actually more like three weeks, but i'll be there for most of january. any suggestions for good pubs/clubs/hangout spots? also i'm supposed to interview an Authentic British Individual while i'm there so if i could cheat and use one of you that would be just super

Go to Bournemouth and interview Andy Davidson in his iBar.
http://www.facebook.com/ibar.bournemouth

If you do, make sure to ask him about the patch for Worms Diector's Cut that he was hinting on to S2K a few years ago.

If you get bored during the day the Tate Modern's always good for a laugh.

go to brick lane and have a salt beef beigel

If you get bored during the day the Tate Modern's always good for a laugh.

go to brick lane and have a salt beef beigel

more details about either of these would be appreciated

also phil do you live in london?

more details about either of these would be appreciated
Tate Modern's a massive art gallery with random "things" in them (some really push the definition of "art"). It's partly in an old power station (I think) on the south bank of the river Thames, and as it's free to go around, it's well worth a look: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/

Just opposite St Paul's Cathedral, over the infamous "wobbly bridge" (the bridge that opened in 2000 and wobbled from side to side as people walked over it, said wobbling has now unfortunately been fixed)

Nearest tube stations (be warned, Blackfriars tube station is currently closed) are: Southwark (Jubilee line), Mansion House (circle & district) or St Pauls (Central)

I live in kent but work in london sometimes. most of my knowledge extends to 'cool places to eat', unless you really want to find one of londons 90 flight center shops.

anyhow brick lane is a really cool area in east london, with some good nightlife. Never been to any of the clubs myself but it's always packed at night.

There's a bunch of 24 hour bagel shops (the best ones spell it 'beigel' a habbit i seem to have picked up). One of them claims to be the oldest beigel shop in london. don't go to that one, go to the 24 hour beigel bake next door. order a salt beef beigel. there will be more salt beef than beigel. it's like two inches thick. it is delicious.

If you go during the day, go on a sunday for the market. brick lane is also a stones throw away from three other famous markets: spitalfields, petticoat lane and colombia road flower market.

I live in London. Want to interview me? I'm very English.

Also Brick Lane is all about the curry, never mind this ba(ei)gel nonsense!

Isn't Diagon Alley a famous location in London?

I live in London. Want to interview me? I'm very English.

Also Brick Lane is all about the curry, never mind this ba(ei)gel nonsense!

You're a northerner! That's not English! That's ... northern!

(Says the west country farmer... not exactly the home counties myself ;))

You're a northerner! That's not English! That's ... northern!

(Says the west country farmer... not exactly the home counties myself ;))Hey, I've got a Nothern accent and everyone seems to say I'm the most English person they know.

Granted living in Wales for 20+ years might be the reason for that.

Also tea and cricket.

Thanks for ... err ... Geraint Jones...

Thanks for ... err ... Geraint Jones...What about Simon Jones, who's actually Welsh and not Papa New Guinean? (and for that matter, wasn't rubbish :p)

I caught a cricket once.

What about Simon Jones, who's actually Welsh and not Papa New Guinean? (and for that matter, wasn't rubbish :p)Oh yeah ... I keep forgetting he's Welsh.

Welsh isn't a nationality, it's the sound of putting your foot in a wet wellington boot.

"Now, this is another example of the institutionalised racism which is accepted when it's directed towards the Welsh." Rob Brydon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNJStquFEGk)

also london was really fun and the tate modern was cool

except for the one "art" installation that was just a ****ing mirror hanging up. i mean, come ON

also london was really fun and the tate modern was cool

except for the one "art" installation that was just a ****ing mirror hanging up. i mean, come ON
Oh, they've got rid of the 4ftx3ft sheet of 25mm blue perspex then?

Oh, they've got rid of the 4ftx3ft sheet of 25mm blue perspex then?
didn't see it while i was there. i guess they replaced it with the mirror so that they could continue to ask the challenging questions and defy the establishment about what art is or should be

or some bull**** like that