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PM Guides · city by city

An afternoon that’s already sorted

Pick your city and the kind of day you’re having. Every guide is a real one in order — stops, times, what it costs, and whether you need to book. Weekdays start at 5:01. Weekends can start at 13:01.

If I haven’t stood in it, paid for it and stayed too long in it, it isn’t on here.
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Shoreditch street scene
Big Thursday

PM Shoreditch

Straight after work, East End, itinerary-ish. Street art, Brick Lane, a drink, and whatever you’ve still got in the tank.

Shoreditch · 4PM–late · Home when you say

Straight after work

Out at 5:01, home at a sensible hour, nothing that reads like homework on a Tuesday.

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    Girls’ night

    Wine, dinner, and whatever happens next

    Straight off the 5:31 out of the office, glass in hand by half five, arguing about pasta by 7:15. Three stops, all walkable, and the night decides the rest.

    Shoreditch · 3 stops · 5:30PM–late

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    Quick work pints

    PM Shoreditch: school night

    Two stops, out of Liverpool Street and back on a train before you’ve talked yourself into a third.

    Liverpool St · 2 stops

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    Before the theatre

    PM Soho: curtain up

    Everyone defaults to Seven Dials. Here’s where to eat instead, and where to land after the show.

    Soho · 2 stops

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    Skint week

    PM Hackney: five-pound pints

    A whole evening that costs less than one round in town, and doesn’t feel like a compromise.

    Hackney · 3 stops

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Weekend nights

No Monday morning to protect. Door policy, last entry and how you’re actually getting home, up front.

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    Big night out

    PM Elephant: Ministry

    Eat first, get there before it fills, and know how you’re getting home before you’re deciding it at 3AM.

    Elephant & Castle

    Tickets in advance

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    Birthday night

    PM Dalston: a table for ten

    Places that will actually take the group, without a minimum spend that ruins the point of it.

    Dalston · 3 stops

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Weekend, from 13:01

Same shape, earlier start — the afternoon that turns into an evening without anyone having to decide anything.

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    Lunch deal, then whatever

    PM Borough: 13:01

    Lunch that’s actually a deal, then the afternoon goes where it goes — park, wine bar, no fixed plan.

    Borough · 3 stops

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Perth Not up yet

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    Perth

    PM Perth

    Same shape as London — 5:01 into late. Coming.

    Perth · 5:01–late

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Paris Not up yet

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    Paris

    PM Paris

    Not a listicle of the Marais. This one goes up when the night’s actually been done.

    Paris · 5:01–late

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