Whimsical Warnings: The Royal Parks asks Sir Quentin Blake to help improve park etiquette
Cartoons drawn by the world-famous illustrator Sir Quentin Blake will be popping up across the Royal Parks in London this year as public information signs.
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Whimsical Warnings: The Royal Parks asks Sir Quentin Blake to help improve park etiquette
Cartoons drawn by the world-famous illustrator Sir Quentin Blake will be popping up across the Royal Parks in London this year as public information signs.
Go on a tour of a church crypt in Greenwich
If you fancy an evening spent wandering the brick-lined vaults of the dead, then there's a chance this summer with tours of the crypt underneath St Alfege church in Greenwich town centre.
London’s Alleys: Pigsty Alley, SE10
This is a very narrow and steep alley in the side streets of Greenwich, which was longer and steeper than it is today.
Exhibition looks at the life of the surgeon who tended to Admiral Nelson
The life of the surgeon who tended to Admiral Nelson as he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar will be the topic of a new exhibition opening next week at the Greenwich Visitor Centre.
Rare opportunity to see conservation in action in Greenwich’s ORNC Chapel
The Chapel in Greenwich's Old Royal Naval College contains the last major painting by Benjamin West to survive in its original location, and this summer, the public will be able to watch a restoration project on the massive altar painting.
Cruise ships are returning to London in 2022
The cruise ships are returning to London, disgorging tourists, and for us Londoners, a chance to see big boats up close.
Tickets Alert: Tours of St Alfege Greenwich’s church crypt
Sitting in the heart of Greenwich town centre is the imposing St Alfege Church, and they've started offering semi-regular tours of the crypt underneath the church.
A chance to climb up the Cutty Sark sailing masts
For the first time since it arrived in Greenwich back in 1954, visitors to the Cutty Sark will be able to climb up the ship's mask rigging and see the sights from up high.
Greenwich’s Advent Windows returns for December
Throughout December, a range of windows in shops, offices and homes will be lit up with displays -- a town-centre sized Advent Calendar.
Greenwich’s “Nelson Room” is being restored
A small but important room off the side of Greenwich's famous Painted Hall that most people don't notice is there is about to become much more noticeable.
Viewing gallery at top of Greenwich’s clock tower could reopen to the public
The tall clock tower in the centre of Greenwich which has been closed to the public for decades could reopen once more, as part of plans to refurbish the rest of the building.
There’s a statue of a dead parrot in Greenwich
Thousands of people walk past it, but hardly any will ever notice that they just walked past the statue of a dead parrot.
Book Review – Royal Greenwich: A History in Kings and Queens
A new book takes an unusual look at how the history of the various palaces and buildings in Greenwich Park have been affected over the centuries by the attentions and inattentions of monarchs.
London’s Pocket Parks: St Alfege Park, SE10
Greenwich is famous for its Royal Park, but right in the town centre is another park, hidden behind the church and surrounded by high walls.
Greenwich’s advent windows returns this year
With so many indoor events cancelled, here's one that's entirely outdoors - a wander around Greenwich looking at advent windows.
Tickets Alert: Fires, bells and spinning wheels
Tickets for three art installations for the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival are released at lunchtime today.
See the three Armada Portraits together for the first time
There is a painting of Queen Elizabeth that's so well known, so famous, so literally iconic -- that it can be a surprise to learn that it exists in real life.
Greenwich to get a full house of Queens
For the first time ever, three famous paintings of Queen Elizabeth I, the Armada Portraits, are going on display together in the same place, at Queen's House in Greenwich.
Admire the “Wedgwood chapel” in Greenwich
Behind a gray stone facade and up some plain steps can be found a riot of blue and gold -- the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College.
Visit Greenwich’s Painted Hall
Apart from the park, the observatory and the "replica" sailing ship, Greenwich is home to one of the grandest painted halls in the world.
See a green man parade through Deptford and Greenwich
On May Day -- aka, Wed 1st May -- a tall green man will walk around parts of South London.
The UK’s “Sistine Chapel” – Greenwich’s Painted Hall to reopen in March
After two years of being hidden from view under mountains of scaffolding, Greenwich's magnificent Painted Hall is to reopen to the public in March.
Some of the best museums can be the smallest, the one's devoted to a single topic that few would otherwise think to collect.
London’s Alleys: St Alfege Passage, SE10
Next to St Alfege's church in Greenwich is a passage, not surprisingly named after the church, but that's a relatively recent name for a much older path.