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Whether or not you approve of Boris Johnson’s idea of reviving the Routemaster bus, it’s an icon of London in a way that the Bendy Bus can never be. From postwar films to London Transport posters, it’s stamped its image on our consciousness.
Now the London Transport Museum is commemorating the iconic bus in an exhibition […]
The Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes Hotel on Baker Street is offering a two course lunchtime menu for £12.50 (plus service) - quite a nice deal.
Sherlock’s Bar & Grill has won the AA Red Rosette three times, and uses organic British ingredients in its cooking. However, this isn’t the stodgy ‘British food’ many of us dread […]
Since I’ve been blogging a few tea-related themes I had to post this one - a superb image from an exhibition by Mai-Thu Perret which will open in London later this year.
It’s a teapot, but not as we know it…. it doubles as a walk-in art gallery.
Now you might look at this as just a […]
I’ve always envied the Queen. She has two birthdays - a real one like the rest of us, and an official one.
The reason for the official birthday is that you can pick a time when the weather is less likely to be miserable for official occasions like garden parties. But I bet she gets two […]
I’ve already blogged the Ironmonger Row Turkish baths - a great place to unwind if you work in the City or Clerkenwell area.
Those of you living in the East End might prefer the Spa in Bethnal Green. This was the old York Hall baths, and it’s undergone extensive refurbishment recently. Some people will miss the […]
When I lived in Stoke Newington I got to know the North Circular pretty well. One of the great sights just off that road was the Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium, with its illuminated facade redolent of the fairground.
A night at the greyhounds isn’t my preferred entertainment, to be honest. I’d rather see a play or an […]
Bankside Power Station was lucky. It got refurbished, and made into Tate Modern.
Battersea Power Station is its unlucky cousin. If anything, it’s even more iconic - its four protruding chimneys dominate the south-west London skyline. But it’s been through many hands, a trading token in the hands of property developers, being sold on rather than […]
Cecil Court is one of my secret London shopping places. Only for the stagestruck and booklovers - but if you’re either of these (or perhaps both) it will quickly become one of your favourites.
David Drummond’s bookshop specialises in theatre and opera - including ephemera such as playbills and posters, as well as books on the […]
Ever seen a view from the top of a London bus and thought ‘Wasn’t that in James Bond?” or “That’s in one of those Hitchcock films, isn’t it - but which one?”
If so, Movie London (from Titan Books, £9.99 RRP - or £6.49 on Amazon.co.uk) can help you out.
If you’re touring London, a geographical section […]
The Lloyds Building is one of those buildings that define an epoch. More than any other building in London, perhaps, it marks the shift from “we-know-what-a-building-is” architectural literalism (four walls and a roof) to imaginative deconstruction.
Like Richard Rogers’ other controversial “inside-out” building, the Beaubourg Centre in Paris, it wears its guts on the outside, with […]
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Written by Andrea Kirkby [email] for b5media.
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