Heathrow Express Fleet of Trains
Heathrow Express has launched a newly refurbished fleet of 12 Class 387 trains. This marks the first fleet refresh since Heathrow Express launched over 20 years ago, in 1998. In…
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Heathrow Express has launched a newly refurbished fleet of 12 Class 387 trains. This marks the first fleet refresh since Heathrow Express launched over 20 years ago, in 1998. In…
James Clark books into the Clarendon Hotel in Blackheath as his base for exploring the things to do in Greenwich, and discovers a most friendly gem. If it’s all about…
James Clark lived in London for many years, but never really spent much time in Greenwich, apart from the odd night at The George & Dragon on Blackheath Hill. So…
James Clark checks into The Dilly London and finds an elegant hotel with excellent service, as well as an Indian restaurant with a Kenyan twist. A hotel has dominated no…
Mark Bibby Jackson checks into the recently opened AIRE Ancient Baths London and emerges two hours later feeling like a completely different man. There will be a time when international…
Mark Bibby Jackson spends a nostalgic day and night in the UK capital, visiting the home of cricket, watching a play at the Royal Court and catching up with some…
Hyatt Place London City East, the first Hyatt Place hotel in Central London, opened 28 June, bringing stylish interiors, expertly-curated street art and stunning city views…
Great British cuisine has long been hammered by foreign visitors. It’s certainly a stereotypical view that food in the country is bad, but speak to people in the know, and…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise spend a night at The Athenaeum Hotel London, and enjoy the rich history, wonderful cuisine and green credentials of one of the capital’s most star-studded…
Coinciding with the latest easing of lockdown in the UK capital, lifestyle website London Begins at 40 was launched on 17 May by Mark Bibby Jackson and Joe Ogden. A…
Travel the world without leaving London with the latest winning images from the international Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY). From 12 May to 10 June…
From May the Whitechapel Gallery in London will present a new archive exhibition, Phantoms of Surrealism that collates artworks, photographic scrapbooks and correspondence…
The Dilly is the new name above the door of the former Le Méridien Piccadilly. The property dates back to 1908 and the transformation over the coming months into London’s…
A new exhibition for 2021 will explore the pioneering aesthetics and lasting legacy of the Century Guild, the English group established by artists, designers and craftspeople with the aim of…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise spend a night at The Savoy, discovering the colourful history and wonderful cuisine of one of London’s foremost hotels. Past the exquisite glass Lalique fountain…
James Clark spends a night in the UK capital taking full advantage of 100 Queen’s Gate London’s door to door chauffeur offer. The doorbell rang bang on time to announce…
To mark the 15th anniversary of the Scottish dancer and choreographer’s artistic partnership with the Barbican, the arts centre has curated Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer…
A major new exhibition opened 22 October at the British Museum. Arctic: culture and climate looks at the whole circumpolar region to reveal how its Indigenous Peoples have adapted to…
Festival spirits have not been completely doused for London’s greatest annual music event. Like so much in the arts, the EFG London Jazz Festival 2020 has taken a big hit…
The Stafford London hotel in St James’s reopened its doors on 3 August 2020 after the COVID-19 lockdown. Eileen Wise and Roger Hermiston made their last pre-coronavirus London break staying…
London’s most famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s, is to stage its first shows in more than four months following closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday 1 August the…
Viktor Wynd, proprietor of The Last Tuesday cocktail bar, Museum of Curiosities in East London and eccentric travel agency, Gone With The Wynd, chats with Travel Begins at 40 about his new…
Photographer Charles Ashton took to the near desserted streets, bridges and underground stations of London to take these images of the UK capital shortly before it was locked down due…
It’s a miserable time at the moment, so why not treat yourself – or your mum a belated mother’s day present – to a hamper or lunch box from Fortnum & Mason. Whether you…
Dr Johnson once famously said that if you are tired of London then you are tired of life, and the phrase is as true now as it was in the 18th century. We might be biased but it is still the most exciting and diverse captial in Europe.
The London skyline used to be dominated by classic buildings like the Tower of London, the Palaces of Westminster and St Paul’s Cathedral, but increasingly such sites are dwarfed by skyscrapers such as Canary Wharf and the Shard. However, it still remains however one of the most visited cities in the world for good reason.
Controversial when it was opened on 31 December, 1999 to celebrate the Millennium, it has proved one of UK capital’s most popular attractions. Situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, it offers spectacular views across the city for up to 25 miles and is the focal point for the New Year’s Eve firework display. It is right next to one of the major tourist highlights in the capital, along the South Bank stretching from Tate Modern to Borough Market.
The city’s theatre land caters for every possible taste from lush musicals to avant garde and fringe drama. Many theatres are situated near Piccadilly, but there are fringe theatre dotted all over the city. In recent years, the Globe Theatre has replicated Shakespearean tradition.
The much maligned network of underground trains known as the Tube is also one of the most expensive metro systems in Europe. Buy an oyster card or use you credit card, if it has a chip, to get the cheapest fares.