Moored near to Tower Bridge on the Thames in Central London, the Royal Navy’s light cruiser HMS Belfast was in active service with from 1939 until 1963, seeing action in the North Sea, the Arctic and the East China Sea, the latter during the Korean War. She has been at her current berth since 1971, […]
A Hidden Corner Of Kensington Gardens
Some of London’s large parks are so huge that even regular visitors are likely to miss out on some of their features, and when visiting Kensington Gardens over the weekend I made a new discovery. In this most salubrious of royal parks there’s a little spot that’s rather more practical and mundane than you’d expect […]
Cutting The Red Tape On The ‘Bulgarian Spring’ @ Kensington Gardens
Yesterday, London’s Bulgarian community gave a gift to Londoners – a new drinking fountain near the Mount Gate in Kensington Gardens, appropriately named ‘Bulgarian Spring‘. The brainchild of the Bulgarian City Club, a networking organisation that builds links between the British business community and Bulgaria, the ‘Bulgarian Spring’ stands about 4 feet high and has […]
Faith @ Courtyard Theatre – A Review
‘Faith‘ is the latest play to hit the main stage of the Courtyard Theatre in Shoreditch. Written by Meredith Oakes and directed by Drew Baker, the play is probably set in or around Bluff Cove during the Falklands War. It looks at the experiences of a cottager and the fighting men whose lives intersect with […]
Edward III’s Moated Manor House On The Thames
You don’t have to walk very far in London to find historical sites – sometimes they can be found in the most unexpected places… Along the Thames riverside in Rotherhithe you’ll discover the remains of the 13th century moated residence of Edward III, which was built right on the river bank so that the King […]
Splashing About Between Canada Water & Surrey Water
Canada Water is the only body of fresh water found in the Docklands area of London. Formed from half of the Canada Dock (so named because many trading ships bound for Canada would berth there) the remainder was in-filled during the 1980s to provide land for the Surrey Quays shopping centre which now overlooks the […]