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UK: Platinum Preparations for a Joyful Jubilee

May 30, 2022
9 min

UK: Platinum Preparations for a Joyful Jubilee

UK Travel: International lovers of all things British prepare to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee marking her remarkable 70-year reign. Holidays in London. Queen Elizabeth 11 celebrates her Platinum Jubilee on Sunday, 5 June 2022, and all across the land, people will be letting loose with street parties, Union Jack tray bakes, bunting and mountains of Coronation Chicken. Now is a good time for an informational blog post for all of our few-to-many international re

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Jan 24, 2022
3 min

LONDON: Joyful Bike Riding

London, UK: Cycling in London while on holiday? Maybe not the best thing to do as a tourist, but city cycling on an electric bike is a lot of fun. It is a bit like going to spin class, when your legs are pumping like crazy but, not wanting to work that hard, you leave the tension at the lowest setting. You put in exercise time, you get up a little sweat, but you don't have to work all that hard. This is what makes it such joyful bike riding. DO Try this at home! My birthday r

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UK: The Reading Festival & Bucket List Dreams Fulfilled

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Sep 8, 2021
7 min

UK: The Reading Festival & Bucket List Dreams Fulfilled

Reading Festival: Every end of UK August bank holiday since 1961 has featured two things: The Reading and Leeds Festival and the Notting Hill Carnival (1966). Festival-goers from all over the country flock to these three places in search of music and a good party. The festivals also get their share of international tourism and are integral to the financial success of their communities. The three-day holiday makes this pre-school year weekend a great time for quick getaways. E

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Paris & London to New York: JR and the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital Hard Hat Tour

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Jul 30, 2021
3 min

Paris & London to New York: JR and the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital Hard Hat Tour

JR: Chronicles at the Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, London runs until 3 October 2021. This is the largest art exhibition by French artist JR ever held in London and showcases his most iconic work from the past 15 years. The exhibition features photographs of many of his large-scale outdoor installations, including his work at the Ellis Island Immigration Hospital. The hospital is a collection of derelict medical buildings, closed since 1954, that cared for US immigrants from 189

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oldbagonaplane

Nov 28, 2020
3 min

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet is a new novel by Maggie O'Farrell. It tells a fictional tale of William Shakespeare, his wife, Anne Hathaway, and their life in Stratford-Upon-Avon and London in the 1500's. It is a great story of love, life and loss. A definite must-read, it is the 2020 winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction. We used to have a lovely home in a small village in Warwickshire. Ilmington offered one shop, one school, one Catholic church, one Anglican church and two pubs. And while the v

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London: The Arctic Culture & Climate at the British Museum

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Nov 23, 2020
2 min

London: The Arctic Culture & Climate at the British Museum

London's British Museum. No tour of London would be complete without a trip to the British Museum. The museum provides visitors with two million years worth of history from all around the world. Within it's 60 galleries, the collection's artefacts include the Rosetta Stone, an Easter Island sculpture, a sizeable collection of Egyptian mummies. The Arctic: Culture and Climate runs until 21 Feb 2021, unless otherwise extended due to COVID related closures. The museum is closed

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Nov 12, 2020
5 min

London: The Magnificent Seven

Touring London: The Magnificent Seven describes seven Victorian private cemeteries that skirt around central London, and are the final resting place for some of London's most famous residents. These sites, which are now parks and nature reserves, are great examples of British conservationism and of Victorian architecture, which relied on Gothic, Tudor Gothic, Classicism and Neo-Classicism styles of design. It might seem strange to recommend touring graveyards on a travel blo

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Oct 13, 2020
4 min

Fragrances: The World in a Bottle

Smell is the most evocative sense, so when you can no longer see the Eiffel Tower, you can still remember Paris with the help of fragrances

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London: Celebrating Steel Drums and Sound Systems at the Notting Hill Carnival.

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Aug 25, 2019
3 min

London: Celebrating Steel Drums and Sound Systems at the Notting Hill Carnival.

Life at the Carnival. Celebrating Steel Drums and Sound Systems at London's Notting Hill Carnival

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Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: Rain, Cliffs & the Lucky Charms Leprechaun.

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Aug 14, 2019
3 min

Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: Rain, Cliffs & the Lucky Charms Leprechaun.

Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way

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England: The Grove Golf Resort & Sequoia Spa

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Jul 15, 2019
3 min

England: The Grove Golf Resort & Sequoia Spa

The Grove, located 15 miles NW of London, sits within 300 acres of glorious Hertfordshire countryside. Cassiobury Park, with it winding canals, locks and bridges borders the estate. As does Wippendell Wood, lush and dense with forest flora. The Grove is comprised of the manor house, a contemporary wing, Sequoia Spa, and golf clubhouse. and event space. Standard rooms, suites, family rooms and dog friendly rooms are available. The Glasshouse Restaurant serves buffet style, wh

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oldbagonaplane

Dec 2, 2018
1 min

The Wanamaker Theatre

London, as I have said before, is the greatest city in the world. There is never a shortage of things to do, as long as you are willing to go out and do them. Nestled under the Millennium Bridge, in the shadow of the Shard, is The Wanamaker Theatre, otherwise known as the Winter Globe. Sam Wanamaker was an American actor with a love of Shakespeare. He was instrumental in the 1997 rebuilding of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the banks of the Thames in Southwark, London. Open

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British Film Institute London Film Festival 2018

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Oct 3, 2018
4 min

British Film Institute London Film Festival 2018

#BILLMURRAY: LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A MYTHICAL MAN, #GIRL, #COLETTE, #WILDLIFE, WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOUR I live in #London, which is just about the greatest city in the world. There is always something happening, and this week that happening thing is the #BFI's. There are screenings of 100's of films in screens all over the city for two weeks each October. Last year was the first time I attended the festival, and was lucky to see a good number of films. I joined the party

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oldbagonaplane

Sep 1, 2018
3 min

London: Something Else

UNCOMMON SIGHTSEEINGS IN AMOST SPECTACULAR CITY Tourists usually come to London to see the big sights. Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard, The Tower and all of the other great attractions this city has to offer. But if you step out from behind the throngs of day-trippers, you might find a million more interesting stories about life in this city and see the delicate proof to be found above your head, below your feet or under your butt. At the underside of the Ma

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oldbagonaplane

Sep 1, 2018
2 min

London Markets

BOROUGH MARKET, LONDON NOTTING HILL FARMER’S MARKET I recently heard that a great way to help the planet it to buy as much food as possible from farmer’s markets and local growers. As much as I agree with this, I find it damn hard to haul myself to the local Notting Hill Farmer’s Market, which is about 500 feet from me every Saturday morning, even though recently discovered yummy egg and bacon rolls have given us extra incentive to get there. One market that is not really loc

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