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A Sunday Stroll in London’s East End

“Cop a feel, luv.” He was talking about flowers, of course, and the woman next to me at the stall seemed very taken with the dried purple blooms that never need watering. At Columbia Road Flower Market that Sunday morning,…

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The Hoxton Holborn: More Than A Mere Hotel

There’s no other way to say it: The Hoxton Holborn is cool. It oozes cool, in a quirky, charismatic way. Which other hotel could brandish interior accessories that look as if they were squirreled from your granny’s attic, and make…

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Flying Over the River Thames with Emirates Air Line

Swinging precariously in the wind and rain at nearly 300 ft above the River Thames, I had to admit to feeling the slightest bit nervous. But any nerves were soon blown away by the incredible view below.  Sitting in a…

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The Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2014: Stories My Suitcase Could Tell Wins Best Travel Blog!

Spotting the Shard and St Paul’s Cathedral to my left, and the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye to my right, I felt a frisson of excitement: this was it!  I was in London, battling through rush hour traffic…

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London skyline at sunset

Drinking in the Sunset at Aqua Shard

The elevator had only one option. After shooting upwards so fast it made my ears pop, the lift deposited us on the 31st floor of London’s tallest building, out into the entrance of one of the city’s loftiest bars: Aqua…

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Down at Dalston Yard: Street Feast London

Before my visit, I knew almost nothing about Dalston in East London.  My only nugget of information took me back to my teenage years, and a song by Razorlight (a favourite band at the time) in which the lead singer…

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