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08-05-13

A cockney Pearly King by Patricia Niven

The Vulgar Tongue

Think East London – think Walthamstow Market, the Krays, jellied eels, Babs Windsor, a dodgy Martina Cole book you read on holiday and, of course, Cockney Rhyming Slang.

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03-05-13

What’s in a name?

To celebrate the Tube’s rich history, we’ve taken a look at how the stations near the Sunday office came to have their present names…

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27-04-13

Where were you, Stuart, on… 11th September 2001?

For our time-themed month on the Cakebook, we’ve asked members of the Sunday team for their recollections of where they were, and what they were doing, at pivotal moments in history. You can see the first two posts here and [...]

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05-04-13

Our favourite time-lapse videos (pt1)

Thanks to the trickery (or magic) of most Attenborough documentaries, ‘time-lapsing’ has become one of the most popular types of online video. If you can be bothered sifting through the cloud and sunset clichés, there are some mesmerizing examples of [...]

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05-03-13

Jonathan Lee Q&A

Solicitor-turned-novelist Jonathan Lee has been described as ‘a major new voice in British fiction’. His first novel, Who is Mr Satoshi?, was published in 2011, followed by Joy in 2012.     Have you always written? Writing was definitely something [...]

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06-02-13

John Lewis gift list

On display

I never needed much excuse to spend happy hours wandering around John Lewis, but now, well, it’s ‘work’, isn’t it? There’s something particularly joyous about seeing the fruits of your labours stacked up in store – and even better when [...]

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15-01-13

A foot in the door

Sunday’s Studio Assistant, Isabella Fernandes, offers advice to other junior designers looking to break into the publishing industry ‘Make sure your portfolio has a good amount of “real life” projects, not just work you completed throughout university. It’s good to [...]

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14-01-13

New year, new words

While 99% of the population set themselves weight loss goals in January (yawn), I like to spend these cold, grey days cherry-picking new words and phrases to add to my vocabulary. I’d say this makes me an early adopter; others would probably say it’s a bit sad… but let me explain.

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20-08-12

Games Maker at the Olympic Stadium

Being a Games Maker

The opening ceremony of London 2012 was a baptism of fire. Despite training, the onslaught of press demanding to know where they could go and what they could know – now, if not sooner – was overwhelming. But, having bonded over the various pre-Games printing, photocopying and laminating tasks, we soon pulled together as a team and rose to the challenge.

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17-07-12

The Sunday World Record attempt

Search online for ‘The World’s Biggest Cake’ and you’ll find a plethora of results. The world’s largest Christmas, Birthday, Wedding, Cupcake, even SpongeBob SquarePants cake will be there for you to wonder at and then wonder why.