Thanks to Boris Johnson and TFL, we were treated to a free walk with London Walks as part of Walk4life yesterday. The walk we chose was Subterranean London, and we were told to meet at 10:30 at Embankment Station. We arrived at 10:15 to an enormous crowd, a fair proportion taking advantage of the free [...]
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I was expecting the four mile Parkland Walk to be little known and tranquil. This wasn’t the case on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, unfortunately, though I’ll pretend to be magnanimous about it and say that it’s great to see it being well used by the citizens of North London. By cyclists especially… The walk runs [...]
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10 of the best cultural events in London 2012, in Quirky Travel’s opinion, anyway
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Much, much music from London has infiltrated the world’s charts over the years. Below, I’ve listed some of the songs that have a specific connection to the London underground. “Warwick Avenue” Formerly popular Welsh warbler Duffy first came across Warwick Avenue tube station near posh Little Venice as a nineteen year old, not long after [...]
Nikita’s is a restaurant near Earl’s Court that bills itself as the “Best Russian Restaurant and Bar in London”. We went on a Saturday night after watching a play at the nearby Finborough Theatre (a light and airy wine bar and pub theatre – try the house white at £3.50 per glass – yummy.) The [...]
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Here’s QT’s pick of the upcoming events in London 2011. V&A Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970 – 1990 This exhibition looks athe ideas behind and features of the movement known as postmodernism in art, design and architecture. Runs from 24th September 2011 to 15th January 2012. Private Eye: The First 50 Years Private Eye magazine [...]
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Who was Charles Dickens? Wander through London and it won’t be long before you come across places that help piece together some detail about the author of David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol – places that featured in his fiction and in his real life. St Michael’s Alley Walk along Cornhill to the Church of [...]
Sir John Soane, born son of a bricklayer in Goring-on-Thames specialised in the neo-classical style, his most influential building being the Bank of England, much of which was rebuilt in later years. The outer wall is still intact. If Wikipedia is to be believed (not that I would doubt Wikipedia – I reckon it’s generally a [...]
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