To coincide with last weekend’s Cally Festival, which saw part of North London’s Caledonian Road closed off to give the local community the opportunity to let their hair down, Rob Smith from the official City and Islington Guide’s Association (CIGA) put on a guided walk of the area – ‘Up The Cally’. I won’t regale you with […]
Going ‘Xtreme’ – On The River At 40 Knots With Thamesjet
City Cruises, the guys who run most of the tourist boats that travel up and down the Thames in London, have come up with a new concept that’s rather less sedate – the new Thamesjet service, which rockets you up and down the river at speeds of up to 40 knots… The first in what […]
Shoreditch Street Art Tours Goes Off-Piste @ Hackney WickED
Last weekend saw the very welcome return of Hackney WickED, the annual weekend long arts festival that turns the normally quiet streets of the Wick and Fish Island into bustling thoroughfares, worthy of Oxford Street on a Saturday afternoon! Although the major draw to the area for most visitors was the opportunity to visit the […]
Hampstead’s Hidden Secret – The Hill Garden & Pergola
Hidden in one corner of Hampstead’s West Heath is what must be the country’s most unusual garden feature – an extensive pergola built for Sir William Lever between 1905 and 1925 to compliment his Edwardian mansion, The Hill. The Hill Garden that surrounds the pergola structure was the result of the acquisition of the third […]
100 Years Of Middlesex Guildhall @ The Supreme Court
While the Law Lords are away on their summer holidays (which they share with the Palace of Westminster on the other side of Parliament Square) the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is currently hosting a special exhibition about the history of its Westminster headquarters, the Middlesex Guildhall. This impressive example of ‘art nouveau gothic’ […]
Reminders Of The Queen’s Golden Jubilee In London
Following on from my recent post on the Silver Jubilee of 1977, I thought I would jump forward twenty five years to the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, and take a look at what physical reminders you can still find here and there in London. Several of the major celebrations for the Golden Jubilee took place in […]
Canal Walk #4 – Camden Town To Little Venice
Continuing my occasional series of walks along London’s extensive canal network, earlier today I ventured along the stretch of the Regent’s Canal between Camden Town and Little Venice, where it connects with the Grand Union Canal’s Paddington Arm that eventually joins the main canal network a further thirteen or so miles away. This is definitely […]
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