Stratford International is the best-placed gateway to the Olympic Park, but it’s out on a limb. And if you’re travelling there from anywhere north of the park… well, heaven help you. TfL, it’s time to build a bells-and-whistles extension to Leyton and Leytonstone.
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Leyton FC: The story of an extinct club that strangely still exists… for now
For well over a century, there were two teams in Leyton. One of them may have technically disappeared, but their ground – the pitch, the terraces, pretty much everything – still stands. The players are around too, if you know where to look.
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Why the hell was London Bridge dismantled and rebuilt in Arizona?
The London Bridges of old were famous for falling down, but the stone one built in 1831 was pretty sturdy. OK, sturdyish. It had started sinking, to be fair. But is this why it was taken down before being rebuilt in *checks notes* the Arizonan desert?
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Cafe Churchill, Whitehall: Why it’s the worst cafe in London
I found it: the single worst cafe in London. Cafe Churchill on Parliament Street is so spectacularly awful – on every conceivable level – that it should surely win some kind of award. After its owners are sent to prison.
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Enis’s Cafe, Waterloo: You’ll never leave
It’s fair to say that Enis’s had a bit of a reputation. It was a local cafe for local people, and no one else was welcome. I just really wish someone had told me this before I ventured in, because the only way I could get out was by calling the police.
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