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Video of the Week: Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic

We head to the Old Vic for this week’s video recommendation. The wonderful Kevin Spacey stars in Inherit The Wind, a fab courtroom drama about the freedom of thought.

When it opened in September this year, the show got some great reviews. It’s currently running until 20 December. If this little snippet whets your appetite, book your tickets now. You won’t be disappointed.

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Video of the Week: The Open Road London 1927

OK, so at over 10 minutes, this is a little longer than most YouTube snippets, but we promise it’s totally worth staying with it. (And it’s Friday – you deserve a little break…)

This remarkable colour film of London was taken in 1927 by pioneering filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene.

We think some of the black-and-white information plates are hilarious!

London’s roads look so wide and empty with the slow, elegant motorcars moving gracefully along them. And there’s a fascinating section that seems to have been filmed right infront of where VL Towers stands in shiny More London today! See if you can spot familiar areas looking drastically different, and let us know what your favourite bits are…

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Video of the Week: London’s Christmas Carol

Relive the magic of London’s Christmas Carol once more with our choice of video of the week. It’s all here: the Christmas lights’ switch-on, the brilliant open-air concerts across London, and the red carpet action from the world premiere of Disney’s A Christmas Carol.

Feeling festive yet? There’s only 48 days to go…

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