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Jonathan Thomas
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Art: Hockney’s Yorkshire comes to London
The Royal Academy of Arts in London will hold the first major exhibition of new landscape works by David Hockney in January next year. David...
Video: The London Song by June Caravel
Here’s a great new song about London by artist June Caravel. The video is constructed using London street names to help visualize words in the...
Street Festival: Hong Kong Live in London This Week Only
Visit South Molton Street until 18th September to experience the ‘Hong Kong – Live in London!” street festival. There will be live entertainment from Face Changers,...
Great Resource: Free Events in London
The Folks over at London events website Spoonfed have created an awesome new page that culls out all events in London that are free. You...
Does London Really Have Europe’s Worst Hotels?
Trivago has conducted a survey of hotels in Europe and it turns out that London has fared the worst in hotel ratings in Europe. According...
Heathrow Airport Gets a New Hilton Hotel
The Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 opens this September, with 350 bedrooms, including 85 executive rooms and three suites, 929 sq metres (10,000 sq...
London 2012: New Westfield Mall in Stratford will now be the Official Olympic Mall
The owners of the new Stratford City mall have secured the rights to be the official shopping center of the London 2012 Games. According to...
Article: Seeking Space, Well-to-Do Londoners Dig Deep
The New York Times has a great article up on how Londoners are digging underneath their houses to get around space and planning permissions. Here’s...
Video: 100 Years of London Style in 100 Seconds
This is a really cool video put together by Westfield to help promote the opening of their new mall in Stratford City.
Top 12 London Views – Best Places for a great View of London
Our friends at Visit Britain have put together a great list of places in London that have the best views! Check it out! 1). London Eye –...
A new meeting-place in the City of London
A 19th-century townhouse in the City of London has opened as a small and intimate venue for events and meetings. The listed building, 12 Austin...
Video: A Drive Through 1950’s London
This is the result of enhancing and stabilizing the “Driving through London (1950’s)” video that can be found elsewhere on Youtube. It demonstrates how modern...
Beautiful Picture of a London Sunsest
Perfection! Source.
Video: London Loves You – A New Anthem for London
TheKillerSongs have put together a new anthem for London for 2012 and beyond. Check it out below: What do you think? It sure is catchy!
Vintage Stores & Charity Treasures of London
Charity shopping isn’t just a trend. In fact, the first charity shop to open in the United Kingdom was an Oxfam store, in February 1948....
All aboard for a week of cocktails – London Cocktail Week 2011
During London Cocktail Week in October, cocktail tours on original red Routemaster double-decker buses will visit more than 100 cocktail bars, each offering a bespoke...
Pics: London Panoramas – Beautiful Panoramic Pictures from London
Here’s a selection of great panoramas of London from Flickr. Check them out below! photo credit: Steve Bowbrick photo credit: Duncan~ photo credit: vintagedept photo...
Video: London in HD from the BBC Motion Gallery
Check out this great video from the BBC Motion Gallery of some beautiful HD shots of London. London in HD from BBC Motion Gallery on...
An imperial dream on horseback – Spanish Horses in London
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna is bringing its famous white Lipizzaner stallions to London. The scholars of the Winter Riding School, based in the...
Interior design on show in London’s East End
Designers, design collectives and manufacturers from more than 18 countries will be presenting their contemporary interiors, products and digital installations at this year’s Tent London....
Celebrating London’s cuisine at the London Restuarant Festival
This October sees the third London Restaurant Festival, a city-wide celebration of eating out in the capital, from Michelin-starred restaurants to neighbourhood bistros. Some restaurants...
London Alert: A Safety Message Regarding the London Riots – A Message for Tourists in London
We’ve republished this from our parent site, Anglotopia.net. We normally avoid covering the negative aspect of things in Britain – but this is something we...
Fun and festivities on London’s river during the Thames Festival
London’s largest free festival takes place on 10–11 September along the banks of the River Thames. The Mayor’s Thames Festival brings together people from all...
Lovely Film about the Completion of St Paul’s 15 Year Restoration Program
Photographer Mark Baynes has put together a lovely little film about the 15 year restoration project at St Paul’s Cathedral that was recently completed. Check...
A Peek at Gordon Ramsay’s New London Restaurant – Bread Street Kitchen
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to open a new restaurant in the City of London in September. Bread Street Kitchen will open in the newly...
Travel Guide: Top 12 Free Things to do in London
Here’s a selection of some of the top free things to do in the Capital from our friends at Visit Britain. 1.) Changing of the Guard...
Video: Memories of the London of Old
The BBC Motion Gallery has posted a video of footage from the 1950’s and 1960’s onto their Vimeo account. Here’s the description: A look at...
Guest Post: Free Stuff to do in London This Summer
Ah, London in the Summer! Sure, we might not always have the best weather (in fact, when it comes to the weather, it’s probably best...
The Tube: Group Develops Geographically Accurate Tube Map
The Tube map is iconic – but it also leads to navigation difficulties when trying to figure out how it relates to the world above....
London Getting a Sixth International Airport
According to the Evening Standard today, London will be getting a sixth international airport. From the article: The Essex seaside resort of Southend was unveiled...