Take the high road
By Andrew Mickel • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Read ThisThink you know London? Think again. Until you’ve walked along, instead of traveling on, a tube line, some of London’s best bits will be passing you by, says Andrew Mickel.
Londoners Magazine Think you know London? Think again. Until you’ve walked along, instead of traveling on, a tube line, some of London’s best bits will be passing you by, says Andrew Mickel.
Having steered clear of driving for several years, Caomhan Keane decided to mark his maiden voyage. But balking at the spiralling cost of just one lesson, he decided to keep it in the family and learn another life lesson from his dad.
| London in the sun is parks, pools, cafes and fun. But rather than laze about and spend money on sun-cream and barbecues, Tom Howard and Morag Lyall took it upon themselves to get Morag on her bike and riding. Here’s what happened on her first foray into two wheels, pedals and saddles… |
| Caomhan Keane visits Highgate cemetery and checks out the last first impressions of the dead. |
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Tom Howard gets all hootenanny and wholesome over little Johnny Flynn, a young man playing songs his elders would be proud of. |
| While Londoners would never endorse such a thing as frolicking in the fountain outside Centre Point on Tottenham Court Road, Sarah Riches encourages you to get creative this spring finding places to swim you may not be familiar with. |
| DJ and producer Anil Chawla is hot in the dance music press. Amidst recording his debut album, international DJ dates and an internet radio show for Ministry of Sound, he exclusively reveals the new home of club night Together to Maisie McCabe |
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| Can’t decide on your favourite of Ken Livingstone’s possible successors? Caomhan Keane talks to the Conservative, Respect, Lib Dem and Green mayoral candidates about MPs, the press, Amy Winehouse and breakfast. |
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Ian Phillips-Mclaren has worked as a professional photographer for over twenty years. He talks to Kirsty Nutkins about shooting Orlando Bloom and how he discovered the people and faces of London. |
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Seamus Ryan, 44, is a portrait photographer from Dublin. He’s been inviting the public to model for him on Sundays at his East End gallery - Sunday Shoots - since August 2006. He talks projects and ideas with Sarah Riches. |