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“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...

Helen
Aug 2, 2022


Superheroes?
Want a suggestion for the school holidays? How about visiting this great exhibition at the Foundling Museum entitled "Superheroes,...

Helen
Jul 26, 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...

Helen
Jul 19, 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...

Helen
Jul 12, 2022


INSPIRING WALT DISNEY
★★★★★ ‘A witty, magical, entrancing gem’ – The Telegraph Looking for something different this summer? Ever wondered where Walt Disney got...

Helen
Jul 5, 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...

Helen
Jun 28, 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...

Helen
Jun 21, 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...

Helen
Jun 14, 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...

Helen
Jun 7, 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...

Helen
May 30, 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...

Helen
May 24, 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...

Helen
May 17, 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...

Helen
May 10, 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...

Helen
May 3, 2022


Once a year opportunity
An unmissable opportunity to see over 100 secret and hidden green gems across the capital on the weekend of 11/12th June 2022. London...

Helen
Apr 26, 2022


Literary Mugging!
It's a cold, dark winter night in 1679 and our first poet laureate John Dryden is mugged on his way home from Will's coffeehouse in this...

Helen
Apr 19, 2022


Unmissable! "Superbloom" at the Tower
Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen at the Tower of London where a spectacular, vibrant display of colourful flowers...

Helen
Apr 12, 2022


Never tire of London!
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" said Dr Samuel Johnson who lived for many years at No. 17 Gough Square, EC4A 3DE....

Helen
Apr 5, 2022


London: Port City
Visit the Museum of London Docklands to see their current major exhibition London: Port City. Discover the role the Port of London in the...

Helen
Mar 29, 2022


Stonehenge Revealed
A major new exhibition at the British Museum explores the this iconic British monument and the story of Britain and Europe from 4000 to...

Helen
Mar 22, 2022
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