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FutureWorm

3 Jan 2011, 06:37

actually more like three weeks, but i'll be there for most of january. any suggestions for good pubs/clubs/hangout spots? also i'm supposed to interview an Authentic British Individual while i'm there so if i could cheat and use one of you that would be just super

bonz

3 Jan 2011, 08:05

Go to Bournemouth and interview Andy Davidson in his iBar.
http://www.facebook.com/ibar.bournemouth

If you do, make sure to ask him about the patch for Worms Diector's Cut that he was hinting on to S2K a few years ago.

MrBunsy

3 Jan 2011, 12:03

If you get bored during the day the Tate Modern's always good for a laugh.

philby4000

4 Jan 2011, 00:22

go to brick lane and have a salt beef beigel

FutureWorm

4 Jan 2011, 01:39

If you get bored during the day the Tate Modern's always good for a laugh.

go to brick lane and have a salt beef beigel

more details about either of these would be appreciated

FutureWorm

4 Jan 2011, 01:39

also phil do you live in london?

thomasp

4 Jan 2011, 11:01

more details about either of these would be appreciated
Tate Modern's a massive art gallery with random "things" in them (some really push the definition of "art"). It's partly in an old power station (I think) on the south bank of the river Thames, and as it's free to go around, it's well worth a look: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/

Just opposite St Paul's Cathedral, over the infamous "wobbly bridge" (the bridge that opened in 2000 and wobbled from side to side as people walked over it, said wobbling has now unfortunately been fixed)

Nearest tube stations (be warned, Blackfriars tube station is currently closed) are: Southwark (Jubilee line), Mansion House (circle & district) or St Pauls (Central)

philby4000

8 Jan 2011, 15:29

I live in kent but work in london sometimes. most of my knowledge extends to 'cool places to eat', unless you really want to find one of londons 90 flight center shops.

anyhow brick lane is a really cool area in east london, with some good nightlife. Never been to any of the clubs myself but it's always packed at night.

There's a bunch of 24 hour bagel shops (the best ones spell it 'beigel' a habbit i seem to have picked up). One of them claims to be the oldest beigel shop in london. don't go to that one, go to the 24 hour beigel bake next door. order a salt beef beigel. there will be more salt beef than beigel. it's like two inches thick. it is delicious.

If you go during the day, go on a sunday for the market. brick lane is also a stones throw away from three other famous markets: spitalfields, petticoat lane and colombia road flower market.

BetongÅsna

11 Jan 2011, 04:05

I live in London. Want to interview me? I'm very English.

Also Brick Lane is all about the curry, never mind this ba(ei)gel nonsense!

bonz

11 Jan 2011, 10:05

Isn't Diagon Alley a famous location in London?

SargeMcCluck

11 Jan 2011, 12:25

I live in London. Want to interview me? I'm very English.

Also Brick Lane is all about the curry, never mind this ba(ei)gel nonsense!

You're a northerner! That's not English! That's ... northern!

(Says the west country farmer... not exactly the home counties myself ;))

Paul.Power

17 Jan 2011, 11:22

You're a northerner! That's not English! That's ... northern!

(Says the west country farmer... not exactly the home counties myself ;))Hey, I've got a Nothern accent and everyone seems to say I'm the most English person they know.

Granted living in Wales for 20+ years might be the reason for that.

Also tea and cricket.

BetongÅsna

18 Jan 2011, 01:39

Thanks for ... err ... Geraint Jones...

Paul.Power

18 Jan 2011, 09:45

Thanks for ... err ... Geraint Jones...What about Simon Jones, who's actually Welsh and not Papa New Guinean? (and for that matter, wasn't rubbish :p)

Xinos

19 Jan 2011, 06:50

I caught a cricket once.

BetongÅsna

20 Jan 2011, 02:49

What about Simon Jones, who's actually Welsh and not Papa New Guinean? (and for that matter, wasn't rubbish :p)Oh yeah ... I keep forgetting he's Welsh.

Squirminator2k

28 Jan 2011, 04:13

Welsh isn't a nationality, it's the sound of putting your foot in a wet wellington boot.

Paul.Power

28 Jan 2011, 09:37

"Now, this is another example of the institutionalised racism which is accepted when it's directed towards the Welsh." Rob Brydon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNJStquFEGk)

FutureWorm

28 Jan 2011, 15:02

also london was really fun and the tate modern was cool

except for the one "art" installation that was just a ****ing mirror hanging up. i mean, come ON

thomasp

28 Jan 2011, 17:26

also london was really fun and the tate modern was cool

except for the one "art" installation that was just a ****ing mirror hanging up. i mean, come ON
Oh, they've got rid of the 4ftx3ft sheet of 25mm blue perspex then?

FutureWorm

29 Jan 2011, 15:47

Oh, they've got rid of the 4ftx3ft sheet of 25mm blue perspex then?
didn't see it while i was there. i guess they replaced it with the mirror so that they could continue to ask the challenging questions and defy the establishment about what art is or should be

or some bull**** like that