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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 …

#211: Remain Undaunted by Daunt Books

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Even if you don’t have anything on the to-read list, stop at Daunt Books in Marylebone to browse the books and ogle the gorgeous Edwardian architecture. It’s quiet just inside the dark wooden doors, away the from the midday phone conversations and the cafe-bound lunchers on Marylebone High Street. Here, all you can hear are fingers quietly flicking through the pages and the occasional scratch of another potential taken off the …