London Places to Go
From major cities to the off-the-beaten-track destinations, we’ve got this place covered. We’ll share the hidden gems that only a local can discover.
London Film Premieres in February
London’s experiencing some sunny Spring like weather at the moment, excellent conditions if you fancy getting along to a film premiere and catching the stars as they work the crowds. Here’s a look at some of the films making their UK debut in the next couple of weeks.
11 February - Rambo Twenty years after taking the war to the Soviets in Afghanistan John Rambo is back kicking ass, this time that belonging to the military dictatorship in Burma. Sylvester Stallone obviously feels comfortable taking on the physical roles again that made his name and with the current score Rocky VI - Rambo IV we can probably expect the one man army to get another outing. This premiere is at the Vue Cinema in Leicester Square and Stallone is in town.
Date: February 11th, 2008 |
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Pancake Day Races
Tuesday 5 February is Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day in the UK. Its the day before the start of Lent, a traditional 40 day period of fasting before Easter. In olden days observant Christians would give up eating things like meat, fish, fats, eggs, and milk during Lent and used up any of those ingredients to make pancakes before it started.
Pancake races have a tradition in England going back to the 1440s when a woman making them raced out of her house still holding a pan after hearing the local church bell call people to confession.
They’ll be some big pancake races that the public can watch or take part in on Tuesday in London.
Date: January 31st, 2008 |
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Hard Rock Calling
One of the big gigs of the summer in central London has announced its line up. The Hard Rock Calling event taking place in Hyde Park on the weekend of the 28-29 June will feature Eric Clapton headlining the Saturday show supported by Sheryl Crow and John Mayer, while on the Sunday The Police top the bill with KT Tunstall and Starsailor in support.
Standard Day tickets cost £50 for the Saturday and £65 Sunday or £110 for a
Date: January 29th, 2008 |
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London Motorcycle Show
Motorcycle News magazine are holding the 2008 London Motorcycle Show at the ExCel London exhibition centre in Docklands this week from 31 January-3 February 2008.
The show features nearly 200 exhibitors offering just about everything a bike fan could want. All the major motorbike manufacturers have stands
Date: January 28th, 2008 |
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Destinations Holiday and Travel Show
Earls Court is hosting this year’s Destinations Holiday and Travel Show sponsored by The Times from 31 January-3 February. The show features literally hundreds of holiday and tour operators, independent travel companies, and tourist offices and national tourist boards from around the world, in fact advice or information on just about any holiday or trip you’d like to take anywhere in the world.
Apart from the huge number of exhibitor stands other areas of the show include Destinations Sensations
Date: January 24th, 2008 |
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Chinese New Year in London
2008 is the Year of the Rat in the Chinese calendar and this Sunday 10 February London’s Chinese community will be celebrating their New Year with a parade and festival in central London.
The events are organized by the London Chinatown Chinese Association and begin with a two hour parade that features hundreds on dragon and lion dancers and performers, starting on the Strand then heading up Charing Cross Road before turning west on Shaftesbury Avenue and finishing at Rupert street on the north side of Chinatown.
Date: February 5th, 2008 |
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Chelsea Physic Garden Winter Openings
London’s Chelsea Physic Garden is having a couple of special winter opening weekends in February. Normally open from March to October the Physic Garden is having what its calling Snowdrop Days on 2-3 and 9-10 February, from 10am-4pm each day.
Chelsea Physic Garden is the second oldest botanic garden in England, founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries to promote the study of botany and the use of plants in medicine and healing. Located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea close to the River Thames, its divided into a number of different gardens including the Pharmaceutical Garden
Date: January 30th, 2008 |
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Burt Lancaster Season at BFI Southbank
The BFI (British Film Institute) Southbank is holding a month long season of Burt Lancaster films starting 1 February. Lancaster who died in 1994 aged 80 had a long acting career stretching over six decades, starting out as the leading man, tough guy matinee idol then moving on to more eclectic roles.
The BFI season is split into two parts, the first features classic Burt Lancaster movies
Date: January 28th, 2008 |
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Australia Day
Tomorrow 26 January is Australia Day and Australian expats all over London will be out celebrating their country’s national day. It commemorates the founding of the first British settlement in Australia with the building of the penal colony at Sydney Cove in 1788.
London has a whole bunch of pubs and bars with a distinctly Aussie flavour
Date: January 25th, 2008 |
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From Russia at the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts opens a major new exhibition this weekend called From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings 1870–1925 from Moscow and St Petersburg, which for the first time brings together a unique collection of masterpieces from Russia’s four main museums, Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum and State Tretyakov Gallery and St Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum and State Russian Museum.
Date: January 22nd, 2008 |
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