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  "path": "/issues/2026-4-25/flushed-with-pride",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n  The Rolling Stones in the public toilet at London Victoria Station, 1964.\n\n##### The Loo of the Year Award is the most coveted prize in the world of British public washrooms. But only the finest privies are declared Diamond grade\n\nBy Spike Carter\n\nOn Christmas Eve 2018, the public toilets at London Victoria Station—the city’s busiest—closed for a $5.5 million renovation. When they reopened the following April, the 40-cent entrance fee was gone. In its place: free access for the roughly 80 million travelers who pass through the station each year, plus a distinctly grander experience.\n\nDesigned by architectural firm Landolt + Brown—which took inspiration from the bathrooms at Claridge’s and the Savoy—the washrooms now feature bespoke, precast terrazzo wash troughs; an interior greenhouse; and a plaque proclaiming, Loo of the Year Awards 2020, Overall Grade Awarded: Diamond.\n\nThe plaque raises an obvious question: How, exactly, is such an award bestowed? Do judges act like the READ ON",
  "title": "Flushed with Pride"
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