• See the Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival

    Updated: 2012-09-30 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 30 September 2012 See the Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival Taking tradition alive in London , the annual London Pearly Kings Queens Society Costermongers Harvest Festival Parade Service takes place today , with the Kings and Queens gathering in Guildhall Yard and then parading through the City to St Mary-le-Bow church on . Cheapside The parade is expected to leave around 1pm and the service to begin about 3pm and Ian tells us to expect London mayors . donkeys and carts , marching bands , colourful characters and of course the Pearlies , distinctive , pearl button-swathed Londoners

  • Ride the Epping Ongar Railway

    Updated: 2012-09-29 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 29 September 2012 Ride the Epping Ongar Railway Though it is technically outside the M25, your author felt his trip on the Epping Ongar Railway last weekend was worthy of a mention , especially as it was accessed by the tube . For the railway now revived by steam enthusiasts uses a once-abandoned section of the Central Line which runs in part through Epping . Forest Currently , transfer to the train from Epping Station is via special heritage bus , as the connection at Epping requires much more work , the service takes you nearly all the way back through the woods to Epping , and also to

  • London Links: Weekend 9

    Updated: 2012-09-28 08:36:52
    Hello weekend. (Please be sunny.) Time sure flies lately! And there’s leaves flying about around here too. I just kicked my way through a pile of them on my way to work. Autumn has arrived. My favourite time of year. … Continue reading →

  • John Kortland Photography: 32 Londoners in Black and White

    Updated: 2012-09-27 07:58:17
    I’m always showing you John Kortland‘s colour street portraits, but in fact he has quite the stunning collection of black and whites as well. Londoners look just as fantastic without colour, don’t you think? Here’s a splattering (all photos and … Continue reading →

  • See the new bits of the BBC

    Updated: 2012-09-27 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 27 September 2012 See the new bits of the BBC They haven't been shouting about it too much except occasional rumblings between items on the Today Programme but the BBC has been having a bit of a shakeup and the new Broadcasting House only four years late and 55m over budget is now just about ready for everyone to move in , or back . in We are told that Andrew Marr and new Director General George Entwistle are already there , Jeremy Paxman goes in next month , and John Humphries , James Naughtie , Sarah Montague et al will be back before the end of the year , followed by the TV news next

  • The Flowers of The Churchill Arms Pub

    Updated: 2012-09-26 07:41:58
    First, if you have two secs, vote for me in the Little Blog Awards? (It will make my day.) And now – I didn’t realise how often I photograph the Churchill Arms (a Fullers pub) on Kensington Church Street until Time … Continue reading →

  • Watch a show at the Mary Wallace Theatre

    Updated: 2012-09-26 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 26 September 2012 Watch a show at the Mary Wallace Theatre A small theatre in Twickenham , the Mary Wallace Theatre is the home of the Richmond Shakespeare . Society The Society first formed in 1934 to perform Shakespeare in the open air once a year , and now puts on a programme of eight productions a year by various different . playwrights Their current intriguingly-titled play , The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery continues until Saturday , and whilst tickets are only available to members , everyone is welcome to . join For more , see http

  • Seek out St John the Baptist upon Walbrook

    Updated: 2012-09-25 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 25 September 2012 Seek out St John the Baptist upon Walbrook One of the unlucky churches of the Great Fire , St John the Baptist upon Walbrook stood next to a stream , not far from what is now Cannon Street Station , from the 12th until the 17th . century One of 86 churches to be destroyed by the Great Fire of London , St John's was passed over for rebuilding under Sir Christopher Wren's grand plan , and was never to be reconstructed . The church was dealt a further blow when the building of the District Line meant that the remaining churchyard had to be dug up in 1884, and now all that

  • Remember William Wallace

    Updated: 2012-09-24 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 24 September 2012 Remember William Wallace Though for many of us , a questionable film adaptation of his life may spring to mind when remembering the man , of course William Wallace was a real man , celebrated for the part he played in the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th . centuries Sadly , Wallace's visit to London is not one to be celebrated , for he was brought here as a prisoner , facing trial in Westminster Hall before being subjected to torture and a particularly gruesome execution in Smithfield , where today he is commemorated in a plaque on the walls of

  • Londoners Abroad: The Dating Scene – London vs. Buenos Aries

    Updated: 2012-09-24 06:57:51
    I’ve decided to start a new series of posts written by Londoners abroad on various topics. Judging by the lovely flag counter in my sidebar, there’s a good chunk of you reading from other countries. Whether you are expats originally … Continue reading →

  • Tour the Argentine Ambassador's Residence

    Updated: 2012-09-23 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 23 September 2012 Tour the Argentine Ambassador's Residence Ever wondered what life is like for an ambassador , when not attending drinks parties and eating Ferrero Rocher . Today as part of Open House London , the Argentine Ambassador's residence is open to the public for you to poke . round Designed by Thomas Cubitt and built in 1851, the building was once the home of the Duke of Richmond , but since 1936 it has been owned by . Argentina For more , see http : events.londonopenhouse.org Building 16260 Picture La Malula used under a Creative Commons license^ Labels : Annual Events

  • Attend Open House London

    Updated: 2012-09-22 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 22 September 2012 Attend Open House London It's that time of year again , the special weekend when nosey Londoners get a chance to poke around the architectural gems of Greater London , and get inside the buildings they've always wanted to see with Open House . London This year's big news is that 30 St Mary Axe The Gherkin isn't one of the ones that you have to prebook for , but by the time you read this it probably isn't worth joining the long snaking queue , as that means you'll be missing out on literally hundreds of other highlights . Wake up early tomorrow instead . Your author might

  • Find Robert Falcon Scott at Waterloo Place

    Updated: 2012-09-21 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 21 September 2012 Find Robert Falcon Scott at Waterloo Place A life sized statue of the explorer Robert Falcon Scott stands proudly in Waterloo Place , standing on a lofty plinth and made of . bronze The plaque beneath the statue reminds us that Scott died with his companions returning from the South Pole in 1912, with a quote from his diary : Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman these rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale For more , see http :

  • See Matisse's 'The Snail'

    Updated: 2012-09-20 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 20 September 2012 See Matisse's The Snail' Completed by Henri Matisse in 1953, The Snail' is a collage , created by the artist using gouache paint on pieces of paper , which were then cut and pasted onto paper mounted on . canvas We are told that Matisse created the piece at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez , Nice , and the date places its creation at the very end of his life , when he was more than 80 years old . At this stage of his life , Matisse was confined to a wheelchair and had stopped painting altogether , instead producing these cutouts with the aid of assistants . The Snail' is part of

  • See the Sailor's Homecoming Window at John Betjeman's

    Updated: 2012-09-19 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 19 September 2012 See the Sailor's Homecoming Window at John Betjeman's Anyone who has ever come across the blue plaque at number 43 Cloth Fair , the former home of Sir John Betjeman , may like your author be interested to know why the window beside it appears to be a false window , with a painting behind . it Over at the excellent Secret London website the answer is found , and we are told that it was installed by a firm of architects who had first bricked up the window , and then decided that the wall was actually in need of . one For more , see http : www.secret-london.co.uk

  • Attend the London Design Festival

    Updated: 2012-09-18 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 18 September 2012 Attend the London Design Festival The London Design Festival is in full swing , as anyone who has seen the contents of your author's inbox will be only too aware , with over 200 events taking place over ten days , ending on Sunday . We are told that the festival has been running since 2003, and this year's Festival offers events at a range of venues across our city , with a special focus on the Victoria and Albert Museum , and the Festival's own Landmark Projects , which include an intriguing sound portal opening in Trafalgar Square . tomorrow For more , see http :

  • Tour a replica of the Cutty Sark

    Updated: 2012-09-17 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 17 September 2012 Tour a replica of the Cutty Sark Readers will remember that Victorian tea clipper , The Cutty Sark , burned down in 2007, and this summer a replica of the ship was opened in the dry dock the original once sat in , using some of the original metal bits which survived the fire , but using plenty of shiny new wooden . bits Your author visited a few weeks ago and was as expected rather underwhelmed by the experience , for there are plenty of things worthy of preservation and when one is completely gutted by fire , it is a little odd to pretend the replica you have created is

  • Tour 13 Princelet Street

    Updated: 2012-09-15 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 15 September 2012 Tour 13 Princelet Street Your author is rather keen on 19 Princelet Street London's Museum of Immigration and Settlement , and thoroughly enjoys volunteering there on open days , but there is another house in the same street which occasionally opens to the public . 13 Princelet Street is owned by the Landmark Trust charity , which restores old buildings and rents them out to the public for . holidays This weekend , however , is a bit different , as the Trust is opening the house to all comers , and in a street of houses which historically were homes to Huguenot silk

  • See Wimbledon's Artesian Well

    Updated: 2012-09-14 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 14 September 2012 See Wimbledon's Artesian Well An interesting anomaly on Arthur Road in Wimbledon , the Artesian Well is was originally the site of a well dug in 1763. The well was then deepened in 1798 on the orders of Earl Spencer to more than 500 feet deep taking we are told over a year to reach that depth an strike water . By the early nineteen century , the well had silted up and eventually it was finally converted to a house in 1975. For more , see http : www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk en-204990-the-artesian-well-greater-london-authori Labels : architecture South London No :

  • Watch VHS at Roxy Bar and Screen

    Updated: 2012-09-13 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 13 September 2012 Watch VHS at Roxy Bar and Screen In what could either be an terribly entertaining or completely awful evening , old favourite the Roxy Bar and Screen on Borough High Street this evening screens a tribute to VHS from the 80s and . 90s For your author who is not exactly a digital pioneer it's a bit of a surprise that VHS is some sort of retro thing , but this tribute specialises in amateur film making , hence rarely seen classics from all presented as they were meant to be . off of VHS . cassettes For more , see http : www.roxybarandscreen.com listings.php event=2116 Picture

  • Drink at the Faltering Fullback

    Updated: 2012-09-12 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 12 September 2012 Drink at the Faltering Fullback Your author wouldn't usually go for a pub which sells itself on big screen sports , or self defines as a hidden gem' , but there's something quite pleasant about the Faltering Fullback , covered in ivy on a backstreet in North . London The charming front bar at the pub is very pleasant , with lots of wood and real pub charm , and whilst the odd cavernous room out the back doesn't suit everyone , presumably that's where they put the big screen , and the interesting tiered garden has plenty of space to escape it , and wasn't packed with

  • See the London Bridge City Sculpture Exhibition

    Updated: 2012-09-11 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 11 September 2012 See the London Bridge City Sculpture Exhibition Situated alongside the Thames in front of Cottons Centre , close to Hay's Galleria , London Bridge City Sculpture Exhibition 2011-12 brings eight sculptures by established artists to the . riverside The eight colourful sculptures use various media , including cast iron , galvanised steel , fibreglass and cold cast bronze and are designed by artists Jilly Sutton , Michael Lyons , Charles Hadcock , Martin Griffiths , Oliver Barratt and Sheila . Vollmer For more , see http : www.rbsdevelopment.co.uk events

  • Play bingo at Palace Bingo

    Updated: 2012-09-10 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 10 September 2012 Play bingo at Palace Bingo One evening last week , your author unexpectedly found himself at the Palace Bingo Club in Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre . It was hard to tell whether the experience was good or bad , and it is best described as like going numb in a vast room void of natural . light A vast expanse of humanity seemingly sits up there at all hours , listening to the trundle of numbers coming from a seemingly disembodied voice , and repeated on screens as far as the eye can see , occasionally hooking up with other clubs around the nation who are presumably

  • Art and travel: Voyages

    Updated: 2012-09-10 01:02:00
    : : Paul in London Paul is in London . And seeing mostly theatre Monday , September 10, 2012 Art and travel : Voyages A short walk from Oxford Street into Fitzrovia and near the famous Newman Street Post Office is The Piper Gallery and it is currently showing an exhibition of works by artist Francis West . Called Voyages , it is an opportunity to explore West’s voyages through the series of his works on display . Never mind if you find travel exhausting , each voyage reflects West’s experience of . locations Figurative forms that are in different states of metamorphosis feature throughout , along with combining fragments , dreams and memories . The end result is quite fascinating to look at and . admire Le Désert 2008 West was born in 1936 in Scotland . After moving to London he studied at

  • Watch the Paralympic Marathon

    Updated: 2012-09-09 06:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 9 September 2012 Watch the Paralympic Marathon Sure , our city will be just as good , and the year 2012 actually goes on for a few months yet , but the event which has billed itself for more than seven years as London 2012 basically ends today , with the Paralympic Closing Ceremony . Before then , there's another chance to witness sport on the streets and for free with the Paralympic . Marathons There are actually four different marathons taking place today , with the men’s T12 and T46 events kicking off at 8am and the men’s and women’s T54 event beginning at 11.30am . It's an eight-mile

  • London Eye River Cruise

    Updated: 2012-09-08 14:36:29
    Home About Contact London Town Blog Categories Cars Events General Nature People Places Politics Transport Weather Recent posts London Eye River Cruise Olympic Men's Road Cycle Race Olympic Flame Barge Dropped Harley Davidson London To Brighton car run 2011 Paul McCartney Wedding Stop The War Demo 1976 TVR Jensen Interceptor London's Burning Email Alerts Get notified when a new post is added RSS Feed September 8th 2012 HMS Belfast London Eye River Cruise Went on the London Eye and the London Eye river cruise yesterday . Glorious hot sunny day for September , about 25 degrees but felt much hotter out on the boat The cruise was fantastic . Been living in London for over four years but felt like a tourist , complete with my camera Thought I knew all about London Town but the cruise was an

  • Attend the Mayor's Thames Festival

    Updated: 2012-09-08 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 8 September 2012 Attend the Mayor's Thames Festival Starting today and ending tomorrow , the Mayor's Thames Festival always offers a fitting end to the summer season in London and , in what has like it or not been a rather good summer for London's mayor , it seems rather fitting that the annual huge party plastered with his title arrives in London on the final days of the . Paralympics Boris has effortlessly managed to associate himself with almost everything good about London in 2012 whilst avoiding major incident , and London’s free end-of-summer festival is always a joyous celebration ,

  • See Ruskin Park Community Garden

    Updated: 2012-09-07 07:30:00
    , : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 7 September 2012 See Ruskin Park Community Garden A small area of one of London's lesser-known parks , Ruskin Park Community Garden is a peaceful spot , and has been run by volunteers since May 2010. It's all about growing vegetables , aiming to educate and enthuse local people about them in an area with scant vegetable patches and open to all who are willing to come along and have a dig . Though their mission statement reads like something straight out of the hippy buzzword encyclopedia think inner-city carbon-reducing sustainable inclusive diverse community volunteering recycling it's

  • Pop into St Benet's, the metropolitan Welsh Church

    Updated: 2012-09-06 07:30:00
    , : , skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 6 September 2012 Pop into St Benet's , the metropolitan Welsh Church Shuffling into the porch of St Benet's Church last month during a break from the rain of the Women's Olympic Marathon , it took a moment to work out in what language the service inside was being conducted . Though your author's mother suggested it was Roman' , it turned out to be Welsh , for since 1879, when Queen Victoria granted the Welsh community the right to worship here St Benet's has been a Welsh church for the people of . London The small church near the Thames in the City , St Benet's stands on a site which has

  • Music: Australian Chamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw

    Updated: 2012-09-05 03:30:00
    : : Paul in London Paul is in London . And seeing mostly theatre Wednesday , September 05, 2012 Music : Australian Chamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw An opportunity to see the Australian Chamber Orchestra should not be passed up as they thrilled audiences at Cadogan Hall over the weekend . It was a varied concert that included ACOs artistic director and leader Richard Tognetti's composition Caprice on Paganini Caprices featured above and songs by Schumann , Schoenberg and Schubert performed with American Soprano Dawn . Upshaw Dawn Upshaw's arrival in the second act was warmly received but the star of the show were the musicians or the ensemble of soloists as they are sometimes known , who were full of such passion , precision and energy . An evening of very fine music making , with an

  • Surprise the (Piccadilly Circus) Circus is in Town

    Updated: 2012-09-02 17:14:00
    : Paul in London Paul is in London . And seeing mostly theatre Sunday , September 02, 2012 Surprise the Piccadilly Circus Circus is in Town Today the streets of central London have been taken over by a pop up circus called Piccadilly Circus Circus From lunchtime today until the finale at 8pm more than 240 international circus artists including aerialists , high wire trapeze artists , hula hoopers , jugglers , stilt acrobats , not so stilted acrobats , tightrope walkers , looserope walkers , acrobats , Chinese pole artists , Polish Chinese artists , aerial dance performers , contemporary clowns , musicians and the like will be around to distract shoppers and force you whip out your camera-phone and experience it all . I caught the opera singers and drummers earlier today but events continue

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