Articles tagged ‘Canary Wharf’
London through the fog
By Chris | February 13th, 2008 |
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Believe it or not this is London under a bank of morning fog. This picture is in today’s Metro and was taken by a passenger on a plane approaching Heathrow. It shows the offices towers of Canary Wharf,
Canary Wharf Summer Galas
By Chris | July 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Canada Square Park in Canary Wharf is hosting a free series of live shows this month called the Canary Wharf Summer Galas. Here’s the schedule, they say no portable furniture is permitted. Map
17 July - Acoustic Band Night Susy Thomas, Gillan Edgar, Miles Winter Roberts, Sam Beeton,Yamit Mamo and Nick Hall each play a 20 [...]
Greenwich & Docklands International Festival 2007
By Chris | June 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Greenwich and Docklands International Festival is an annual showcase in London for some of the world’s most spectacular street theatre, music and dance. Its on from 21-24 June at various locations in the East End and along the Thames and features performers from France, Spain and Argentina among others. All events are free, here’s [...]
BP Summer Series in London
By Chris | May 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden has got together with BP to put on the BP Summer Series, three live transmissions of opera and ballet productions from the stage at the Royal Opera House to big screens in large squares and parks across London and the UK.
The first of the performances to be screened [...]
A tale of two ships in London
By Chris | May 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Not a good morning today for one of London’s top tourist attractions, the Cutty Sark. The 19th century tea clipper sits in dry dock at Greenwich and it went up in flames in a mysterious fire around 5am today. While it looked pretty bad on the tv news footage, luckily the Cutty Sark had been [...]
Special London shopping night for the girls
By Chris | March 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
We all know that most women are never happier than when they’re out shopping and this Thursday 29th March Canary Wharf is holding its third annual Girls Night Out where the shops and restaurants in the heart of London’s newest financial centre are having an evening of special offers and entertainment just for the ladies.
There [...]
How the UK sees the East End
By Chris | January 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The site for the London Olympics in 2012 is 500 acres in Stratford, a run down part of the East End of London. A new survey has asked people in the UK what they think of when someone mentions the East End and how they see the games working out.
To the typical Brit the East [...]
Canary Wharf part 2
By Chris | November 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
There’s a green coloured foot bridge that you can take from West India Quay to the other side of North Dock at Wren’s Landing. In front of you are some steps leading up to Cabot Square and either side office blocks, the three to the right are used by Credit Suisse and the one [...]
