Articles tagged ‘Places to Go’
London Film Premieres in February
By Chris | February 11th, 2008 |
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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 [...]
Chinese New Year in London
By Chris | February 5th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
Pancake Day Races
By Chris | January 31st, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
Chelsea Physic Garden Winter Openings
By Chris | January 30th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
Hard Rock Calling
By Chris | January 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Burt Lancaster Season at BFI Southbank
By Chris | January 28th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
London Motorcycle Show
By Chris | January 28th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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
Australia Day
By Chris | January 25th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
Destinations Holiday and Travel Show
By Chris | January 24th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
From Russia at the Royal Academy
By Chris | January 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
