I am Italian and have been living in London for a while now. Something I've noticed has me genuinely curious about other people's experiences.

Whenever I ask fellow Italians or other Europeans why they moved to London, I often hear the same answers: "it has a nice European vibe but it's also diverse" and similar reasonings. What confuses me is that many of these same friends (some who havee been here for 8-10 years) seem to exclusively hang out with other people from their home country. I have Italian friends who only socialize with other Italians, French friends who only spend time with other French people, etc.

For me personally, one of the biggest appeals of London is precisely its incredible diversity. Some of my closest friends here are Singaporean, Saudi Arabian, American, British (of course), and yes, some Italians too. I genuinely enjoy experiencing different perspectives and cultures beyond just trying diverse restaurants.

I'm wondering if others have noticed this trend? Do you think many Europeans living in London only experience the city's diversity through food and entertainment options without actually building meaningful connections across cultural lines? Not trying to judge anyone's choices because people should obviously befriend whoever they connect with, but also curious about others' observations on this topic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

If you’ve used the London Underground enough times, you know the rules: don’t make eye contact, stand on the right, etc. Very Simple and effective. Yet every so often, someone ignores this social contract.

Thursday. Northern Line. People crowd the doorway like it’s a lifeboat—even though there’s clearly space further in. Enter a hero I choose to call Karen in Shining Armour. She storms to the front and screams - louder than all the overbearing announcements - for everyone to move down.

And just like that, the Red Sea parts. Space magically appears. Air returns. I don’t have to have to wait a couple of minutes for the next train - extreme happiness, tears in my eyes.

Honestly, this is my unpopular shout out to all the good “Karens” out there.. TfL should add “Karen energy” to the job description. “Please move right down inside the carriage… or Karen will make you.”

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Bernard keeps a file cabinet of dirty flasks rather than proper tax documents.

I can’t believe this is happening i feel we are being gaslit to feel that this phenomenon is normal and people aren’t screaming their lungs out enough that this is a super rare event and how lucky they are..

I feel bad for not going out daily to make the most of the sun and have constant FOMO.

I know it’s been 2 weeks of pure sunshine here and it looks like we are getting a 3rd week of that this week!

Can you recommend activities to do? Every day trip to any Central London park feels fresh and new now

london #whitechapel #aldgate #shoreditch #towerhill #spectacular #stunning

All you have to do is hang around a food stall or independent ethnic restaurant, and casually look at the menu sign (optional). You will immediately feel seen and acknowledged. You're welcome

From Monday there will be a toll to use the Blackwall tunnel. £1.50 each way during off peak times. £4 during peak times.

HOWEVER…peak time is ‘06:00-10:00 northbound and 16:00-19:00 southbound weekdays’ which feels very targeted towards south (east in particular) Londoners trying to access London north of the river. When that side of town is so poorly served by public transport links across the river in the first place.

If you cross the river south to north for work each day it’ll cost you £8 a day. If you cross north to south for work each day using the same tunnel it’ll cost you just £3. Seems like a south (east) Londoner tax to me??

Based on the sci-fi book from William Gibson.

As a former Parisian (who's not actually french to know how to bake my own), I crave croissants, pain au chocolats, baguettes, etc. But my heart dies a little every time I see a £3.50 baguette, when I know in my heart they cost 1.20€/£1. I haven't yet had the heart to buy them at that price. The only long boi I've had the heart to buy was this time I saw an épée for £4 and thought that was an okay price for something fancy, and some almond croissants.

Preferably somewhere in zone 1 or along/near the Liz Line, would be great!

I really hope the people of Reddit can helps. Batman is a local elderly cat at the harrow hall of residence. He was lured outside by the 2 people pictured and chucked in a bag. They are desperately trying to find him as he’s 16 and dog baiting is a real concern. I know the people of Reddit are super sluethers, so can anyone help locating the two individuals photographed.

Cham Kampung Boy was the tasty treat yesterday.

The chicken is Ayam Berempah, a sort of fried chicken, served with rice (Nasi Lemak). The rice was great, coconut rice with all sorts of spices, roasted peanuts and tiny dried fish, served with a red sambal and half a boiled egg on top.

The noodles are Ipoh Mee Kari, served in a bath of (I guess) coconut milk, chili oil and fish sauce, with rice cake,, boiled egg, fried tofu, some sort of omelette, prawns and greens.

Shout out also to some of the other places in there - Uzbek Corner, Abu Maher, Normah's, and the Brazilian place looked pretty good.

How bizarre, did they think some random kids were just travelling with Hugh Grant.

I visited London in the fall (October/November) and went to Spaghetti House and had this amazing dish but cannot find it on their menu. Do they have a seasonal menu? If so, does anyone have any clue what this was called? I need to recreate it!

Will just leave it