n 10 and 11 March the London Transport Museum Depot over in Acton will be opening up for a special weekend themed around models of the public transport system. Alongside the Depot’s regular contingent of 370,000 objects, ranging from station signs to fully restored carriages, professional and amateur modellers will be showing off their scale [...]
February 8, 2012
The Cat’s Pyjamas @ Guildhall Art Gallery
s part of their new exhibition, ‘Age of Elegance’, the Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheatre will be inviting patrons to experience the roaring twenties at a late opening event on Friday 24 February entitled ‘The Cat’s Pyjamas‘. The evening will feature live music from the ‘smallest big band in the world’, the Rio Trio, [...]
February 8, 2012
Hironobu Sakaguchi Talks Games @ BAFTA HQ
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the computer game developer who was the driving force behind the famous Final Fantasy series, is coming to the BAFTA headquarters on London’s Piccadilly next Thursday, 16 February. Sakaguchi will be demonstrating ‘The Last Story‘, which is an exciting new role-playing game for the Nintendo Wii platform being launched on 24 February, and [...]
February 7, 2012
The Pink Singers ‘Comparing Notes’ With Lux Aurumque & Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat
A few weeks ago I was performing as a member of the Pink Singers at our Winter Concert, ‘Comparing Notes’, which took place at Cadogan Hall near Sloane Square. Here’s a video of the opening piece from the evening, ‘Lux Arumque’ by Eric Whitacre, as well as our rendition of ‘Sit Down You’re Rocking The [...]
February 6, 2012
New Google Maps Showing The London Of Charles Dickens
If you keep an eye on events in London you can’t fail to have seen the various events and exhibitions that are taking place around the city this year to coincide with what would be the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens. You can find out about most of the activities at the Dickens 2012 website [...]
February 5, 2012
The Descendants – Movie Review
‘The Descendants‘ is the new movie from director and writer Alexander Payne, his first directorial outing since Sideways in 2004. The film deals with property tycoon Matt King’s attempts to keep his extended family together as he deals with the consequences of his wife’s grave injuries in a boating accident, all set against a beautiful [...]
February 4, 2012
The Shard @ London Bridge
Already looming over the London skyline, the Shard, next to London Bridge station will be 310 metres high when it is completed later this year, making it the tallest free-standing structure in Europe. All is not quite as it seems however because there’s a bit of a cheat involved (which is perpetrated by all other [...]
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