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- Museums at Night takes place this weekend
- The Return of The Cough
- Testing being carried out on the new Cable Car route
- A look around the Leonardo exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
- A bookshop has opened inside the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner
- Birds nesting at Canary Wharf
- Ride in a 1938 era tube train at the Rickmansworth Festival
- Expect gunfire and explosions near Old St tube station this evening
- St Nicholas Church in Great Wakering
- A small museum inside a military firing range
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Museums at Night takes place this weekend
Posted on May 16, 2012 | 2 CommentsThis weekend is the annual Museums at Night event, with suitable venues around the UK opening up a little bit later than usual and often laying on a few extra... -
A look around the Leonardo exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
Posted on May 11, 2012 | 8 CommentsIs it art or is is science? A display of drawings by a Renaissance artist would seem to be art, but they are the earliest known systematic studies of human... -
A bookshop has opened inside the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 3 CommentsWellington Arch, the huge triumphal pile of stone at Hyde Park Corner has gained a tiny bookshop inside the arch itself – oh, and a new exhibition area upstairs. I... -
Ride in a 1938 era tube train at the Rickmansworth Festival
Posted on May 8, 2012 | 9 CommentsThe annual Rickmansworth Festival is in a couple of weeks time, and as usual, the London Transport Museum will be there with vintage buses to ferry people between Rickmansworth Station... -
Expect gunfire and explosions near Old St tube station this evening
Posted on May 8, 2012 | 1 CommentJust around the corner from Old Street tube station lies the main parade ground of the Honourable Artillery Company – and this evening (8th May) will be their annual military... -
A small museum inside a military firing range
Posted on May 6, 2012 | 11 CommentsLurking on the eastern most edge of the River Thames sits Foulness Island, a low lying marshy farmland that is also almost entirely controlled by the Ministry of Defence for... -
The Queen’s “crystal diamond” arrives at the Tower of London
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No CommentsYesterday evening, just after the last of the tourists were removed (well, almost all of them), a marching band entered the Tower of London, and the Pageantmaster of the Queen’s... -
Look out for a Tall Green Man in the City on May Day
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsTomorrow is May Day, and each year the Fowlers Troop recreate the Deptford Jack parade in a different part of London. This year, it’s the turn of the City to... -
A history of Royal Pageantry along the Thames
Posted on April 24, 2012 | 3 CommentsWith the Royal Pageant taking place in a couple of months, it is opportune to learn a bit about the history of such grand events which were often the closest... -
Suggestions for things to do outside London during May
Posted on April 22, 2012 | 1 CommentMy now regular look ahead to events happening next month that would probably be in my events guide, if only they weren’t happening outside the psychological barrier of the M25...