The Metropolis

Snipe Top 5: The best of the week

Mike Pollitt | Friday 22 October, 2010 12:01

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This week Snipe bigged up Hunter S Thompson, a clock that looks like an eye, the most interesting buses in town, and Pepys on Twitter. Check out what you missed.

Messed up elections in the Tower Hamlets style
London’s coolest clocks
Tourism for cheapskates
The city’s best online history resources

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Some popular articles from past years

  1. The best church names in London, and where they come from
  2. An interview with Desiree Akhavan
  3. Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
  4. London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
  5. Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
  6. A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
  7. 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
  8. The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
  9. The five best places in London to have an epiphany
  10. Hope and despair in Woolwich town centre