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All statements about London

67 statements about London in 43 videos, by upload date.

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2008

  • 2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC — John reports from the Paper Towns release party with Liane from the Five Awesome Girls, his agent Jodi, Hank's wife Katherine, and Alex and Charlie from London. — 00:00:00

2010

  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: Maureen records at about 2:30 Wednesday morning while packing for a flight to London, so as not to be punished for a missed video. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John's new website, JohnGreenBooks.com, lists forthcoming Nerdfighter gatherings and other events, in places like Washington, D.C., Munich, Edinburgh and London. — 00:02:17
  • 2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — ask: John invites Nerdfighters in Munich to come see him later this week (week of 19 July 2010), and those in London or Edinburgh next month (August 2010); more information in the description. — 00:00:26
  • 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — announcement: John thanks everyone who gathered in London and Edinburgh and says he can't wait to come back to the UK. — video description
  • 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John: In London a department store 'ordered' John to lust for a red purse; he mocks a consumer mania in which wanting a handbag no longer suffices and you must be sexually attracted to it. (playful) — 00:00:02

2013

2015

2016

  • 2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — John says he is leaving directly from the Indianapolis 500 to go to the game in London. — 00:03:20
  • 2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — ask: John asks Nerdfighters in or near London to come to Wembley on May 30 to cheer on the Dons, and tells those who can't afford a ticket to email him so he can try to work something out. (hedged) — 00:03:24
  • 2016-05-31 (said on 2016-05-29, implied) · The Most Amazing Day — John: Leaving the Indy 500 after 160 laps, John goes to the airport and flies via New York City to London, sleeping well on the plane. — 00:01:07
  • 2016-05-31 (said on 2016-05-29, implied) · The Most Amazing Day — John: In London John heads to Wembley, sees AFC Wimbledon's crest there and stops at an AFC Wimbledon bar, the Green Man; he says he can't remember when he was this excited. — 00:01:27
  • 2016-10-04 · Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London — John wakes up jet-lagged in London, walks through the sleepy East End past graffiti and takes the Tube to Trafalgar Square. — 00:00:01
  • 2016-10-04 · Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London — announcement: John says Mark was filming the day for The Art Assignment, so an 'Art Trip: London' video like this one, but much better, is coming soon. — 00:00:27
  • 2016-10-04 · Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London — John: After leaving Somerset House John catches some Drowzees and declares London lousy with Drowzees and masterpieces, the video's title line. (playful) — 00:01:51
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John: From the Indy 500 John flew to London to see Nerdfighteria-sponsored AFC Wimbledon win at Wembley for a third-tier spot, then partied at their home stadium with his dad and players. — 00:00:50

2018

2019

2020

  • 2020-02-21 · The Muck of Millennia — Hank says he is in London for VidCon and it is hard not to feel the context of history there. — 00:02:42

2021

  • 2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John moved to Chicago, typed for temp agencies, then did data entry at Booklist; an editor asked if he liked romance novels, he said he loved them, and got his first review: a novel set in 17th-century London. — 00:03:49

2022

2023

  • 2023-01-31 · I'm Going Back to College? — John had the best weekend ever watching football in London and then Wales; now he is home, jet-lagged and going back to college. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-09-08 · Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought — Hank says giraffes range from just south of the Sahara to South Africa: New York and London are closer together, and John is closer to Brazil than West African giraffes are to South African ones. — 00:01:27

2024

  • 2024-03-05 · THE BEST DAY — John woke early in London, had coffee in the hotel lobby admiring his Wimbledon shoes, then set off for Plough Lane. — 00:00:05
  • 2024-06-04 · how it all ends — John illustrates: he cannot see plays from 30,000 years ago or a photograph of London from 1200 CE, but can see plays from 2,000 years ago and a photograph of London from 1900. — 00:00:29
  • 2024-08-20 · Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! — John woke up over the Irish Sea, started reading a great book about tuberculosis called Breathless, and landed in London, taking a cab when his train was cancelled. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-09-03 · Which is Correct? — or – ? — John says en dashes are technically also used in other from-to phrases, such as a New York to London flight. — 00:02:26
  • 2024-09-03 · Which is Correct? — or – ? — recommendation: John playfully tells London visitors to go to an AFC Wimbledon game, calling the Tate Modern's 20th and 21st century art boring. (playful) — 00:02:26
  • 2024-10-04 · Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) — Hank says the first ever coal-fired power plant was built in London in 1882. — 00:02:44

2025

  • 2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? — John says he has traveled nonstop since Everything Is Tuberculosis came out: Maine today, London tomorrow, then Peru, which he calls the classic reverse Paddington. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — John: Calling himself the tiredest boy in tired town, John says he has traveled 28 of the last 30 days and will travel 32 of the next 40; he got in from London last night and flies to Peru this morning. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — John: In London, not mainly for football, John watched a match with his father-in-law, which was really special despite a goalless draw, a long way to go to see no goals. (playful) — 00:02:55
  • 2025-04-25 · How We Form Opinions — Hank says the nearly identical procedure met opposite reactions: in Boston, backed by a Puritan minister, it was seen as anti-elite; in London, backed by aristocrats, doctors and the king, as elite and attacked by anti-royalists. — 00:01:56
  • 2025-05-20 · The Double — John lays out the plan: he and Stuart wake around 5 a.m., bike to the Indy 500, bike to the airport, fly to London and take the train to Wembley for the final. — 00:02:26
  • 2025-05-20 · The Double — ask: John urges viewers in London this weekend to watch Wimbledon try to go from the world's greatest fourth-tier team to the greatest third-tier team. — 00:04:22
  • 2025-05-27 (said on 2025-05-25, implied) · The Longest (and best) Day — John: Arriving in London, John shows that Stuart made them exclusive 'double' luggage tags. (playful) — 00:01:10
  • 2025-07-29 · Dad and Daughter Play Dress to Impress — John calls the Mean Girls musical great and recalls that he and Alice saw it in London's West End. — 00:00:52
  • 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die — Hank says that someday we will have moved on from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; he doesn't know to what, but unlike London or Detroit they will not simply evolve. — 00:04:23
  • 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank: Going to Ireland anyway, Hank stopped in London to record QI, then went straight from the studio to Dublin for his gig the next day. — 00:04:21

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2026

Also named in other years (nothing said): Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell (2012-04-27)