dive in and be immersed in a watery soundscape, where you can bust some liquid moves and generally have a lovely float about. And just remember, sound travels four times faster in water than in air so get ready for an aural assault. No word yet on what they’ll be playing – fingers crossed for Aqua.
Under 16s can party 5-5.45pm or 5.45-6.30pm and the rest of us can play 7-7.45 or 7.45-8.30pm. It’s all free but you need to book a spot. Find out more at lovecamden.org.
Following decades of neglect, the capital’s Victorian arches are now host to a battery of bars, breweries, bakeries and all manner of eye-catching pop-ups. Andy Hill seeks out some of the exciting times to be had on the wrong side of the tracks Read the full post…
Naming your restaurant after its address seems like the height of creative laziness. But back in 2012, we let the people at 10 Greek Street get away with it, because their food was just so darn good. Now they’re back with a second site and yup, you guessed it, they’ve named it after its address. And yup, we’re going to let them off again. Of course, it helps that both restaurants had ‘cool’ addresses in the first place. When they’re looking at a site on Cock Lane (EC1) or Swallow Passage (W1), we’re thinking they may change their tune.
Read our review of 8 Hoxton Square now.
A kaleidoscope of 20,000 people will run through Queen Elizabeth Olympic park on September 28 this year when The Color Run returns to paint London pink, green blue and orange. Read the full post…
Germans: not content with winning the World Cup for the zillionth time, they’re now trying to hide our warships. Or one of our former warships, at least. Under the guidance of Berlin-based artist Tobias Rehberger something strange has been happening to HMS President over the past fortnight. If you’ve found yourself wandering along Victoria Embankment in the small hours, you may have witnessed a crack team of decorators on small boats or abseiling down the side of the ship. More used to covering black cabs with transfer ads, they’ve been coating the ship with a black-and-white geometric design that turns this floating bar into an instant op-art party vessel. Read the full post…
It’s Monday evening and that can only mean one thing, Time Out Magazine is going to be thrust into your hand tomorrow morning. In anticipation of that glorious moment, allow us to give you a sneak peek of what to expect in those fair pages. Read the full post…
Old people are rubbish, right? Shuffling around with their little shopping trolleys, in their slippers, talking about the war, or the weather, sucking on Werther’s Originals and just generally getting in the way. Read the full post…
Cash is so 2013. Now that buses are cashless and you can pay for your shopping with the tap of a card, even London’s black cabs are shunning hard cash in favour of the plastic stuff. Well one is, at least. Read the full post…
Each week, we round up the most exciting film events happening in London over the coming week, from pop-ups and one-offs to regular film clubs, outdoor screenings and festivals. Here’s this week’s top five… Read the full post…
So you’ve vaguely heard of the Levant, but you can’t point to it on a map. Don’t sweat it. It’s simply an old-fashioned name for the region (shaped sort of like a backwards ‘C’) hugging the Mediterranean sea, that once encompassed southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and northern Egypt. Now just think of being able to pick the greatest culinary hits from each of those countries and stick them on one super-album. That’s Levantine cooking. When it’s done properly, it kicks ass. But what did our reviewer make of Levantine newcomer Arabica?
Read our review of Arabica to find out.
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