Articles tagged ‘London’
Swimming with Sharks
By Chris | September 25th, 2007 |
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Fans of Hollywood actor Christian Slater can soon see him back on the West End stage. He’s opening in a short run of the play Swimming with Sharks, on at the Vaudeville Theatre from 5 October 2007-19 January 2008.
The play is a stage version of the 1994 film of the same name that starred Kevin [...]
Leadenhall Market
By Chris | September 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re around the Liverpool Street or Monument areas of the City of London its worth taking a walk along Gracechurch Street to have a look at the site of one of the oldest markets in London.
Leadenhall Market has one of the most distinct looks of any shopping or market place in London, with [...]
London weather changing
By Chris | September 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Autumn has arrived in London and the Southeast of England. Today began with high winds and sheeting rain and tornadoes did damage to property in towns to the north and south of the capital such as Luton and Farnborough.
The strong winds eventually blew the clouds out for a morning of blue skies but the forecast [...]
London News 09.24
By Chris | September 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Arsenal’s turnover breaks the £200million a year barrier. BBCNews
* Vibes from Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggest he could be about to call a snap election. Guardian
* Londoners face the longest travel times and worst carbon dioxide levels of commuters in the UK. Metro
Open Rehearsal London
By Chris | September 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here’s an excellent opportunity for Londoners and visitors alike, a six day festival where you can go behind the scenes at some of the city’s top music, dance and theatre venues to watch rehearsals, take backstage tours, take part in workshops and master classes or hear celebrity talks, and all for free.
Open Rehearsal is on [...]
Raindance Film Festival
By Chris | September 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The 15th Raindance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the UK, starts this week from 25 September-7 October. The opening and closing night galas take place at the Cineworld cinema in The Haymarket with the majority of the festival’s screenings taking place at the Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue and a few at the Rex [...]
Weekend Sports Fixtures in London
By Chris | September 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
A big weekend of games in the Rugby World Cup and all eyes on Sunday afternoon will be on Old Trafford where Manchester United play Chelsea, four days after the departure of Jose Mourinho. If you want to catch a live game in London this weekend there are a number of options in football and [...]
London Boroughs - Westminster
By Chris | September 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Westminster or the City of Westminster is one of the 32 London boroughs and a place where the average tourist and visitor will tend to spend a lot of their stay. Its estimated that 95% of London’s 30 million annual visitors will visit the borough at some point. Looking at the map its not hard [...]
Florence Nightingale Museum
By Chris | September 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous figures of Victorian Britain and renowned as one of the pioneers of modern nursing. There’s a museum to her life and work near St Thomas’s Hospital in Westminster, she had founded the first school of nursing in Britain at the old St Thomas’s Hospital in Southwark in [...]
Gyms in London
By Chris | September 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re into working out and staying in shape taking a trip or going on holiday can provide an unwelcome break to your training regime. What are the options if you’re coming to London and want to maintain your fitness levels? Well if you’re staying in central London there are some great parks that are [...]
