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Jonathan Thomas
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Floating Cinema Coming to the Thames
This looks like a lot of fun! Free film screenings, events and performances aboard a floating cinema in East London this summer. The Floating Cinema...
Guest Post: Best Summer Festivals in London
Guest Post by Cara Frost-Sharratt As the sun starts to shine with more regularity, it’s time to turn your attention to the great variety of...
Britain’s Richest Street Revealed – Picture Inside
The Daily Mail (we read it for amusement) recently published an article about the most expensive streets in Britain and surprise – the most expensive...
Video: Music Star Moby Tours the Tate Modern
Moby happens to be one of my favorite musicians and I loved this video posted on the Visit London blog where he shows us his...
Somewhere worth visiting in every London borough from Diamond Geezer
The always awesome London blogger Diamond Geezer has put together a great list of London attractions worth seeing in every London borough. Here’s an excerpt:...
Guest Post: Great Nights Out in London
With everything from modern rave clubs, live stands ups and traditional British pubs you can often find yourself spoilt for choice on a night out...
London 2012: Floating Walkway Planned for Thames
Another week, another strange public works project in the cards for London 2012 next year. A scheme to provide a floating walkway across the Thames...
Captain Obvious: London’s Priciest Area Revealed
The Evening Standard had a rather interesting article today stating the obvious – a study has found the most expensive neighborhood. And surpise! It’s Mayfair!...
Twelve London museums are accredited green tourist attractions
A dozen London museums have won Green Tourism awards for making their buildings more sustainable and bringing the environmental lessons of the past to life....
Dainty Delights of East London – Guide to the East End of London
It’s a common misconception that all the sights and sounds of the city are located in zone 1. Some of London’s most prized possessions are...
Pics: London Red Phone Boxes Galore
One of London’s most famous icons is the Red Phone box — despite the fact that no one actually uses them anymore thanks to the...
Explore the Abandoned Mail Rail Underground Railway Line in London – This is Awesome!
This is incredible. Apparently, the Royal Mail used to run an underground train network in London of mail trains and the entire system is now...
Video: London From Space for a Year
This video is pretty awesome. Someone has taken NASA images of London for everyday last year and mashed them together in one massive video. From...
London’s Skyscraper Boom Ends
Bloomberg’s Adam Haynes reports from London on the shift away from iconic skyscrapers as developers adopt cheaper, less ambitious plans. This report includes comments from...
Fun Project: Make Your Own Tube Map out of String
This looks like a lot of fun and if I was more crafty – I’d do it! String map from fsm vpggru on Vimeo. Props...
Top 10 London Guidebooks – Best Guide books For Traveling in London
We get lots of questions for travel advice, which is fine — we love answering questions. But it never hurts to have a good shelf...
Rise & Shine: The Best of London’s Breakfasts – Guide to Breakfast in London
A weekend in London would not be complete without sampling some of the delicious breakfasts of the city. It gets your day off to a...
Travel Tips: Some London Travel Safety Tips
London can be a scary place – especially on your first trip. So, we thought we’d put together some quick safety tips so you can...
How to Beat London’s Typical Tourist Traps
Wondering how on Earth you’re going to make it through a weekend in London, let alone a week? This is a common reaction to...
London 2012 Releases Pictures of the Parkland in Bloom
London 2012 has released some fun pictures on their Facebook page of the Olympic Parking coming into bloom for the first time. Check them out...
New Restaurant: Good Godfrey’s Launches at the Waldorf Hilton, London
The Waldorf Hilton, situated in London’s theatre land on Aldwych, is pleased to announce the opening of Good Godfrey’s Bar & Lounge. The new venue...
Pics: Gorgeous and Unusual Pictures of London – Tilt Shift London Pics
We’ve scoured Flickr for the best tilt-shift pictures of London. Tilt-shift photography is a photographic process that gives pictures an interesting scale. They’re not models!...
Video: Timelapse Video of a Trip Around the M25
Last week we posted a really cool video of the London Eye in timelapse. This week we’ve got a cool video of a timelapse journey...
iPhone App: 24 Hours in London The App
One of my favorite London guidebooks is 24 Hours in London. It’s a guide to things to do during every hour of the day in...
Video: Unfinished London – Episode 2 – London’s Missing Orbital Roads
In the 70s, an ambitious road-building project called “Ringways” was canceled and London narrowly escaped a fate much worse than traffic jams I really hope...
Video: Time-Lapse London – The London Eye in 2 Minutes
I love videos likes this — it’s simple, but really cool. It’s a time-lapse video of the entire “flight” of the London eye set to...
Video: Unfinished London – Episode 1 – The Tube
This is a really great video series and I hope the creator makes many more. Here’s the description: This is the story of a town-planning...
What Would The Tube Map Would Look Like if it Were Laid out Geographically?
This is really really cool. The iconic Tube map doesn’t represent geography accurately. This is especially apparent on your first trip to London when you...
History: Picture Gallery – The Great Fire of London and Its Affect of London’s Development
Many cities have events that define and alter their histories forever, and London is no exception — it has several. But one of the most...
Let the London 2012 Price Gouging Begin
Despite their best efforts to prevent it, the free market is taking control of hotel bookings around the London 2012 Olympics. According to Breaking Travel...