A chance to abseil down the Broadgate Tower
Another of those "raise money and do something scary" events -- a chance to abseil down the outside of a tall tower block on the edge of the City of London.
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A chance to abseil down the Broadgate Tower
Another of those "raise money and do something scary" events -- a chance to abseil down the outside of a tall tower block on the edge of the City of London.
Date announced for a rare tour of a WW2 Bunker
Deep under a housing estate in North London lies one of WW2's greatest secrets, the reserve Cabinet War Rooms that lay hidden and waiting just in case the (now) more famous Westminster bunkers were attacked.
Grab some free tickets to the Ig Nobel show
One of the highlights of the annual science entertainment calendar is making a return in March, with an evening comprising of an oddly eclectic mix of science, bad poetry, and a small girl walking up to people and saying “Please Stop, I’m Bored”.
Watch the Red Arrows from the top of The Shard
There is one day of the year where you can be absolutely certain of a major military flypast over London followed by the Red Arrows -- on The Queen's official birthday in June.
At Smithfield Meat Market’s annual Christmas Eve auction
Another year and another franticly good natured auction on the pavement -- and spilling onto the road -- outside the historic Smithfield's Meat Market, but also sadly the last time it will take place here.
Watch the Space Station Fly Over London on Xmas Eve
What a lovely way to start Christmas as we can -- weather permitting -- watch the International Space Station flying right over London on Christmas Eve.
There’s an upside down building on Blackfriars Road
A tired old building with a tree growing out of it destined to be torn town and replaced with another anonymous glass and steel tower has -- for a while -- become a work of art instead.
A Festival of Winter Walks over Christmas
Each yuletide season, the Ramblers Association host a number of free walks -- an opportunity to lure in prospective new members and for the rest of us, to force ourselves to walk off some of the Xmas excesses.
Tower Bridge to resume Engineering Tours in the New Year
Tower Bridge has announced that it will be running its Engineering Tours again in the New Year, which is coincidentally also when the bridge has to deal with the fewest openings that can disrupt such tours.
The Georgians are coming! The Georgians are coming!
Next year marks the 300th anniversary of the last successful invasion of the UK by the Germans, as the Elector of Hanover, George took the British Throne as the only suitable Protestant monarch available.
Naked Frenchmen at a London art gallery
A total of nearly 40 drawings drawn from the gallic gymnomania have now gone on display in the basement at the Wallace art collection for a few months.
Past and future geniuses of art at the Queen’s Gallery
A dual exhibition has opened that is devoted to the art of drawings upon paper -- one half devoted to an acknowledged lost genius, and the other half to modern day artists, most of whom can be presumed to want to avoid the same title.
Support a London Museum this Christmas
Now than the Papist has been burnt as effigy, we can safely start talking about the next big festival -- that of Christmas and the annual season of gift giving.
Overnight Rehearsal of the Lord Mayor’s Show
In the early hours of the morning, the silent streets of the City of London were disturbed by the sound of horse and carriage, as the City rehearsed its annual pageant ahead of this weekend's Lord Mayor's Show.
The hidden Japanese garden in central London
Sitting on top of a university building in central London can be found a small secluded garden, and it's open to the public to visit.
Great Estates: How London’s landowners shape the city
Dotted around London can be found some of the Great Estates that are the consequence of developments by single minded owners often in Georgian periods. But the Great Estates are not just a historic quirk, but are a still growing phenomena across the city.
Post War buildings celebrated inside the Wellington Arch
Wellington Arch next to Hyde Park has swapped out the display inside the top of the arch bit and is running a short exhibition on how 20th century buildings, often derided have been preserved and in some cases, gained affection.
Paintings and drawings of the Thames in the 1860s
Just over 110 years ago, an American artist living in London died. London has never really forgiven this insult to its character so it has taken 110 years for a major exhibition of his work to go on display.
List of London’s 2013 Bonfire Night Fireworks
Time to start planning the annual celebration of the persecution of a Papist plot to kill our Protestant Monarch.
A Journey Through London Subculture: 1980s to Now
The ICA has opened a major exhibition. It's in a derelict building, because major art events are supposed to be in old buildings now. It's also the Old Selfridges Hotel, because that particular department store likes doing arty things.
Chance to go inside a disused tube station
Of the closed tube stations that litter the London Underground, two top the list of stations that people want to visit. One is Down Street, near Hyde Park as it was used as a WW2 command centre, and the other…
Estuary at the Docklands Museum
An exhibition has opened in a museum, that is being advertised by bright garish black on yellow posters around London. It's an exhibition about a landscape that is usually devoid of bright garish colours.
Opportunity to Abseil down the side of a Hospital
A quick note if you are to sort to do these sorts of things, but there is a chance to abseil down the side of the new 17-story high Royal London Hospital building in Whitechapel later this month.
Donkeys inside St Paul’s Cathedral
A pace of 25 donkeys (yes, that is the collective noun) has arrived in St Paul's Cathedral and will be there for a few weeks.