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columbia road is very central. about 15 minutes walk from the city.

― ............., Tuesday, 16 November 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

For arts and humanities look to Goldsmith's, UCL, Kings etc. Specifically for Arts the London Institute colleges are good and the RCA for post-grad.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Univeristy College and Kings College seems ace but how hard is it to get accepted? Anyone know?

― Boxcar (Crapstone), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

UCL has pretty high standards - average A Level points score is something like 22 or 23, but obviously it varies according to subject - humanities lower than medicine, say. Not sure about King's, but I would guess just a little lower. I don't know if you are someone who has just finished their A Levels.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

London is great but I've lived here most of my life so I'm used to it. Stevem otm about the pros and cons but the public transport isn't a total nightmare every day, just a bit of a pain sometimes. I do know people who have moved here from small towns and found it a bit intimidating but I think the key is to see London as a lot of villages all close together.

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not British so I dont do A-levels. I'm from Sweden and I'm 21(so I'm a mature student). When it comes to subjects(from high school) that are important to the courses I'm interested in I have the highest grade in, like like history, civics, geography.

― Boxcar (Crapstone), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Well that should work - they are used to dealing with foreign qualifications (I work in the kind of internal software house at UCL, even sometimes on the admissions system - but that doesn't mean I can help!).

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Quuen Mary & Westfield is great for English

― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I hear Queen Mary is supposed to be exellent for politcal science too(which I'm interested in).

― Boxcar (Crapstone), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

pros: lively capitol of America's most liberal state
cons: many whingey limeys

― bum_clit, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

pros: no you

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 10:56 (twenty-one years ago)

A definite pro, which I really miss now that I'm not living there, is the variety and frequency of cheap flights to all over Europe.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Pro - London "pay premium" in many jobs.

― 3underscore (___), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

...but balanced out by some of the steepest housing costs in the world.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Not really - a lot of places (Edinburgh being a close one to my knowledge) isn't far off on housing costs, but with a significantly lower salary due to *quality of life* weighting.

― 3underscore (___), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

The average house price in Edinburgh is £162,446 and in Greater London it's £287,342.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

It may seem as if house prices are expensive in Edinburgh, but relative to the proximity to the centre of town, it's nowhere near. My friend sold her 2 bed flat in Stockbridge for £260,000, but in London, a flat that nice, in such a nice area so close to town, would have been much more expensive than that. Given how long it takes me to get into work, the equivalent in edinburgh would be falkirk!

― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Average salary, Edinburgh vs London, Madchen? (I would look, but am having a crisis at work at present)

― 3underscore (___), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Not necessarily indicative, but average salary of academic staff at UCL: £31.4k, at Edinburgh Uni: £32.0k.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

That's pretty much what you'd expect, though, given that Edinburgh and UCL are on roughly the same level prestige-wise.

My friend sold her 2 bed flat in Stockbridge for £260,000

How long ago? I'd think something like that could well go for double that now.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, Caitlin, which is why it might be a good place to find the semi-mythical London weighting kicking in; similar institutions but apparently paying around the same despite the costlier environment of London.

(And London weighting, when it is available, is a piffling amount of money compared to housing costs; it hardly approaches the 77% gap in house prices highlighted by Madchen).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Average salary in Edinburgh is £19,038 and in London it's £25,124 (from National Statistics Online).

Average house price in London is 1.77 x that in Edinburgh
Average salary in London is 1.32 x that in Edinburgh

But I'm rubbish with statistics so somebody else can manipulate the figures to demonstrate what they think about them.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

When I moved to Glasgow in February 2002 I reckoned that my salary was about a third less, but my rent was about halved.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I was surprised when i looked in an estate agent's window in Bloomsbury at how reasonable the prices for studio flats in that area were, maybe that's cos the Edinburgh prices are getting so ridiculous and i'm using them as my benchmark. I'm glad i bought when i did, wouldn't be able to afford it now.

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 18 November 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

My position is quite weird - by moving to London I would be in a much better position to buy a property than I am in Edinburgh - maybe that is because I am actually moving to the market, rather than being in a single-employer job for the city I live in.

― 3underscore (___), Thursday, 18 November 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the key is to see London as a lot of villages all close together.

This is the thing I really love about London.

― Ally C (Ally C), Thursday, 18 November 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

five years pass...

Londoners...how does one report a black cab for refusing a fare? I've been googling but can't find a way to report it. Also he was driving while eating a kebab.

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:03 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.london-taxi.co.uk/taxi/complaints.htm

― are you robot? (suzy), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:06 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/contact/pco/

― former moderator, please give generously (DG), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:08 (fifteen years ago)

thanks guys...i've reported him. let the powers of official justice deal with him!

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 4 October 2010 11:25 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://i.imgur.com/AkNgf.jpg

― No Wicked Heart Shall Prosper.rar (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 December 2010 02:59 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

i am going to london in late april to visit some friends and 'hang'

anything i should be doin' there? fun things cool things?

day trips?

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:41 (fourteen years ago)

You should be planning a FAP

And possibly seeing Lauryn Hill in concert

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:46 (fourteen years ago)

i wonder if lauryn would 'fancy a pint'

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:09 (fourteen years ago)

srsly tho i have never met any london ilxors i dont think

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:42 (fourteen years ago)

i am going to be lookin' around for funnish stuff to do during the days while my friends are at work. should i take day trips anywhere?

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:50 (fourteen years ago)

definitely do a beer with some of us. what sort of day trips do you have in mind?

― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:52 (fourteen years ago)

im not sure haha! i just thought maybe like... day trips would be cool? ihavent seen any of england outside of london.

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:53 (fourteen years ago)

except in movies.

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:53 (fourteen years ago)

Oxford and Cambridge are easy day trips on the train. Worth seeing one or the other.

― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:58 (fourteen years ago)

Was thinking bout that ya!

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:50 (fourteen years ago)

Just be aware that a round trip train ticket to Brighton costs approximately 1 million pounds

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:47 (fourteen years ago)

oh yeah, even in the off-season? (is april the off-season?)

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:48 (fourteen years ago)

Lunchtime is about as off-season as it gets these days.

― Fizzles, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:52 (fourteen years ago)

Coach is reasonably quick to oxford (90 mins) and about half the price of the train.

thread summary:
q) what should i do in london?
a) get the hell out!

― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:54 (fourteen years ago)

hahah noooooo

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:58 (fourteen years ago)

train tickets are a lot more affordable when bought in advance, but then you're supposed to travel only on that specific train.

― uh oh i'm having an emotion (c sharp major), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:59 (fourteen years ago)

Parks is a good idea, for things to do in london in actual london. Through Regent's Park and up Primrose Hill is a decent stroll ending with a good view over the city.

― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:02 (fourteen years ago)

i am very into taking 'walks' (free, fun, photos)

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:06 (fourteen years ago)

walking along the riverside, from e.g. battersea bridge to tower bridge, is kind of a must

― uh oh i'm having an emotion (c sharp major), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:10 (fourteen years ago)

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get 6 cans of lagers for £5* from an offie
I've been away for a year, I get back and it seems to have gone up to £5.50. Bleak times.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:52 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm sure it's Cameron's fault.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:58 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha! the * after £5 was actually going to be the footnote saying exactly that!! something like (* more likely to be £5.50 - bloody Tories innit)

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:44 (fourteen years ago)

Bring Back Brown's Broken Britain

― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:46 (fourteen years ago)

it's true about Sam Smiths - dearer than ever before, but then so is everything else
the lager is good and distinctive
so are the specials like cherry beer
and yes, they do have a different atmosphere which I still tend to like.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:21 (fourteen years ago)

is the beer really now 2.8%??

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:25 (fourteen years ago)

swap sam smiths with a wetherspoons, then

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:27 (fourteen years ago)

yeah - pointed out to me just before leaving the bricklayers a few weeks ago, feeling surprisingly sober.

These people seem to be up on it all

― woof, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:30 (fourteen years ago)

It was about 2.20 in Sam pubs pre-Christmas, it's now at least 3 quid, at least for a lager. For me that jump means I'd rather go somewhere with decent food, better beer, and nicer atmos. They're not bad pubs but at 3 quid I reckon it's about 80p or so cheaper than a pint of something decent; in somewhere that's definitely nicer.

Mind you the one I frequented most was The Rising Sun near Barbican, plenty of nice alternatives around there.

― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:19 (fourteen years ago)

Drinking round the Barbican and not going to the Old Red Cow is straight-up wasteful IMO.

― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:43 (fourteen years ago)

always too busy imo. it is small.

― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:43 (fourteen years ago)

or just bring a six pack into the barbican?

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:48 (fourteen years ago)

a six pack of toilet duck

― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:48 (fourteen years ago)

when it's payday

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:49 (fourteen years ago)

la dee da

― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:26 (fourteen years ago)

time was you would joke about drinking a six pack of toilet duck in the street

― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:32 (fourteen years ago)

really cleaned up the street

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:02 (fourteen years ago)

Is this the London thread?

Did you see this?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/magazine/china-mieville-london.html?emc=eta1

― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:34 (fourteen years ago)

/\/\/\

Say something about it

― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:07 (fourteen years ago)

i read that and wasnt sure what to think

what should i think

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:01 (fourteen years ago)

should i cancel my trip

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:01 (fourteen years ago)

Definitely, you don't want to hang out with racists and alcoholics.

― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:17 (fourteen years ago)

"eyes roll with the duh".

― Fizzles, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 06:19 (fourteen years ago)

Say something about it

it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 07:31 (fourteen years ago)

the fluff piece that ran alongside it (what are the LDN equivs of these NYC things iirc) was actually more interesting

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 07:31 (fourteen years ago)

"The mayor is a ninja of bumptiousness"

― koogs, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 08:34 (fourteen years ago)

Lex otm, esp re: the fluff. Such an effort to read and although I recall vaguely agreeing with him I can't remember a single specific thing that he says.

― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:10 (fourteen years ago)

read the first page and had no idea what thesis he was attempting to expound, beyond a few 'pensions! strikes! olympics!' handwaving signifiers.

― God arrives for the apocalypse, having been traveling at the speed of (ledge), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:13 (fourteen years ago)

It's not written for Londoners really though is it? I mean most of us will be familiar with most of the arguments and issues in it.

― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:15 (fourteen years ago)

/Say something about it/
it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.

this x 1000. absolutely convinced he dictates his novels, and what interested me about the article most was how its prose hobbles along.

― Fizzles, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:53 (fourteen years ago)

Are you all posting from the banlieues of London? Is there anything I can do to help?

― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:40 (fourteen years ago)

suggest banlieu

― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:40 (fourteen years ago)

Haha very good

― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:44 (fourteen years ago)

― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:47 (fourteen years ago)

banlieuy jagger

― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:02 (fourteen years ago)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6058/6330354186_ec8974ff10_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/

that dude gets london p much

― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 21:52 (fourteen years ago)

yeah thats great

― judith, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:02 (fourteen years ago)

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