King’s Cross has had a make-over! Here’s the results of a £500m refurbishment of the station’s concourse. As well as the fantastic lattice structure keeping the rain off commuters as they travel through the station, there’s also a host of …
Read more...Glamorous in-flight professional Pam Ann has been touring the world for more than a decade, imparting her insider knowledge of the highs and lows – so to speak – of the airline industry. The creation of Australian comic Caroline Reid, …
Read more...This week’s sunny photo by Nootashey features a historic house in west London’s Walpole Park, Pitzhanger Manor House. Pitzhanger Manor House was owned by the architect Sir John Soane who radically rebuilt the house in the early 1800s. These days, …
Read more...Expect to see a lot of purple during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as that’s what 8,000 Team London Ambassadors will be wearing! The uniform was unveiled by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, this morning at Wimbledon Station. It consists …
Read more...The street decorations and lighting for the London 2012 Games have been revealed. Here’s a glimpse of how London will look during the Games…
Read more...There’s just one week to go until the newly restored Dutch Galleries at the beautiful Wallace Collection are opened to the public. This fantastic video give a taster of the amount of work involved in getting the galleries ready for 20 March. …
Read more...On Monday evenings, The London Library opens its doors to non-members, who can take a free guided tour of this important literary institution. Set up in 1841 by Thomas Carlyle, who had grown tired of the British Library, the London …
Read more...Here’s a fun video tracing the history of the Thames in Royal events, and showing clips of various Jubilee celebrations throughout our Queen’s reign. It’s a busy year for London’s largest waterway. If you’re a fan of the Thames, make …
Read more...Firstly, news that The Queen’s been enjoying the brilliance of London’s West End this week. HRH attended a performance of One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The Queen attended the comedy show with Prince Philip, their grandson …
Read more...The Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme is expanding: More than 2,000 new Boris bikes have been added and there are new docking points all over East London. As of this morning, an additional 2,700 docking points have been added in Tower …
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