London

London, the capital of Great Britain, was founded by the Romans as Londinium in AD 50, then abandoned when they left Britain, but the Saxons set up Ludenwic just north of the old site, and the city has been an important centre continuously since then.

At the centre of the British Empire, it became the world's largest city between about 1825 and 1920. It remains one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.

Bloggers on London may be writing about its cultural life, about being a tourist there, about the 2012 Olympics, about its history and architecture, and even its pigeons.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “London”

• Celtic ace Brown attacked in street fight in Edinburgh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov 9(ANI): A British tabloid has claimed that Celtic midfielder Scott Brown was attacked in a late-night street fight in Edinburgh, Scotland.Brown was on a night out in Edinburgh with pals on Saturday when it is alleged that he was caught up in a scrap with a group of revellers, The Sun reported. The [...]
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• Boxing champ Haye quit modelling to quench thirst for “beating the hell out of people”

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov 9(ANI): The new heavyweight champion David Haye has revealed that he had been into modelling for a short period, but sifted his focus to boxing to quench his thirst for “beating the hell out of people”.Before turning into a pro as a boxer in December 2002, David had appeared in a few ads [...]
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• NATO forces ‘may abandon most of northern Helmand’

  
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  London, Nov.9 (ANI): Western military commanders in Afghanistan are considering a radical shift in policy that would see British and US forces conduct a tactical pull-out from most of northern Helmand, including the town of Musa Qala. The Times quoted a NATO source said the plan to withdraw from northern Helmand would ...
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• Eat in the Churchill Arms - Londons first Thai pub

  
  Tired of London, Tired of Life — Authority: 425
  The Churchill Arms, on Kensington Church Street a short distance from Notting Hill Gate Tube, is a lovely traditional pub which is as beautiful on the outside as it is inside. Like many London pubs, the Churchill serves Thai food, and here it is cheap, good and in ample portions, a cut above the usual Thai pub ...
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• ‘We will cope with things better next season,’ says Hamilton

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov 9(ANI): Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton has told current world champion Jenson Button that his McLaren team would be a lot tougher to beat next season.Hamilton also said that the disappointing season, which took him close to quitting over Liargate, has taught him a lot about himself and his ...
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• David Hasselhoff goes on booze bender

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov 9 (ANI): Former Knight Rider actor David Hasselhoff got wild and drunk in a casino and had to be escorted out by guards, it has emerged.Three security men ushered Hasselhoff, 57, out of the Cascade Casino in British Columbia, Canada, after an “altercation” with an elderly customer, reports the ...
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• Younus unlikely to change his T20 retirement plan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Abu Dhabi, Nov 9 (ANI): Pakistan skipper Younus Khan is unlikely to be persuaded to change his retirement plan for the Twenty 20 format of the game. “He is a blue-eyed boy of the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, who is also likely to be here for the final ODI against New Zealand on Monday, but [...]
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• Whitbread beers in the 1950s

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 129
  Ever wonder what Whitbread were brewing in Chiswell Street during the 1950s? No? I didnt really expect you would have. Now me, theres another story. I have. Often. Wonder no longer. Here are (pretty much) all the details you need to know about Whitbreads Ales. (Not the Stouts, because theyre in different brewing ...
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• Disney Movie and Dickens Travel

  
  A Traveler's Library — Authority: 420
  Pickwick Papers Inn Destination: Dicken’s London Movie: Christmas Carol , Novel by Charles Dickens, Movie Disney Studios As the new movie of a Disney version of Dickens Christmas Carol , kicked off the Holiday season this weekend, London offered Dickens deals. When I saw the the title come up for ...
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• Scotland Yard claims credit for foiling Al-Qaeda New York subway plot

  
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  London, Nov 9(ANI): The Scotland Yard has claimed credit for foiling an Al-Qaeda plot to blow up the New York subway three months ago after alerting the FBI. The Yard’s counter-terrorism branch was monitoring an email address uncovered in April’s abortive Operation Pathway probe into an alleged UK terror cell, ...
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• Kim Kardashian says her bro’s butt is biggest in the family

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov 9 (ANI): Socialite Kim Kardashian has passed on the title of biggest butt to her brother.Kim, 29, whose backside is the most talked about since Jennifer Lopez, said that her brother Rob should be given the honour, reports the Sun.And to prove her point she posted a picture of his derriere on [...]
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• Pammi launches her own brand of perfume

  
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  London, Nov 9 (ANI): ‘Baywatch’ babe Pamela Anderson has become the latest celebrity to launch her own brand of perfume.Anderson, 42, wore a milk maid-style white dress on November 8 as she launched the two scents, named Malibu and Malibu Night, in Florida.“Malibu is for flirtatious days and is a great ...
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• How will TfL restore Thames to east of Tube map?

  
  UK news: Dave Hill's London blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  Youll remember the great Evaporated Thames hullabaloo , which Mayor Johnson neatly turned to his own advantage by demanding in the name of all that is British that the river be restored to the Tube map. This work is due to be completed next month. Diamond Geezer has been getting the measure of the task: Itll be ...
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• Who Wore Lipsy London Better? Sacha Parkinson, Michelle Keegan or Lucie Jones

  
  Red Carpet Fashion Awards — Authority: 561
  “Coronation Street” actress Sacha Parkinson arrived at the “Inside Soap Awards” in London back in September wearing a grey Lipsy London bejeweled heart layer dress. She paired her dress with a matching grey clutch and black patent platform pumps. Sacha’s colleague, Michelle Keegan wore the same dress in a ...
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• StanChart to recruit 3,000 employees by 2010

  
  WhoInnovated.com — Authority: 150
  Standard Chartered, a British bank headquartered in London with operations in more than seventy countries, plans to hire 3,000 employees in India by the end of 2010, a year that would also see the British firm listing its shares on the bourses. Read the original: StanChart to recruit 3,000 employees by 2010
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• Degrees of Separation [Mark Steyn on Ft. Hood killer]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  Step One: Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His mothers funeral was held there in May that year. The ...
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• The Reinvention of Robert Gates

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 759
  One afternoon in October, a blue and white jumbo jet flew high above the Pacific Ocean, approaching the international dateline. On board was the secretary of defense, Robert Gates, who was on an around-the-world trip that would end with a summit of NATO defense ministers, where the topic of the day would be ...
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• Tower 0.42

  
  Phill Price | Photography Phill Price | Photography A daily photograph from London, England — Authority: 130
  See this on Flickr , Zooomr , SmugMug , Ipernity . Tower 0.42 is a © Copyright 2009 photograph by Phill Price | Photography Related posts: Trinity skyward Into the night
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• Bringing it Up, Deeper Underground

  
  Reporter's diary — Authority: 106
  One of the hazards of public transport in London on a Friday or Saturday night is that you have to share it with lots of people who have had one too many. This means you have to watch your back, front and sides, to see who is shifting around uncomfortably, who is clutching their stomach and who has buried their face ...
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• Video: dead prez - Hip Hop (Live in London)

  
  Nah Right — Authority: 737
  Check out dead prez at KOKO in Camden, North London on Friday night. Props to DJ Gone .
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