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Sweets in Catford: Catford Broadway, and London...

A giant fibreglass cat has looked down over Catford's shopping centre sign since 1974, and locals fought to keep it there in 2017 — but the cat, like the Broadway...

Sweets in Lewisham: Lewisham Shopping Centre, O...

Lewisham Shopping Centre opened as the Riverdale Centre in 1977 and is now scheduled for demolition and rebuilding — but at no point has it stocked sweets by the kilo.

Mogu Mogu: The Nata de Coco Drink Taking Over T...

What Mogu Mogu actually is, where nata de coco comes from, and why the chewy juice drink keeps going viral.

Sweets in Greenwich: Greenwich Market, the Prim...

Greenwich has a market dating to 1737, the line that divides the world's east and west hemispheres, and a restored 19th-century tea clipper — but none of it is a...

Sweets in Woolwich: The Royal Arsenal's 271 Yea...

The Royal Arsenal manufactured munitions on the Woolwich riverside for 271 years before closing in 1967 — the site is now flats, restaurants and a farmers' market, but still no...

Sweets in Richmond upon Thames: London's Larges...

Richmond upon Thames in London — not to be confused with the market town of Richmond in North Yorkshire — is home to the largest of the eight Royal Parks...