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John Rabon
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The London Fiver – Five London Locations for Beatles Fans
Sure, the Fab Four certainly got their start in Liverpool playing at venues such as The Cavern Club, but London has its own special connections...
The London Fiver – Five Things to Look Forward to in London During 2021 Post-Pandemic
While we can agree that 2020 was a collective dumpster fire of a year, we look to 2021 with a renewed sense of hope now...
Ten More Interesting Facts About Hyde Park
Created in 1637, Hyde Park is by far the largest of the four Royal Parks in London at 350 acres. In a previous piece, we...
Ten Interesting Facts about Kensington Gardens
While Kensington Gardens are open to the public, there was a time when this wasn’t so. The gardens were originally part of Kensington Palace, a...
Exploring Agatha Christie’s London – Places to See for Mystery Fans!
One of the most prolific mystery writers of all time, Agatha Christie wrote as many as 75 works over her career and created such well-know...
The Fiver – Five More London Dystopian Films
Like the gray clouds that often hang over London, the genre of dystopian fiction permeates the atmosphere of British film. British cinema is able to...
Ten More Interesting Facts about Regent’s Park
Another green space that was once the personal property of King Henry VIII, by the 19th Century it was transformed by landscape architect John Nash...
Ten Interesting Facts about St. James’s Park
In the heart of Westminster, St. James’s Park is a Royal Park in the truest sense. St. James’s borders Buckingham Palace on one end and...
A Brief History of London’s Buses
London’s buses are an iconic symbol of the city. The red double-decker isn’t seen as heavily in any other part of the world and they...
Top 10 London: Top Ten Shopping Centers in London
So you’ve traveled all the way to London—and you want to go to the mall. Well, while London certainly has many a great market, arcade,...
The London Fiver – Five Collector Toy Shops
They say you’re only as old as you feel. For many of us, growing up meant going to the toy store to look, but not...
London Identity: Just What is a Londoner Anyway?
We all live somewhere, and while we don’t often think about it, that place has a capacity to identify us. Rightly or wrongly, the perception...
The London Fiver – Five London Christmas Songs
The holidays are certainly a time for new songs to hit the airwaves. When you turn on the radio, you’re bound to hear a mix...
The London Fiver – Five London Invasion Films
Invaders certainly aren’t an unknown for Britain’s capital. For hundreds of years, Angles, Saxons, Vikings, and Normans marched upon the city, imposing their laws and...
Nights out in London: Top Ten Underground Bars For a Cocktail
Now, when we say underground, we’re not talking about bars you’ve never heard of before, but bars that are literally underground. London is full of...
The London Fiver – Five London Christmas Movies
Christmas movies are one of the joys of the holiday. Whether you’re going to see one in a theater, on television, DVD, or a streaming...
The Bard’s Town: Shakespeare in London
William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the greatest literary figures in English history and quite possibly the greatest playwright in the world. Interestingly enough,...
The London Fiver – Five London Romantic Comedies
In troubling and lonely times, a good romantic comedy can help you feel better about life. London has been the setting of dozens of romantic...
The London Fiver – Five Sci-Fi Films Set in London
England is arguably the home of science-fiction thanks to Mary Shelley and her novel Frankenstein, so it stands to reason that London would be a...
The London Fiver – Five of London’s Oldest Breweries
Ale has had a long history in the United Kingdom. By some accounts, it even predates the Romans as some historians evidence that the Romans...
The Fiver – Five More Tudor Buildings in London
Last year we covered some of the buildings that remain in London from the Tudor architectural style. Popular from the end of the medieval period...
Museums of London: Ten Overlooked London Museums
When people go to London, they tend to hit the major sites from Buckingham Palace to the Tower Bridge. This extends to the city’s museums...
Top 10 London: Ten London Colleges and Universities
A university degree is certainly a sought-after prize in any country. While Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, and other institutions of higher learning in the UK...
The Suffragettes of London
It’s said that well-behaved women rarely make history. In this day in age, it seems as true as ever that any progress made is done...
The London Fiver – Five of the Best Libraries in London
You might not think that a library is the best place to spend some time when you’re in London, but my how wrong you would...
The London Fiver – Five of the Best Donut Shops in London
Found, fried, doughy goodness. Everyone loves a good donut in the morning—or for dessert—or any time really. There are plenty of great places in the...
The London Fiver – Five Bands from London – The London Invasion
London has been a happening place for music for decades. When Blues, R&B, and Rock n’ Roll crossed the Atlantic from the United States, it...
The London Fiver – Five Great Places to Go Running in London
Getting some exercise while you’re away from home can be difficult, but London has plenty of places to go for a run. Whether you want...
Top 10 London: Top Ten Things to See and Do in Haggerston
Part of the London Borough of Hackney, Haggerston is part of the East End. The area has had a long history with London going back...
Blue Skies – The Fascinating History of London Air Pollution
Like most cities, London has had its share of air quality problems over the centuries. Most people would think that air pollution in this part...