Some of the fun of the fair in your home
Carters, the Victorian steam fair has cold boilers due the lockdown and wont be travelling in the near future - but you can still have the fun of the fair at home.
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Some of the fun of the fair in your home
Carters, the Victorian steam fair has cold boilers due the lockdown and wont be travelling in the near future - but you can still have the fun of the fair at home.
London Underground themed jigsaw puzzles
Gibsons, a family-owned jigsaw puzzle and board game company says that it has signed an extended deal to release London Underground themed games.
The Pimlico & Belgravia Eye Magazine
About to do something fairly rare for me - full on name and shame a rather unpleasant copyright abuser.
Mating toads closes road in South London
A road in Richmond is to be closed to traffic throughout March, to allow toads to cross it and get to their annual breeding grounds.
All the Royal Parks to be closed on Sunday
If you are planning to visit any of the Royal Parks in London on Sunday - the gates will be locked.
A decade of London in Google Street View
In 2008, Google started driving their camera-cars around the streets of London, capturing images that have been semi-regularly updated ever since.
City of London updates plans to move its markets to Dagenham
A new public consultation is opening on the City of London's plans to co-locate Billingsgate, New Spitalfields and Smithfield markets at a new site in Dagenham Dock.
More police on the London Underground reduces crime
This is one of those so obvious it shouldn't need testing issues, but an experiment that put more police on the London Underground saw a reduction in crime.
How many Harry Potter fans were injured trying to get to platform 9¾?
As fans of a certain novel and film will know, at King's Cross there's a secret platform, 9¾ which takes you to the Hogwarts Express.
Gun Salutes in London during 2020
Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2020, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.
Smithfield’s annual Christmas Eve auction
Earlier this morning, the annual Christmas Eve auction took place at Smithfields.
London museums open over Christmas
Lots of museums are open over the Christmas period, but with opening hours as erratic as Aunt Norra on her 3rd sherry of the day - so here is a list of known opening hours.
What to do in London on Christmas Day
Most of London shuts down on Christmas Day, but a few hardly venues will open for the visitors stuck in the centre of town and with nothing else to do.
Watch a power station demolition
This coming Sunday morning (15th Dec) will see the UK's second highest chimney demolished - right next to the Dartford Crossing.
Those odd looking security barriers
You've probably seen these dotted around a few places, what looks like some sort of security barrier, but wondered how such an odd thing could work.
A small business that rents space from Transport for London in one of their arches has won a small business award.
Moquette socks are back in stock
Following the "sold out in one day" success of the District line moquette socks, the Transport Museum has more socks in stock.
Red Arrows to fly over London on Saturday
Look to the skies on Saturday lunchtime (8th June), as a military flypast will pass over central London, followed by the Red Arrows.
US President’s helicopters flying over central London today (31st May)
Look to the skies, if you're in the right place, as eight helicopters are expected to fly in formation over central London at lunchtime.
Pyrotechnics and filming at Tower Bridge
A heads up that a couple of evenings next week could see bang bangs and boom booms next to Tower Bridge.
The daftest image of Big Ben you will ever see
A PR person contacted me on behalf of a money website with one of the daftest images I have seen in a long time.
See a sailing ship at Liverpool Street station on Wednesday
An 18-foot replica of the famous 17th century ship, the Mayflower, is to make an unusual voyage from Harwich to London next week.
London’s cable car has lost its cables
This is an amusing oddity, but the Google satellite views of the dangleway in Greenwich has removed the cables from the cable car.
A London Underground themed hotel opens
A hotel near Gloucester Road tube station has been redecorated with a design based on the London Underground.