Proper Londoners know Open Days are the perfect place to meet people from a variety of generations & backgrounds. Visited the #BlackCulturalArchive this afternoon. Had some fascinating conversations around Black British experience, from GenZers to Boomers. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Londoners know the best exhibitions can inspire you to greatness. Opening day @wellcomecollection.bsky.social #ComingOfAge last Thursday. Exploration of changing perceptions & research into ageing. Hugely beneficial for my book - #YoureBeingAnIdiotStopIt.
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True Londoners appreicate need to exercise mind as well as body. At #SiamCentralThai Fitzrovia last night, debating Three @ucl.ac.uk academics including friend @rodabouharb.bsky.social on issues I raise in book I'm writing "You're Being An Idiot. Stop It!" #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Real Londoners make their setbacks, assets. The failures of state & my homelessness has delayed my book, but that delay has massively increased books I've read for it. I started @wwnorton.com's #MichaelLewis The Undoing Project today sitting in #HostCafe. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Proper Londoners know 80s were decade that should have defined us but didn't. Visited superb #BritishFilmInstitute's #BFIFlare exhibit in Mezzanine Gallery yesterday. Marks the 40th anniversary of the festival that brought Gay & Lesbian films to the fore. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Real Londoners understand that the Capital works best when it acts like a family. Fabulous friend & Chocolatier #lisettedavis of #gabuchocolate fame, takes me out for Birthday drinks with team (Ri & Monique) at #Limin opposite her store in #GabrielsWharf. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Proper Londoners understand the huge importance of
@thetimes.com Birthday Notice. This one from friend #AmritChauSingh printed in the paper on acutal day 20/03/26 Will now be immortalised in both @thelondonlibrary.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Real Londoners know friends from every generation essential to understanding life. Lucky to have #GenZ #KellyShungu in orbit. Birthday Eve fun last Thursday at @designmuseum.bsky.social sharing stories of 80s at Blitz Exhibition before dinner at #CrustBros #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners know it's NOT the money you collect that makes you succesful BUT the friends that you do. An amazing group of nearly 50 people showed up to help me celebrate my Birthday the evening of Friday 20th March 2026 at the @royalcourt.bsky.social. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Proper Londoners know anniversary should always include something you've always wanted to do.
Finally experience #AndrewEdmundsRestaurant (1985) in Soho after years of trying (always full). With a glass of bubbles to begin birthday celebrations yesterday.
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Proper Londoners know the value of family. Had a wonderful Birthday dinner, 2 days early, last night at #CopitaFitzrovia with my brother #RichardToy. All the Staff felt like extended realtions as we said goodbye to them, due to the venue closing in April. #LetsGuide #UnqiuelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners embrace all levels of society. Monday night's #CanArtSaveUs discussion @thersaorg.bsky.social with #GenesisFoundation, @willtoddmusic.bsky.social & @royalacademyarts.bsky.social, really missed having @artshomelessint.bsky.social on the panel.
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A true londoner discovers a new curiosity in Capital same way a truffle hog finds its funghi. Drawn by a 6th sense to find new venue on #41whitfieldstreet. Its 1st open day. Tour by #SolomiaZoumaras who designed. Talk of rekindling a new "Salon" movement #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners understand city can highlight worst of humanity but also demonstrate the best of it. Amazing kindness of manager Archie at #Cornershop180 last night was in stark contrast to appalling behaviour of the RSA charity staff, just moments before. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners have apprecaited printed word since we created it. Visit @londonu.bsky.social #TheEnglishPrintRevolution @senatehouselib.bsky.social last Friday. Saw things pubished 500 years ago, knowing nothing we write digitially today, will survive that #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners support one another. Lovely day with powered wheelchair user #Bullringbash yesterday. While people paid to support fail on absolutely every level - People like him exist to remind us real human beings are truly decent. Food at #CanpoyMarket. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Real Londoners hate missed opportunity to teach others. Visit
#LightroomLondon for #PrehistoricPlanet today. No mention of
@geolsoc.bsky.social. No mentoin @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
No mention Sir Richard Owen - coined Dinosauria
@nhm-london.bsky.social #LetsGuide #uniquelylondon #ALondonersLife4

Real Londoners understand that different mediums can tell the same story differently. Yesterday's matinee of #YentlPlay, #MaryleboneTheatre thanks to #TimBaros, returns to text of #IsaacBashevisSinger book & away from @barbrastreisand.bsky.social musical.
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True Londoners know resturant experience isn't just food. Discussing late Chef Anthony @bourdainpodcast.bsky.social (I worked with on #GoodFoodLive) over exquisite Filipino food of #LutongPinoy, Earls Court. With execptional friends Nam & Amrit Chau-Singh. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners will know other Londoners wherever they go. Met different person in each of the Private Views of the 3 galleries @hyphastudios.bsky.social Poulty, City of London last night. This is #SteveBaxter & friends in Gallery 1 & also met #NadyaEllia. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners understand importance of dignified debate. Great to speak at world's oldest #FreeSpeech debating club i.e. #Cogers (1755) in #YeOldeCockTavern (1887) again, Monday. Missed on Win to a lady from Hong Kong who explained it couldn't exist there #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Proper Londoners are ready to pounce on an exhibition. Opening day today of #DavidHockney's A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting, at North #SerpentineGallery. Visited after swim in lake. Perfect blend between old masters & modern tech #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Proper Londoners love a cinematic classic. Saw the 25th Anniversary Screening of #Amelie at #ForestCinemas Walthamstow, yesterday, for free, thanks to #CinemaEscapes. An experience made utterly perfect by sitting next to a female Parisian in the audience. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners know it's people who support each other that achieve greatness. #InternationalWomensDay yesterday & trip to #TheAlmeidaTheatre's Reverb, thanks to wonderful Naomi's generosity & a new actor friend Veronica, I made at cafe, who shared it too. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners know the purpose of life to leave a legacy. After 5 days immobile reflecting on why battle on. Reminded of visit @kingsartshums.bsky.social #TheCuriosityCabinet Strand last week. #TheLostLandscapesOfPrint made me realise must finish my book. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Proper Londoners understand instilling creativity in children, only way for a great future. Visited #InsideAardmanan at #YoungVandA during half term Feb 2026. It was wonderful seeing young animators do stop motion, lighting, foley & coming up with stories. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Real Londoners expect the impossible everyday. Friend Niklas mentioned @shakespeareandcompany.com this A.M. So when I spotted bag, had to ask about it. Unbelievably discover owner #NaomiJWesterman & I met through @mrjamesgraham.bsky.social 6 years ago - #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

True Londoners know that the greatest connections are always made In Real Life (IRL). Fab to connect properly with #VictoriaSilverman over coffee in #TheMilkTree yesterday. We used Linkedin to find out that we had many connections in common a few weeks ago #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

Genuine Londoners always have the right person to do things with. Friend & Kayak Insturctor for the blind #Alexsmith was perfect companion to see #SecretOfTheThames Mudlarking London's Lost Treasures exhibition at @londonmuseum.bsky.social Docklands today #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #AlondonersLife4

Real Londoners know one of best ways to see world is through eyes of a photographer. Last Tuesday visit superb RIchard #RichardAvedon exhibition at the #Gagosian gallery off Berkley Square. This Photograph of prisoner is great Eg. how image creates meaning #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4