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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jon Dennis

London calling

The derelict London Stadium in Hackney, east London
Photograph: Kirsty Wrigglesworth/PA

Those of us who like to explore the capital's hidden corners and forgotten byways can only applaud Paul Talling for compiling derelictlondon.com, an often uncomfortable record of the capital's underbelly.

We see them every day: the disused cinemas, boarded-up shops, vermin and even human derelicts that society would rather turn a blind eye to.

They may be less picturesque than Big Ben, Beefeaters and the London Eye, but they are no less part of London. Once you start noticing them, you just can't stop.

I can't quite bring myself to look at the toilets, though.

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