Articles tagged ‘Oxford Street’
West End VIP Day
By Chris | November 28th, 2007 |
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This Saturday, 1 December, three of London’s top streets for shopping are going to be pedestrianized for the day, the first real big shopping weekend in the run up to Christmas.
Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street are having West End VIP Day with the VIP standing for Very Important Pedestrians who’ll get the chance [...]
Lighting up London’s main shopping streets
By Chris | November 2nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s that time of year when London’s main shopping throughfares start the big push for their share of the consumer Christmas spending. One of the traditional ways they try to attract customers is by having large Christmas light displays across their particular street for its entire length, usually preceded by a big celebrity switching on [...]
Marylebone Village Summer Fayre
By Chris | June 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Marylebone Village area is one of the surprises you can find just off central London’s busy and crowded streets. Its centred around Marylebone High Street which runs south from Marylebone and Regent’ Park down to the Bond Street end of Oxford Street. The High Street is very different from the super crowded and chain [...]
Chanting up a storm in London
By Chris | March 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here’s a video proving you don’t need all that ecstasy to dance to music, you just have to be into it like this crowd of Hari Krishnas in Leicester Square. If you spend any time at all in the West End you’ll see or hear Hari Krishnas, there’s a centre/restaurant of their’s just off of [...]
Daily Dose 03.21
By Chris | March 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Meryl Streep to play Margaret Thatcher in new movie? It would be a good choice and interesting to see a film about Thatcher, the last Prime Minister with a cast iron set of balls.(TheTimes)
* Oxford Street store letting fans start queuing today for the first PlayStation 3’s which go on sale tomorrow at midnight. [...]
London’s West End to get a face lift
By Chris | March 1st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Parts of the West End of London are to get a facelift in proposals by Westminster Council and probably not before time for places like Oxford Street, especially the Tottenham Court Road end. The council have released a plan for Oxford, Regent and Old and New Bond Streets for three months so the public can [...]
A different take on Christmas in Oxford Street
By Chris | December 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Below is a video of Santa’s Ghetto, a temporary art exhibition in a gallery on Oxford Street opposite the Virgin Megastore, featuring some controversial pieces by British artists. Santa’s Ghetto has become an annual event and was started five years ago by a graffiti artist called Banksy. This exhibition was drawing big crowds when it [...]
Daily Dose 11.29
By Chris | November 29th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* British Pound nearly worth $2 which it hasn’t been since 1992(Guardian)
* Worried about global warming? Head to Britain, because according to a leading expert its position as an island at a high latitude will make it one of the few places able to support a normal society in the future(SkyNews)
* Christmas shoppers on Oxford [...]
BT Tower
By Chris | November 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
One of the most recognizable buildings that can be glimpsed from all over the West End of London is the BT Tower formerly known as the Post Office Tower.
It’s on Cleveland Street in Fitzrovia, the area between Tottenham Court Road, the Euston Road and Great Portland Street and that’s a pretty relaxed place to [...]
Upcoming events in London 11.27.06
By Chris | November 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Christmas Past: 400 Years of Seasonal Traditions in English Homes The Geffrye Museum in Shoreditch looks at how Britain’s Christmas traditions developed from kissing under the mistletoe to decorating the tree. The museum is free to enter and the exhibition runs from 28 November to 7 January. The nearest tubes are Liverpool Street or Old [...]
