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Helen
Oct 20, 2022
City Pageantry!
The next Lord Mayor's Show will be held on Saturday 12 November 2022 and is a chance to soak up the atmosphere of tradition, pomp and...
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Helen
Oct 11, 2022
Up close and personal!
From 14th October 2022, visit the Natural History Museum in South Kensington to discover the wonder and beauty of our natural world at...
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Helen
Sep 22, 2022
From Provence with love!
After living history for the past few weeks with the passing of our late Queen, Elizabeth II, perhaps a touch of French impressionism...
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Helen
Sep 12, 2022
RIP HM Queen Elizabeth II
Thank you to the late Queen, Elizabeth II for her long and dedicated service to our country. Over the past seventy years she has been a...
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Helen
Aug 30, 2022
"Charles, is that a vegetable patch"?
Right at the heart of London is a very special, beautifully tended garden where vegetables and fruit are grown in view of Buckingham...
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Helen
Aug 16, 2022
Free Coffee Exhibition
"Life in a cup - coffee culture in the Islamic world" is a FREE exhibition at the British Museum until 18 September 2022. Coffee has its...
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Helen
Aug 2, 2022
“Summer’s most joyful festival”
“Summer’s most joyful festival” according to the Evening Standard is a magical world called "This Bright Land" now open at Somerset...
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Helen
Jul 26, 2022
Superheroes?
Want a suggestion for the school holidays? How about visiting this great exhibition at the Foundling Museum entitled "Superheroes,...
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Helen
Jul 19, 2022
A Green Kitchen
Ever wondered what these green sheds are for? From 1875 to 1914, 61 were built to serve food and non-alcoholic beverages to drivers of...
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Helen
Jul 12, 2022
Where am I?
St Vedast Alias Foster church is tucked away around the corner from St Paul's Cathedral and has a secret courtyard hidden behind a bright...
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Helen
Jul 5, 2022
INSPIRING WALT DISNEY
★★★★★ ‘A witty, magical, entrancing gem’ – The Telegraph Looking for something different this summer? Ever wondered where Walt Disney got...
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Helen
Jun 28, 2022
London Calling
These five red phone boxes on Broad Court next to the original Bow Street Magistrates Court (now the Nomad Hotel) are 'iconic'. The red...
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Helen
Jun 21, 2022
Free Roof Garden!
Visit 120 Fenchurch Street Garden in the heart of the city to visit a modern roof garden for free. 15 floors up, it nestles amongst the...
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Helen
Jun 14, 2022
Design of the Beautiful Game
Visit the Design Museum in High Street Kensington to see the first major exhibition which explores the story behind football, revealing...
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Helen
Jun 7, 2022
Go for Gold!
Can you believe it's ten years since |London hosted the Olympic Games? What a summer of sporting spectacle and triumph against the...
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Helen
May 30, 2022
Unmissable: Platinum Jubilee events
This weekend we celebrate the 70 years Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne. Whether you are coming up to London for one of the...
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Helen
May 24, 2022
Roman Remains!
This rather unremarkable piece of masonry is actually 2000 YEARS old!! Near Tower Hill Tube this is part of the Roman defensive wall...
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Helen
May 17, 2022
Hawk Alert!
I recently came across this beautiful bird of prey and his handler on an early morning stroll through Trafalgar Square. Harris Hawks are...
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Helen
May 10, 2022
A secret garden.
Hidden within the walls of Westminster Abbey precinct and in cultivation for over 900 yrs is the oldest English garden. The Abbey was...
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Helen
May 3, 2022
Heroine or Villian?
Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading light in the suffragette movement which finally gained the vote for all women a fortnight after her...
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