Going out in London? There’s an app for that, actually there are loads. London apps are like a knowledgeable friend in your pocket, telling you where to eat, get the best deals or even how to get home. Here’s our …
Read more...London’s Science Museum was full of woolly monsters at the weekend as Stitch London took up residence to explore science through craft. Stitched Science included an exhibition of scientific objects made by knitting, crochet and sewing, from embroidered cells to …
Read more...For our Hong Kong in London entry we looked no further than the London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. This annual event has been held in London since 1997. After 10 years at London Docklands Watersports Centre, it moved to …
Read more...It’s a packed weekend: along with it being Easter Saturday tomorrow, it’s also St George’s Day AND Shakespeare’s birthday. Here’s a quick video of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson wishing you a happy St George’s Day and inviting you down to …
Read more...Are you called William or Catherine? Do you fancy a free trip to the theatre? Then head down to the tkts booth on Leicester Square early on the morning of the big day (Friday 29 April): if you’re among the …
Read more...Today a new exhibition opens at the Wellcome Collection looking at drugs. High Society is a typical show for the Wellcome: attending a preview yesterday, I found the idiosyncratic splicing of art, literature, medicine, social history and anthropology I’ve come …
Read more...There’s a brand new permanent gallery opening at London’s Imperial War Museum on Friday: the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Yesterday, I went along for a sneak preview. Tucked away on the fourth floor of the museum, visiting the Lord Ashcroft Gallery …
Read more...The brand new One New Change shopping centre opens today near St Paul’s Cathedral and, to celebrate, Zizzi is opening a pop-up bar serving free prosecco and Italian nibbles. I popped into the One New Change branch of Zizzi last night, where illustrator Amy Murray …
Read more...You can see world-class sport at the London 2012 Olympics from as little as £20 a ticket, London 2012 has revealed. And tickets to the Opening Ceremony will cost between £20.10 and £2,012, depending, presumably, on where you sit. There …
Read more...This week’s photo features the Geffrye Museum‘s gardens on a lovely summer day. The museum has five attractive walled gardens, including a traditional herb garden with plants for medicine, cosmetic use and cooking. If you’re out and about enjoying London …
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