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About tikichris

Chris Osburn is the founder, administrator and editor of tikichris. In addition to blogging, he works as a freelance journalist, photographer, consultant and curator.

Wine Tasting in Burgundy: Day Two

I spent most of last week as a guest of the Burgundy Wine Board visiting vineyards and wine makers in the region, dining at some of the area’s best restaurants and generally having a fantastic time learning about all things … Continue reading

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England’s Long Running Cambridge Folk Festival Returns This July (CheapOair)

One of England’s longest running and most successful music festivals, the Cambridge Folk Festival, returns this summer with a stellar line-up for just about anybody interested in back-to-basics, rootsy music England’s Long Running Cambridge Folk Festival Returns This July CheapOair, … Continue reading

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What’s for Lunch? Yoobi, Soho (Londonist)

Flavourful, efficient and fairly new, London’s first tamakeria offers a hands-on opportunity to try sushi with a bit of a Brazilian beat. What’s for Lunch? Yoobi, Soho Londonist, 15 May 2012

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London Daily Photo: Spitalfields

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Wine Tasting in Burgundy: Day One

I spent most of last week as a guest of the Burgundy Wine Board visiting vineyards and wine makers in the region, dining at some of the area’s best restaurants and generally having a fantastic time learning about all things … Continue reading

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Can Eating Doughnuts Do Good? – National Doughnut Week (Great British Chefs)

Yes, there’s a  National Doughnut Week. Before you turn away, this is not yet another junk food come lately craze from the States, this comfort food celebration is rolling into its 21st year and offers seven days of indulgence for a good … Continue reading

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Whisky Fest ’12

Planning any international flights soon? It might be wise to save some time to do a bit of airport shopping before hopping your plane or exiting the terminal. Why? Because it’s yet again time for World Duty Free and its specialist shop, World … Continue reading

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London Daily Photo: Welcome

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London Daily Photo: White Arches

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London Daily Photo: Sausage

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London Festival of Photography (OneTravel)

This June some of London’s most celebrated venues – such as the Museum of London, the British Library, the British Museum, Tate Modern and the V&A – will play host to a world class, citywide celebration of photography as the London Festival of … Continue reading

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New Gallery in Bradford, England Explores Our Online Lives (CheapOair)

… a new gallery focused on how the internet shapes the everyday lives of people around the world. New Gallery in Bradford, England Explores Our Online Lives CheapOair, 8 May 2012

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London Daily Photo: Pork Pie

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London’s Best Travel Bookshops (CheapOair)

Take one of the literary world’s most famed destinations and throw in the fact that it’s also one of the best connected international transportation hubs in the world and what do you get? London’s Best Travel Bookshops CheapOair, 8 May … Continue reading

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Curiocity Map-azine Offers Fun Ways to Discover London (OneTravel)

… a new map/magazine “for London” offering “unexpected ideas for journeys and encounters around the capital.” Curiocity Map-azine Offers Fun Ways to Discover London OneTravel, 8 May 2012

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London Daily Photo: Rapture

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Behind the Scenes at E5 Bakehouse (Great British Chefs)

Postcode purists might take exception to the E5 Bakehouse moniker (the bakery’s postcode is actually E8 3PH), but any real bread enthusiasts who’ve actually had this young Hackney enterprise’s sourdough creations would probably care less about what’s in the name as long … Continue reading

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What’s for Lunch? Mint Leaf, Haymarket (Londonist)

A smart setting for pre and post theatre drinks and dining, it’s not such a bad place to sneak down into for lunch. What’s for Lunch? Mint Leaf, Haymarket Londonist, 8 May 2012

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London Daily Photo: Abiding

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KIA Dubstep Contest Euro 2012

Look at this fool. Think he likes dancing to dubstep? Maybe he just likes the idea of winning a new car. A new car!? Yep, that’s right. Kia is giving folks a chance to “dance their way” to the opening … Continue reading

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London Daily Photo: Old and New

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London Daily Photo: Look Up

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London Daily Photo: Atrium

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Getting Married in London?

Planning to get hitched and want to do it up big city style? London’s an awesome setting for just about any occasion. Weddings not excluded. You’ve got a lot of options with respect to your search for “wedding venues London”. … Continue reading

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London Daily Photo: Curve

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Introducing the Diamond Jubilee “Chilli Queen” Cheesburger from Byron (OneTravel)

God save the Queen and hold the mayo? Introducing the Diamond Jubilee “Chilli Queen” Cheeseburger from Byron OneTravel, 3 May 2012

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Exploring Leith, the Port of Edinburgh (CheapOair)

Visitors to this little slice of historic waterfront Scotland experience what might best be summed up as a microcosm of 21st century Britain. Exploring Leith, the Port of Edinburgh CheapOair, 3 May 2012

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London Daily Photo: 30 Millbank

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London Food & Drink News: 3 May 2012 (Londonist)

Food and booze news for London … London Food & Drink News: 3 May 2012 Londonist , 3 May 2012

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London Daily Photo: Silver Lining

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Infiniti Curved Visions

Recently, designboom and Infiniti launched an international competition to find the cream of the crop talent in digital art. The comp is themed around different elements of the Infiniti brand. The first theme was “Inspired Performance” and garnered heaps of global interest … Continue reading

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London Daily Photo: Millbank Sky

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Indie Wines Celebrated at London’s RAW Wine Fair (CheapOair)

The two-day fair celebrates natural wines from around the world that … are “authentic expressions of place” and the “polar opposites of industrialized, big-brand, manufactured, nothing-but-alcoholic-grape-juice wines, that use imagery and suggestion to sell a product.” Indie Wines Celebrated at … Continue reading

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What’s For Lunch? Pizarro, Bermondsey Street (Londonist)

Chef Patron Jose Pizarro’s eponymous restaurant is a low key and becoming foodie retreat and an ideal setting for quality conversation over exemplary Spanish cuisine and an anything but fussy wine list. What’s For Lunch? Pizarro, Bermondsey Street Londonist, 1 … Continue reading

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London Daily Photo: My Sky

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