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”

• Housing Showdown: Donnybrook Quarter and Robin Hood Gardens

  
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• Opal Nera Speed Slating Anti-Valentine’s Night @ The Drunken Monkey (13th Feb 10)

  
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  Opal Nera Speed Slating Anti-Valentine’s Night @ The Drunken Monkey (13th Feb 10) Opal Nera celebrates 2010 Valentines in their typical dark style with a ?Speed Slating? night. The antithesis of conventional Valentine Day celebrations, Opal Nera invites couples to meet, and share … Sunday S?ance @ The Big ...
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• London snow storm blamed for low airport traffic

  
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  Londons Trafalgar Square in January Heavy snow storms that pummelled London earlier this year have been blamed for a significant dip in passenger numbers at UK airports throughout January. BAA has revealed that British airports handled a total of 7.2 million passengers last month – marking a significant 3.1 per ...
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• A letter from the Royal Academy to Her Majesty the Queen

  
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• A guide to New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks

  
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• February 11 in history

  
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• Shine on me

  
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• Top London blogger: Mayorwatch

  
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• Vivienne Westwood on stopping shopping

  
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  Hot on the heels of her homeless-chic Milan menswear show, Vivienne Westwood is urging fashion fans to stop shopping – for six months.It’s a well known fact on the fashion circuit that the grande Dame of fashion is partial to a political message or two, so to mark her involvement in London’s Climate Change ...
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• Pompey battle for survival moves to High Court

  
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• Zola calls on West Ham fans support for crunch match

  
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• Get the London fashion week look

  
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• Foreign embassies in London continue dodging congestion charge

  
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  Martin at Mayorwatch : Londoners are each owed £5 by those embassies which persist in evading the Congestion Charge despite government and TfL advice that the charge is a legally levied charge and not, as the offenders insist, a tax from which theyre exempt. Figures released by the London Assembly Liberal ...
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• Man arrested over PC murder

  
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• Drogba unwilling to relinquish Chelsea top spot

  
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• Kipper Williams: New economic role for Queen

  
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• Welcome Guest Goddess Victoria Alexander!

  
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• Stand behind the yellow line

  
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