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Glorious Leyton basking in the solstice sunset pic.twitter.com/ZPFdLJPZ58

— John Rogers (@fugueur) June 21, 2014
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John Rogers

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This Other London – adventures in the overlooked city

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten reaches. Reviews ‘We’d rather think of him...
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