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#237: Get a Buzz at Scooter Caffe

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On my shortlist of the quirkiest spots in London, Scooter Caffe is a delightful coffee house hiding out in an old Vespa repair shop in Waterloo. With resident cats, film nights, live music and Aperol sitting next to the coffee cups, it’s something of a mini cultural institution. On a Sunday on South Bank, there’s not enough room to swing a cat (though it would be nice to use it to knock out a few tourists), yet …

#109: Witness Art in Progress at Leake Street Tunnel

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Leake Street Tunnel, a grimy road under the abandoned Eurostar platforms at Waterloo station, is a hidden sanctuary for some of London’s most fantastic street art. It felt like we were heading into the great unknown, the dark at the beginning of the tunnel. In the shadow of the London Eye, we looked at the map again. How could anything this close to the Eye be a ‘secret’? This was about as central …