For ten weeks each summer we get to go inside Buckingham Palace and see the State Rooms while the Queen is away at Balmoral (Scotland). There’s also a special exhibition included and this year, to mark the 70th birthday of The Prince of Wales, the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace includes a special display of […]
The New Piccadilly Circus Billboard: A Review
In this article, I’m going to review a billboard. But not just any billboard, the most famous billboard in the world. Well, in London at least. I’m talking about, of course, the new electronic billboard that has replaced the previous iconic billboards at the heart of Piccadilly Circus. First some terminology – in Britain they […]
Top 10 London: Top Ten Things to Do in Knightsbridge and South Kensington
Situated just below Hyde Park, Knightsbridge and South Kensington are two neighborhoods adjacent to one another in the heart of London. The two have been handled by different governmental bodies for centuries, but represent some of the best arts, culture, and shopping in the entire city. Both neighborhoods also represent some of the most expensive […]
London Alert: LAST CALL for the 2018 London Annual Special Guidebook – Need Final Count
LAST CALL – London Annual 2018 Hey, everyone! We need a final quantity count for the 2018 London Annual as we’ll be ordering the print run very soon. Because it’s 128 pages and expensive to print, we can’t order too many extras, so we have to be precise. We need to sell another 100 units for […]
The London Fiver – Five Places to Visit for Isambard Kingdom Brunel
It might be an understatement to say that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the most important engineer in England during the 19th Century. The Royal Albert Bridge, the Great Western Railway, the Maidenhead Railway Bridge, and the Clifton Suspension Bridge are just some of the structures in the UK attributable to him. Brunel helped to connect […]
The Great London Taxi App Review Round-up – We Test All The Apps and Give Our Verdict
Mobile apps have changed the way many of us travel in London. They’ve enriched trips and made them better. One way they’ve made them better is getting a ride when you need one. Apps like Uber and Lyft have changed the game in many major cities for taxis. The problem is that in London, there […]
The London Fiver – Five Hidden London Symbols and Their Meanings
We use symbols for many reasons. They can be used to promote persons, places, or ideals. They can identify places or convey information. They’ve been used for these purposes since the earliest civilisations, too, so they can sometimes lose their meaning over the years. London is peppered with all of these symbols and much more. […]
Trip Planning: A Guide to Royal London – Free PDF Download
This came through the inbox and we thought it was worth sharing. With all eyes on London over the past week as the world eagerly awaited the birth of the new prince or princess, serviced apartment specialists, Central London Apartments have compiled a guide to Royal London, so that tourists to the city can enjoy […]
London Can Take It: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about the London Blitz You Might Not Know
Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941, Nazi Germany launched a bombing campaign against major cities in the United Kingdom. The Nazis targeted a total of 16 British cities, with Birmingham, Liverpool, and Plymouth hit 8 times, Bristol 6, Glasgow 5, Southampton 4, Portsmouth and Hull 3, and nearly every other major city at […]
Anglotees: New T-Shirt Live – London Calling – Tribute to the Red Phone Box
A few weeks ago we did a t-shirt based around the iconic London Routemaster Red Bus and that inspired us to create a new t-shirt based around another London icon – the Red Phone Box. Despite being phased out in the age of mobile phones, the Red Phone Box is still an iconic part of […]
Anglotees: New T-Shirt Live – Routemaster – Dedicated to the Iconic London Bus
About This Shirt London is our favorite city in the world and nothing says London like a red double decker bus. While there are only a few old Routemasters traveling the roads of London these days, you’d be hard pressed to find a more iconic symbol of London. So, with that inspiration, we present Routemaster, […]
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