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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
Politics Archive
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Vote for the Parliamentary Foam Party
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsMuch has been written and watched about yesterday’s incident in Portcullis House when a self-described comedian and now ex-member of the Labour Party and UK Uncut decided to divert the... -
A Murdoch’s Progress
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 1 CommentWith apologies to William Hogarth… 1. The Heir Our hero, Rupert Murdoch is introduced after inheriting the business from his father. Rupert is pictured in the house which shows the... -
Donating art to the nation – avoiding tax
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsIf you are the sort of person who has large tax bills and also owns rather nice lumps of art or other “significant” objects, then the government is proposing let... -
Art and architecture tours of Portcullis House
Posted on June 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsNot sure how long they have been doing these, as I haven’t seen it before, but it turns out that there now are twice monthly tours of the new Parliament... -
The Queen makes a declaration
Posted on April 5, 2011 | 4 CommentsSome people dislike pomp and pageantry, while I personally quite like it – and although most of the ceremonies we see today are rarely more than a hundred years or... -
Will The Queen offer a job to a convicted criminal?
Posted on January 11, 2011 | No CommentsA sideline into politics. Eric Illsley MP has became the first sitting MP to be convicted of expenses fraud after he admitted dishonestly claiming more than £14,000 and now awaits... -
Westminster is NOT the Mother of all Parliaments
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 2 CommentsI have again today come across the famous saying that “Westminster is the Mother of all Parliaments”, and indeed, the “Westminster System” of politics does operate in many countries. However,... -
Kevin Spacey talks about government art spending
Posted on October 18, 2010 | 1 CommentWhen Hollywood actor, and London theatre renovator, Kevin Spacey offers to give a talk on government funding for the arts just a few days before the government is planning to... -
Get tickets to watch Have I Got News for You being recorded
Posted on September 14, 2010 | 1 CommentMy systems tracker has alerted me to a date for your diaries. Tickets to be in the audience to watch Have I Got News for You being recorded live will... -
End of the road for cowboy car clampers
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 7 CommentsMuch trailed in the press this morning, the formal announcement finally arrived in my RSS reader. “End of the road for cowboy car clampers” screamed the headline. Sounds good –...