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76 Launch a campaign at Speaker's Corner
Or just go and hear what other people have got a bee in their bonnet about. Or a bat in their belfry in some cases.
Marble Arch tube.
77 Treat yourself to oysters and champagne
Bibendum, Michelin House, 81 Fulham Rd, SW3 (020 7581 5817/ www.bibendum.co.uk). South Kensington tube.
78 Get a Savile Row suit
At London’s oldest tailor (est 1689).
Ede & Ravenscroft, 8 Burlington Gardens, Savile Row, W1 (020 7734 5450/ www.edeandravenscroft.co.uk). Piccadilly Circus tube.
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79 Horse around in Hyde Park
Few people know there are stables and a riding school here. Lessons are £55-£95 an hour.
Hyde Park & Kensington Stables, 63 Bathurst Mews, W2 (020 7723 2813/ www.hydeparkstables.com). Lancaster Gate tube.
80 Catch a Bollywood film in the Boleyn Cinema
Boleyn Cinema, 7-11 Barking Rd, E6 (020 8471 4884). Upton Park tube.
81 Walk with dinosaurs
The world’s first theme park is in Crystal Palace Park. However, because it was built in 1854 before anyone knew what dinosaurs looked like, it’s also the world’s least accurate theme park. Well, maybe not the least accurate.
Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Rd, SE20. Penge West rail.
82 Visit an old-school sex shop
But you’d better be quick, as new, middle-class shops like Harmony are pushing out the original seed merchants. Head to Soho for your last encounter with sex as it was: a shelf full of battered copies of Strict Mistress magazine (January 1989), a Calor gas heater in the corner and a genuine London villain eyeing you from the counter.
83 Eat offal
Feast on trotters, kidneys, brains and other parts.
St John, 26 St John St, EC1 (020 7251 0848/www.stjohnrestaurant.com). Farringdon tube/rail. Plus other branches in Smithfields and Spitalfields.
84 Do the Monopoly pub crawl
That’s 26 pubs, in order. Don’t expect to collect £200 if you pass Go.
www.monopolypubcrawl.org.uk
85 Catch a gig at Ronnie Scott’s
Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith St, W1 (020 7439 0747/www.ronniescotts.co.uk). Tottenham Court Rd tube.
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Brad is you possibly can, check the list of 101 things to do in London before you leave. Try get it printed out if you can. I think we should try to do as much as possible and create a scraptbook, hehe.
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