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London Alert: Introducing the London Street Sign Collection at Anglotopia Imports

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We’ve been working on this one for a few months and are quite excited to finally be able to offer authentic London Metal Street Signs. We’ve picked 15 of the most popular places in London for you to choose from. Each sign is about 12×16 inches (similar in size to the metal signs we offered earlier this year) and ready to hang. Each sign is being custom made for Anglotopia … [Read more...] about London Alert: Introducing the London Street Sign Collection at Anglotopia Imports

Exhibition Alert: Laura Visits the 2018 Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace – Prince Charles’s Favorites in the Royal Collection

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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 over 100 works of art personally selected by His Royal … [Read more...] about Exhibition Alert: Laura Visits the 2018 Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace – Prince Charles’s Favorites in the Royal Collection

The New Piccadilly Circus Billboard: A Review

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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 don’t really use the word billboard. It’s a … [Read more...] about The New Piccadilly Circus Billboard: A Review

Top 10 London: Top Ten Things to Do in Knightsbridge and South Kensington

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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 real estate in the city, … [Read more...] about Top 10 London: Top Ten Things to Do in Knightsbridge and South Kensington

London Alert: LAST CALL for the 2018 London Annual Special Guidebook – Need Final Count

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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 this to be a success, can you help get us there? So, if you want to make sure you … [Read more...] about London Alert: LAST CALL for the 2018 London Annual Special Guidebook – Need Final Count

The London Fiver – Five Places to Visit for Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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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 Britain in a way that revolutionised … [Read more...] about The London Fiver – Five Places to Visit for Isambard Kingdom Brunel

The Great London Taxi App Review Round-up – We Test All The Apps and Give Our Verdict

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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 was an already entrenched and well respected Taxi trade that resisted these changes. The … [Read more...] about The Great London Taxi App Review Round-up – We Test All The Apps and Give Our Verdict

The London Fiver – Five Hidden London Symbols and Their Meanings

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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.  Some of them can be right in front of you, … [Read more...] about The London Fiver – Five Hidden London Symbols and Their Meanings

Trip Planning: A Guide to Royal London – Free PDF Download

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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 a taste of the royal world that our new prince or princess is … [Read more...] about Trip Planning: A Guide to Royal London – Free PDF Download

London Can Take It: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about the London Blitz You Might Not Know

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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 least once. London, though, got the worst of it with … [Read more...] about London Can Take It: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about the London Blitz You Might Not Know