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Want to ride a carousel in the middle of London? Here’s your chance - a wonderful summer fair, in one of London’s most interesting shopping streets.
The shops here include the marvellous Daunt Books and Patisserie Valerie, as well as fashion shops like Ronit Zilkha and Fenn Wright Manson. There are perfumiers like Terre d’Oc, and […]
Well, summer is here. Nearly.
The Chelsea Flower Show starts tomorrow, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. It’s the show that sets all the trends in the world of gardening - new kinds of garden, new themes, new plants. It’s as important to gardeners as London Fashion Week is to designers.
Themes this year will include wildlife gardening […]
I must admit I’ve never been that turned on by Harry Potter. I was brought up on Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy, with a much smarter, much more interesting wizard, Ged, or ‘Sparrowhawk’. Yes, I did read the Harry Potter books- but I was soon back in Earthsea.
Still, there’s no denying that Harry […]
Maybe the middle of the East End isn’t the place you’d expect to find a farm. But Spitalfields has many surprises, and this is one of them - Spitalfields City Farm.
London kids need no longer grow up thinking milk comes from Tetrapaks and apples grow on plastic trays!
The Young Farmers’ Club is open every Saturday, […]
Greenwich will be celebrating May Day with a special Fayre on Monday, May 5th. The grounds of the Old Royal Naval College will host morris dancing, a stiltwalking Green Man, and numerous other activities. And if you’re a carnivore there’s a hog roast, which should be tasty.
(Actually, as an occasional medieval re-enactor, I end up […]
It’s just getting to that time of year when it’s nice enough to want to take a good long walk. And Hatfield Forest is a great place for walking.
It’s a strange place. For a start, it’s not all what we’d call ‘forest’ today; there are vast areas of open land as well. There are coppices, […]
Swimming on Hampstead Heath used tot be free. Not any more - you need a ticket, though it’s still cheaper than most gyms at £2 for a full day ticket.
But it’s a completely different experience from a gym. You’re outside, in the middle of the heath, with trees and bushes around, no chlorine in the […]
Regent’s Park in summer is a wonderful resource. You can play softball, run, take a horse on its sandy tracks (but you’re not allowed to gallop - a canter is as fast as you go), or play tennis. Or just laze in the sun.
But until recently I didn’t know about the Hub. Now, this list […]
The Foundling Museum commemorates the days when unwanted children might be left at the doors of the Foundling Hospital. Hopefully this Easter it will resound to the delighted cries of much happier children on the Easter Trail.
And perhaps the delighted cries of their money-saving parents - who get to see the museum for free, instead […]
I grew up with Victorian toys. My grandfather had a zoetrope - a wonderful little machine; you put a specially bought strip of drawings or photos into the circular tin holder, and spun it round, and if you looked through the slots in the tin, you’d see the drawings spring to life. Granddad even drew […]
A visitor’s and resident’s guide to London - events, attractions, art, ’must sees’ and offbeat sights, restaurants and pubs, and how to get around.
Written by Andrea Kirkby [email] for b5media.
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