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Town Hall Hotel, London

19 Oct

Except the 100 metres: a very East End Olympics, welcome to Bethnal Green. (Photo by HWL).

The neighbourhood: What’s the deal?
Bethnal Green: the real East End. Our friend Pete likes to reminisce how there didn’t used to be any supermarkets in the area because the chains were worried that people would steal the food. Today the mix is decidedly eclectic (and don’t worry, there is a Waitrose!). Bethnal Green is halal pizza, Vyner St First Thursday art openings, take away curry, chador-wearing teens, free Russian newspapers, boating nomads living on the canals, and graphic design hipsters on fixed gears stopping off for a latte. In short, all the diversity of London in one slightly industrial zone that is still a while off total gentrification.

We like the gleam of old fashioned timber at the Town Hall Hotel, in London. (Photo by HWL.)

The Hotel: What’s the concept?
It’s a design hotel inserted into the body of an former Town Hall. The UK doesn’t mess around when it comes to privitisation – post offices, libraries, Town Halls – they’re all up for grabs. The hotel group, the Singaporean-based Unlisted Collection, has done well to retain the building’s original elegance. Built in Edwardian times the edifice also features some deco extensions – there are loads of original details throughout. It’s been used as a film set a number of times with appearances in the period drama Atonement; based on Ian Mc Ewan’s Booker Prize nominated novel of the same name; and Guy Ritchie’s edgy crime heist Snatch – ask at the hotel’s reception if you’d like to watch these or other films during your stay.

An elegance of stairways at the Town Hall Hotel – note the designer chairs in the lobby, one of the trademarks of Singaporean hotel group, the Unlisted Collection.

The crowd: What’s the vibe?
Mixed. The edgy flavour and slightly out of the way location of the neighbourhood means the hotel offers a very good price for the standard of facilities – big rooms, designer chairs, even a swimming pool. Among the crowd you will find a mix of in-the-know globe trotters as well as middle-aged couples standing on the corner and looking bewildered as as a bus pulls up and unloads 100 cape-wearing Somalians.

A dash of deco, a glint of gold. (Photo by HWL.)

Tell us about the rooms:
Room are very generous and some of the apartments have good-sized kitchenettes so if you’re planning a long-term stay you can DIY bacon and eggs.  In terms of aesthetics, the hotel has gone for a ‘classic look’ that is in keeping with the building, but to our mind it was a little, well, corporate, compared to the groups other offerings such as the showy Waterhouse on the Bund in Shanghai.

A very generous standard hotel room in the basement level at the Town Hall Hotel. Note, for more light, request a room on one of the higher floors. (Photo by HWL.)

The Hotel: What is it ideal for in the context of London?
The hotel is perfect for Shoreditch-friendly street smart types who are doing business in the East End or frequent visitors who want to soak up some of the community atmos in the area. Highlights include Broadway Market on Saturday, taking the fixed-gear for a zip down the tow-path, ogling the handsome waiters at the fashionable eatery Bistroteque or grabbing a £1 lager and wandering about the Vyner St art openings. Note that the hotel is on the Central Line which is ideal for exploring sites and central London (click here for Tube map).

The hotel has retained many of the original details, including this rather quirky fireplace in the middle of a very long bathroom. (Image by HWL.)

Pluses: What is to love?
Both of the in-house restaurants are very good. Viajante, headed by a chef who interned at the legendary El Bulli, does a wonderful and very reasonably priced set lunch and dinner. (Book in advance and request a table at the front so you can watch you meal being prepared with tweezers.) Swimming pools are not a given in London hotels, so we appreciated the opportunity to do a few laps. The bar is also a lovely spot to meet friends for drinks.

Lighten up: breakfast is served in the lovely Corner Room restaurant. We also recommend it for a cosy and elegant meal during your stay. (Photo by HWL.)

Minuses: Where could it improve?
Based on our stay, we would say that the staff are not quite up to standard (a number of incidents suggested a lack of experience) and there were some technical issues with the heating system. Also, while we appreciate the need to diversify the business to functions and weddings, events shouldn’t take place at the inconvenience of other hotel guests. We’re as big a fan of Freddy Mercury as anyone, but do we really want to hear the reverberations of Another One Bites the Dust as the wedding DJ attempts to crank-up the party? Probably not.

A room with a kitchenette. The apartments enable a division of sleeping and living areas, with room left over for guests. (Photo by HWL.)

Tips: let’s hear them.
Have a well-made morning coffee at Hackney Bureau. Check out Viktor Wynd’s Little Shop Of Horrors – an art slash curiosity store that doubles as the Last Tuesday Society HQ, specialising in off-beat events. See what’s on at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club – a sort of tongue-in-cheek venue where activities might include a roller skating tea-party, a David Lynch inspired cabaret evening, or a retrospective of John Water’s films. (Note that attending in costume is encouraged.) Pellicci, one of London’s best known old school caff’s is around the corner, if you can stomach a fry up, give it a go, otherwise, stick to a cuppa served strong enough to strip your teeth. Low-key but pleasant activities ideal for a Sunday include visiting the V&A Museum of Childhood, strolling in Victoria Park (duck feeding is optional), or taking a look at Anish Kapoor’s rather silly Orbit sculpture at the recently inaugurated Olympic stadium.

A mere dawdle from the Town Hall Hotel will get you to Hackney Empire, a great coffee and lunch spot. Note street artist Conor Harrington’s work on the wall above it. (Photo by HWL.)

Bookings: Contact the Town Hall Hotel

Lullaby: Catch former Bethnal Green resident Peter Doherty in a nostalgic mood in The Last of the English Roses.

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Boundary Hotel: London

13 Jul

Guest Review by Christian

Shoreditch, loads of graf including this little squirrel beastie by Belgian artist Roa (Image by HWL)

The neighbourhood: Tell us about it.
Shoreditch – still killing it after all these years. The recent regeneration has only made it better and more approachable, if not a little more self-conscious. Natural home to the hipster (don’t wear socks if you want to blend in). Train carriages on top of warehouses, chalk stripe suits with pink shirts, the creative bourgeoise, a constant waft of sweet tandoori, with a layer of graffiti on top.

Hang it all at the Eames Room, at the Boundary Hotel in London.

The Hotel: What’s the concept?
Design hotel on the financial fringes, catering to media and creative industries and the odd discerning City exec. part of the Conran group it builds on the successful example set by Shoreditch House without all the bells and whistles. Good value when compared with the standard bearers of London hoteliery.

The Eileen Gray Room, the risk here is going out and coming home to find that Le Corbusier has decided to paint all over it. Not much of a risk, given the circs…

The crowd: What’s the vibe?
Relaxed and cool, maybe a touch Parisienne…

Tell us about the rooms:
Room was massive… It was one of the corner suites, the ‘Shaker’. Standard rooms are still pretty good… Bigger than normal.

Get back to your modernist roots in the Bauhaus Room at the Boundary Hotel.

The Hotel: What is it ideal for in the context of London?
Brilliant business hotel given proximity to the City. On your days off you have something more exciting than the West End to explore. Great little pubs close by like the Owl and Pussycat and the George & Dragon. Voluminous shopping opportunities at Boxpark, Spitalfields and Brick Lane… and just along Redchurch St there are some fun boutiques like APC, Catch & Release and Aubin & Wills.

The Hoxton branch of the White Cube gallery is within strolling-while-whistling distance….Here shown a previous exhibition by Marcus Harvey featuring a mohawked Churchill and a portrait of Thatcher constructed from an assortment of cast objects, including sex toys and corn cobs. (Image by HWL)

The clubs have become a little ‘bridge & tunnel’ (like the lower east side), so best avoided on weekends or stick to the pubs and bars. Oh, and have a beer with Tracey Emin at the Golden Heart… if she’s not there you can enjoy some of her original work in the loo.

Breakfast bacon bap at the Albion – they do a decent light supper and scrummy afternoon tea too.

Pluses: What did you love?
The food is incredible… the Albion caf is a great way to start the morning with porridge and prunes or a bacon bap. The formal French restaurant downstairs is simply awe inspiring… the lapin a la moutarde is still fresh in my memory. Not to be eaten every night as you will rue the lack of a gym, but don’t leave without venturing downstairs.

Mind your silver plates and go the chaud lapin at the Boundary…

Minuses: Where could it improve?
The reception and entrance are quite small and not that awe inspiring, although functional. I would say a gym, but there are plenty of Boris Bikes around…

Tips: do you have any?
Take the east London line down to Peckham Rye and visit the park and Lordship Lane.

Bookings: Contact the Boundary Hotel

Lullaby: Fall asleep to Golden Brown by the Stranglers

Christian: Employee of the Month

About Christian:

Corporate hostage with enthusiastic delusions of creative escape.

Explore the inner workings of his heinous mind on Tumblr Everything I do Is Wrong.

Or why not stalk him on Twitter: @legalotter.

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Shoreditch House: London

30 May

Mornin’ Sunshine: room with balcony and wooden shutters. (Image by HWL)

The neighbourhood:  Predictably Shoreditch House is located bang in the middle of Shoreditch – that means you are looking at a semi-industrial landscape with a trademark EINE graffiti wall on one side and the light railway line on the other. It’s glamour, London-style, but on the upside you are very much in Hipster-Central, near a patch of excellent cafes such as Terence Conran’s Albion Cafe and the rustic Leila’s Shop; art galleries like the Rocket Gallery in the Tea Building & White Cube (Hoxton Square branch), street art galleries like Pure Evil and the Village Underground and the cool shops of the surrounding streets and Brick Lane.  There’s great street art everywhere, too.

A rather forceful looking ’4′ at Shoreditch House. (Image by HWL)

What’s On Offer/The Crowd: Shoreditch House is part of the growing SOHO House empire – it is essentially a ‘member’s club’ for London-based media types which offers multi-level indie entertainment (bar, restaurant, cinema etc) including a much loved and photographed rooftop pool and bar. They host a swag of invitation-only media events such as book and film launches, which attract a nice crowd of creative types every night of the week.  Basically if you work in media in London there is no escaping Shoreditch house.  The good news is, the hotel is open for everyone, and if you are visiting London it’s your chance to mix with a cool crowd of locals at a very reasonable price (for London, that is).

London calling: the devil is in the details, at Shoreditch House. (Image by HWL)

The Hotel: It’s a good place to stay if you are in London for work and your meetings are on the East End. It’s anything but corporate but it is well set-up with a lot of common areas (think football tables; many bars etc) and is a great way to get people to come to you for a change – Londoners find it hard to refuse a rooftop drink on a sunny day. It’s also nice for a weekend if you are planning to hang out in Shoreditch, Dalston or London Fields (which is where things are these days in London).

A heady mix of cocktails and the famous ‘Gherkin’ on the fabulous roof-top of Shoreditch House.

Pluses: The bedroom decor is a success – think ‘institutional’ with a subdued ‘maritime’ theme –grey vertical wood panels, school chairs, white tiles. While this sounds like a very bad idea on paper, it works, and creates a rather minimalist, yet warm and cosy atmos. The individual balconies are great, and so are the large internal wooden shutters with which you can play to create your own personal light show. All in all, it’s rather upbeat, and very comfortable.

The public spaces – the downstairs bar is beautiful and the rooftop one, well… it’s spectacular.

Decisions, decisions… An understated slightly salty maritime theme pervades at Shoreditch House, in London. (Image by HWL)

Minuses:  I wasn’t a great fan of the overly warm and OTT welcome (including hugs, or was it an arm squeeze?) and detailed instructions as how to fill my bags with the complementary beauty products. (Yes I have been in hotel before! – mind you it was a rather nice package of Cowshed stuff and I did take them home, as instructed, thank you!). But one can hardly complain about warm welcomes.

Shoreditch House: a nice mix of mod cons and homely touches, such as hot water bottles and wooly blankets. (Image by HWL)

The Vibe: Staying there reminded me of French artist Philippe Ramette’s  ‘Device for Becoming the Hero of your Own Life’ artwork (a sort of wearable harness that plays a soundtrack for your life – to see it, scroll down on this annoying web page) – you have been cast in a film where you are a cool urban creative with an exciting network of cool urban creative friends signing up book deals or generally going somewhere. I suspect it can be a bit tiring, sometimes, and not always relaxing if you are feeling a bit low.

Anyone for mind games? Playtime at Shoreditch House in London.

Bookings: Contact the Shoreditch House, London.

Lullaby: Drift asleep to Night Time by the XX.

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If a tree falls in a forest ….

20 Feb

…and there’s nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound? If an artist makes a work of graffiti, and the work doesn’t appear on Google image search, does it exist? Spotted at Broadway Market in London Fields and published for posterity…

 

I want to be seen on a Street Art Blog: graffiti, Broadway Market, London (Image by HWL)

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Hotels We Love in London: Zetter Townhouse

17 Feb

No shame in being bookish @ the Zetter Townhouse (Image by Jefferson Smith)

The hotel: The 13-room Zetter Townhouse offers cosy digs with a ‘my great aunt lived in India’ club-house feel; it opens onto the pleasing St John’s Square in Clerkenwell, just across from the original Zetter Hotel.

Rm. 4 suggests you lie back & think of Cool Britannia: but its stumpy four-poster is not recommended for long-legged lovers. (Image by Jefferson Smith)

The neighbourhood: The ye olde neighbourhood of Clerkenwell could be described as ‘hidden in plain view’. While even Londoners struggle to locate it, it could hardly be more central; it is walking distance to Shoreditch, Barbican, Convent Garden, Soho, and Islington. Nearby cultural institutions include the Tate Modern, the Barbican and Sadler’s Wells dance theatre. The closest tube (Farringdon) is just one station from Kings Cross St Pancras. The neighbourhood is peppered with creative businesses, the odd residential loft conversion and the remains of the old city walls. It has more than its fair share of tasty eating options nearby in Exmouth Market and the historic meat market at Smithfields.

Hello Kitty: Yes, it seems the in-house cat is quite stuffed (Image by HWL)

The vibe: Club house meets country house in a distinctly English (read eccentric) vein. The fit-out is the product of months of trawling through action houses and estate sales for club lounges, bric-a-brac, circus off-casts and oddities, such as a stuffed kangaroo for the dining room. (Begetting the question: why doesn’t everybody have one?) Continue reading →

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Hotels We Love in London: The Hoxton

13 Oct

Uncommon common area @ the Hoxton Hotel, London

Cool, Cheap, London, Hotel. Pick any three. Every couple of months we get an email from a  far-flung friend or colleague saying something like: “Can you recommend a cool hotel in London that’s not too expensive?” Having lived in London for the past few years, we can say that this is no easy request, especially for those travelling under their own steam (ie: not on expenses) and carrying a weaker currency. And maybe that’s why we’ve been procrastinating posting about London hotels! A couple of months ago our friend John Ryan sent us the usual hotel/London/CanYouRecommend? email. We sent him a bunch of ideas, and  he ended up at the Hoxton in Shoreditch. Finally, it looks like we can fill the above request with ease.

So John, tell us a bit about it: The public restaurant/bar area at the Hoxton is beyond hipsters – fairly pricey food (and average, although it is London I guess) and dumb beautiful people giving service. But the hotel side is just lovely. Very friendly staff (like, not ‘Have a nice day’ types… friendly like your friends … conversational, not transactional). There’s also the lovely attitude: when I booked, the invoice had a line item that said something like “Pointless taxes” with a “0″. When I checked out, the account was headed “The Damage”. And every little sign and instruction had that same tone and voice. A sticker on the window showing you how to open it was titled “Stupid Sign #41″…

Neon dreaming: Hoxton Hotel, London

So, what did you like?: A great spot, made even better by their z-card brochure featuring their recommended places around the neighbourhood. It’s available on their site too (see here). Super! How else would I have known where I could get a 50 quid shave?! (I did get the shave; don’t tell my wife!)
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Rooms: Stylish, small, very comfortable. Hand-etched art on the wall! Lovely toiletries. And  – almost best of all  – you get a little brown bag in your room and hang it on your door, and in the morning there’s a fresh OJ, a banana and a yoghurt with muesli (from Pret). It’s yum.

Cosy digs with arty etchings: a typical room at the Hoxton Hotel, London

What did you love?: But best of all was the price. I looked for places within 30 mins travel time of [my conference] with free WiFi. That was my search. The Hoxton was EASILY the cheapest I could find, aside from slum houses totally discredited on sites like Trip Advisor (God love ‘em). I was totally price-conscious, and not looking for a status joint. Turned out I stayed at a pretty cool joint.

London, in’it? Hoxton Hotel, tried out something new with ‘East End’ themed hotel rooms. Just now we’re not sure whether to expect a hotel-wide roll-out of the Grandmother-meets-hobo makeover.

Booking: contact the Hoxton Hotel. If you’re quick on the draw, register for the Hoxton’s £1 room sales.
HWL Tips:  If you stay here, our favourite haunts in the ‘hood are: Coffee: Story Book Cafe: noisy, bar-meets-coffee shop with board games and ping-pong. (100-106 Leonard St, EC2A 4RH) Baked goods: Leila’s Shop: cool, organic style homely cafe that has great coffee, slabs of cake and cheese platter meals. Just near the White Cube gallery on Hoxton Square. (17 Calvert Avenue, E2 7JP)

Clash of civilisations: reading a local mag over coffee & ginger bread at Leila’s Shop, Shoreditch (Image by HWL)

Cheap & Cheerful Dinner: Cay Tre: Cool, reasonably priced and very tasty Vietnamese restaurant which offers the usual classics plus some more original house specials, eg: a quail and aubergine curry hot-pot (yum). (301 Old St, EC1V 9LA; Tel: 020 7729 8662) Or try their unimaginatively named but more glamorous premises nearby at Viet Grill. Drinks: for a casual sporting atmos, try Bar Kick, featuring table foot and reasonably priced cocktails; for speakeasy with a jazz twang, try The Night Jar. A cool night out: Bistroteque: hipster restaurant and bar in Hackney (take a cab). The bar is like Cuba circa 1960. The restaurant is a white, concrete loft with some of London’s cutest looking waiters. They have good menu du jour deals for early diners. Book ahead. Ideally combined with an art gallery hop along Vyner St as part of First Thursday openings. (23-27 Wadeson St, E2 9DR; Tel: 020 8983 7900.)

Stone, paper, scissors: Hoxton Hotel, London

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ABOUT JOHN: John Ryan is a travel content veteran and all round digital guru. He was the managing editor of Lonelyplanet.com and the site received several Webbys during his tenure. He also co-authored the very odd and shamelessly eccentric Micronations about real life non-UN recognised countries, such as the self-proclaimed empire, the Republic of Whangamomona, where the presidency was shared between a poodle and a goat. These days John can be found in Melbourne where he  runs his own website strategy agency, the hiply named Sitegeist. He also does a mean air guitar.

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Roa + Raleigh Vektar is Go!

8 Aug

Tom, the Raleigh Vektar & Roa's rabbit on Hackney Rd, London

The Raleigh Vektar. Could anything be cooler or more 80′s than this BMX with its own computer console, a PacMan like sound track and a body that looks like it was built from the Star Wars Lego collection? As if that wasn’t exciting enough, the bike’s owner, London designer Tom, has updated the sound system so it connects to an I-Pod. Then one day he was riding it around town and had a chance encounter with the Belgian street artist ROA…

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London Bike Porn meets the Moulton

18 Jun

London artist Saki owns a cult 1995 Landrover Moulton - in yellow! (Image: Freewheelers video series on Babelgum.com)

….So, in between travels and writing about them, we’re working on an online video series, perhaps best described as ‘Bike Porn’. The Freewheelers series, directed by our friend Pete Bishop, was an ‘Official Honoree’ at the 2011 Webby Awards (the Oscars of the internet) – something which made us both proud and excited.

The series portrays a cross-section of the London cycling scene and encompasses everything from a vintage mini-penny farthing and a Ugandan courier bike  to a German Tank bike and customised fixed wheel. We’ve featured two British bike design icons – the Brompton and now the Moulton (see below) – and contemporary designer/artists, including Ben Wilson’s amazing Californian style low-rider (the bike that launched his career) and Benedict Radcliffe’s fluro art bike. One of the best things about making the series is meeting the people behind the bikes. In this case, it’s Saki, an artist from Tokyo who talked to us about her 1995 Landrover edition Moulton bike.

Freewheelers | Babelgum, posted with vodpod

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Tracey Emin’s ‘Retrospective’: this time it’s for real

17 May

Tracey bares all at the Hayward Gallery this summer (Image © Tracey Emin)

London has a love-hate relationship with the YBAs (Young British Artists) in general, and with Tracey Emin in particular, perhaps because she is perpetual fodder for the scandal-seeking tabloids.  The girl from Margate turned art super star combines the excess of Kate Moss with the tragedy of Lady Di rolled into one messy package and while London loves her, there’s a sense in this unrelentingly class-stratified town that they’ll never forgive her for daring to overstep her status. (And make a truckload of money doing so.) Emin, like Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and the Chapman Brothers are now heading towards middle-age faster than a molotov cocktail; the term ‘YBA’ once denoted infamy, now it it has a scarcastic undercurrent.

Up in lights: Love is what you want by Tracey Emin

Emin’s last show, Those Who Suffer Love, at White Cube may have pleased the die-hard fan, but we found it disappointing. To quote Basquiat, it felt a bit SAMO (Same Old Shit). I came out feeling disappointed that Emin, a woman approaching 50 and presumably reaching her maturity as an artist, didn’t seem to have anything new to say. Was she becomming a caricature of her YBA self? (C’mon Tracey, you can do it.)

For this reason, we’re excited about the artist’s retrospective Love is What you Want that opens tomorrow at the Hayward Gallery for the summer season. Having dipped into her work over the years – from the Duchamp-like miniatures ironically entitled ‘My Major Retrospective’ that included tiny replicas of works created for her graduation show (the originals were destroyed), to her very unlady-like experiments with embroidery, her curious collaboration (Do Not Abandon Me) with the late Louise Bourgeois, to the numerous neon statements that grace many a London pub, Emin is an artist that fascinates. Emin’s shows are always intensely and unflinchingly personal – part gory movie, part tear-jerker, you may have the urge to view it through your fingers. While Emin’s work draws on the personal and the themes are universal her art seems anchored in a place: London. A great excuse to visit the city this summer.

For a post-show de-brief, have a shandy (or three) at the Golden Heart in Spitalfields, one of Emin’s old drinking haunts (110 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LZ).

Tracey Emin: Love is What you Want: 18 May –29 August 2011, at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London.

Postscript: The Sunday Times arts writer, Waldemar Januszczak, reviewed Emin’s show with the following quote: “Starting with a splutter of juicy swearwords and explicit sexual admissions, and ending with a splutter of juicy swearwords and explicit sexual admissions, with plenty of juicy swearwords and explicit sexual admissions in between, this is not a show for the culturally demure or anyone who does not like pubic hair.” (Bring it on!)

Summer's up: Hayward Gallery London (Image: HWL)

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William & Kate: Stencil Art & Wedding Japes

6 May

William & Kate, stencil art, spotted in Islington, London.

Bring out the bunting. (Photo by HWL)

Someone had to do it. Coming home in a black cab after dinner (at Soho’s Polpetto – highly recommended btw) I noticed this stencil around the corner from home. Bringing distinction to a rather drab London building site is street art commemorating the world’s most famous ‘happy couple’ of the moment. We abandoned Royal Wedding fever in London for an extended Easter break among donkeys and anarchists in Greece (more on that later). But even as committed Republicans, we had to admit this stencil by local, female street artist Bambi – complete with festive bunting – is rather cheerful. The gold slogan “A Bit Like Marmite”  brings an absurd and atypical tinge of glamor to the sorry corner of Liverpool & Offord Rds in Islington. (Do check it out if you are in London.) Marmite, like the Queen, is more or less inedible, but the British seem to like it.

In a very loosely connected story of royal weddings and hi-jinx, my friend Adam sent me a link to art pranksters Stickers on the Central Line. (Digression: click here if you want to see Adam talking about flies, genetics and nueroscience.) As well as being exceedingly easy to decipher, the British tube map is an icon of graphic design (wiki story here) and these humorous, guerila-style interventions make travelling on the underground a lot more fun. Their improvement of ‘Park Royal’ station is explained on their website, which I hope they don’t mind my quoting wholesale.

“The marriage of Kate Middleton and William Windsor was commemorated by Transport for London when the new Royal Line was opened by Mohamed El-Fayed. The line will connect Buckingham Palace with Primark, Oxford Street for the first time, allowing the Queen access to her favourite boutique. It should also be noted that seatbelts must be worn at all times on the Royal Line.”

Japes go underground (Photo © Stickers on the Central Line)

Coming on a postage stamp to you soon… All in all, it’s a pretty fitting tribute from the city where Banksy made his name, the Sex Pistols improved on the National anthem.

This one’s for you Liz.


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