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Laura Porter
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022 Report
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is an annual highlight for London culture. It is the world’s oldest open submission exhibition. What does that mean? It...
First Look: Laura Goes to Superbloom at The Tower of London
All of London is celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this week. There’s bunting everywhere and we’re getting an extra public holiday. Superbloom at The Tower...
Edvard Munch: Masterpieces From Bergen – New Exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery
One of the most important collections of paintings by Edvard Munch (1863–1944) is being shown in the UK for the first time in a new...
Laura’s London: Elizabeth Line Opening Day First Person Report
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, I couldn’t be there today for this special day, but thankfully Laura Porter was able to get out there and check out...
Laura’s London: Exploring The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
The Old Operating Theatre Museum is a museum of surgical history housed in a church attic. Yes, there is so much about that sentence that...
Laura’s London: Rare Tour of The Speaker’s House State Apartments at the Palace of Westminster
For two weeks during the House of Commons Easter recess, there was the rare opportunity to see inside the Speaker’s House. This was the first...
Canaletto’s Venice Revisited – Review of Latest Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum
Canaletto’s Venice Revisited is at the National Maritime Museum from 1 April 2022. It explores some of the most iconic ‘view paintings’ of Venice and...
Exhibition Report: The World of Stonehenge Exhibition at British Museum
When a major London exhibition gets repeated five-star reviews and is described as ‘magnificent,’ ‘astonishing’ and ‘unmissable,’ you know it’s one you have to see....
William Morris and his life and London Connections
William Morris (1834–96) was a man of many talents. His life, and life’s work, made a huge impact on the worlds of literature, design, and...
Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 50s to Now – Latest Exhibition at Tate Britain
This Tate Britain exhibition explores Caribbean-British art over four generations. There is an open admittance that, like much of the mainstream British art world, Tate...
In Pictures: Dennis Severs’ House at Christmas
Dennis Severs’ House is not a museum but a private home that opens to the public as a time capsule to London’s past. The Christmas...
Christmas Comes to the Charles Dickens Museum in London
Visiting the Charles Dickens Museum at Christmas time is a real treat as the place is transformed with Victorian-style decorations. This year, the Museum has...
The Courtauld Gallery Reopening after 3 year closure for renovations – Here’s a look at what’s changed
The Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House has been closed since 2018 for the largest transformation project of its history. It reopens on Friday, Nov 19,...
Hogarth and Europe – New Exhibition at Tate Britain
Understanding the time a famous figure worked in can help us to know them better. The latest exhibition at Tate Britain showcases works by the...
Exhibition Report: Late Constable at the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts’s latest exhibition presents the first survey of the late work of John Constable (1776–1837). Late Constable opens on 30 October...
London: Port City – New Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands
This major new exhibition reveals the scale of the capital’s ‘hidden’ international port. London: Port City runs from 22 October 2021 to 8 May 2022...
Foundling Museum – Fighting Talk: One Man’s Journey From Abandonment to Trafalgar
The Foundling Museum is a wonderful place to visit and has really well chosen temporary exhibitions. The latest looks at a first-hand account of the...
Behind the Scenes at Berry Bros & Rudd – Oldest Wine Merchant in The UK
Berry Bros & Rudd is one of the oldest wine merchants in the world and is the oldest wine and spirit merchant in the UK....
Exploring the fascinating history of St Bride’s Church on Fleet Street – The Journalists’ Church
St Bride’s Church on Fleet Street is a Christopher Wren church built after the Great Fire of London. It’s the journalists’ church, and the spire...
Exploring London’s Freud Museum and a Fascinating New Exhibition – Code Name Mary
Along an unassuming residential street in the north London suburbs, there’s a house whose famous 1930s resident is still a household name. The Freud Museum...
Open House London: Exploring The Old Deanery – City of London
The Old Deanery is a Grade I seventeenth-century mansion house close to the West Front of St Paul’s Cathedral. Set back with its own courtyard,...
Open House London: Exploring Temple Church in the City of London – Built by the Knights Templar
I have meant to visit the Temple Church for years, so I was grateful for the encouragement when it was included in the annual Open...
Laura’s London: Exploring London’s Museum of Brands
The Museum of Brands in Notting Hill features the evolution of packaging design and brands with thousands of items on display. So many of the...
London’s Natural History Museum new photo exhibition to highlight a ‘planet under pressure’
A blood-spattered lioness, a gecko wrestling for its life in the grip of a snake, and a slick of dead and dying herrings are among...
A Look at London’s Hotel of Spies – St Ermin’s Hotel – Special Operations Executive (SOE) History and New Display
St Ermin’s is a four-star hotel close to the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. That means it is also close to many government offices...
Sculpture in The City – Outdoor Artworks in The City of London
Sculpture in The City is an annual free open-air art exhibition. It takes place across the City of London – that’s the old part of...
A Day Out on Thames Clippers in London – Let’s Go On a Journey Down London’s River
We have had some unseasonably warm weather in London recently, and we all know how stifling the heat can be while traveling on the tube....
London Long Read: The Fascinating History of the Foundling Hospital – London’s First Children’s Home
Founded in the 18th century, the Foundling Hospital was the first children’s home in Britain. After much campaigning, sea captain and philanthropist Thomas Coram opened...
Terrible Thames Boat Tour Review – Horrible Histories Fun On The River
Who doesn’t love a boat trip on The Thames? Combine that thrill with the fun of Horrible Histories ‘on location,’ and you’re ready for the...
Paddington: The Story of the Bear – New Exhibition at the British Library
The famous polite bear from deepest darkest Peru is the feature of a new exhibition at the British Library. Paddington: The Story of a Bear...