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London is to host an Easter egg hunt which the organisers hope will become a Guinness World Record for the biggest ever, and raise £2 million for charity. Two hundred fibreglass eggs will be placed in high profile locations around the capital. Each egg will be 0.76 metres (2ft 6ins) high and uniquely decorated by a leading artist, architect, … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) This episode of Londonist Out Loud was originally published on 24 December 2011, but circumstances beyond our control meant that it had to be taken offline almost immediately; we’re … [Read more...]
A Diamond Jubilee Pageant will take place at Windsor Castle over three evenings in May. The World Comes to Windsor will celebrate over 250 State and Commonwealth visits that the Queen has made during her 60-year reign. The show will involve over 500 horses and 800 performers and will take the audience on a journey ‘around the world in 60 years … [Read more...]
The Camping and Caravanning Club will be offering several temporary event campsites during the summer of 2012. Some are just 10‐15 minutes from the Olympic village. Pitches ‐ costing from £30 per night – will accommodate up to four people. 1. Ideally located near to Ebbsfleet International Station and just ten minutes away from the … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Image from Google Street View. This week’s episode is the first in a special four-part series visiting some of London’s most famous and endearing institutions. Host N Quentin Woolf begins by … [Read more...]
The first day of May is Obby Oss day in the Cornish town of Padstow in south-west England. Obby Oss is local dialect for Hobby Horse and on May Day Padstow locals who were born in the town traditionally wear white decorated with red if their family follows the ‘Old Oss’, or with blue if they follow the ‘Peace Oss’. Up to 30,000 people, … [Read more...]
The very first festival of golf will take place in Scotland in March. The five-day St Andrews Golf Festival, from 28 March to 1 April, will celebrate over 600 years of golf in Scotland and around the world. Plans for the festival include talks, golfing events and exhibitions. Mungo Park, the great-grandson of Willie Park Senior who won the … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes from … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s show comes … [Read more...]
Winter is on its way, but the good news is that winter in Britain brings with it many highlights. Most notably, the many ice skating rinks which pop up all over the country. Regardless of skating ability, visitors keen to get out on the ice will find plenty of options. Here are just five of the best rinks across the UK: Spinningfields Ice Rink, … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) This week's show comes from The Mad Bishop and Bear in Paddington. Image by M@. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week, NQW is joined by regular … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week, NQW revisits the Occupy LSX camp … [Read more...]
The 2012 Olimpick Games will include cannon-fire, wrestling, shin kicking, swordplay, fireworks and a torchlight procession. The annual Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olimpick Games will take place on 1 June on Dover’s Hill in the Cotswold town of Chipping Camden, 400 years after the first sporting fair took place here in honour of the ancient … [Read more...]
More than 4,000 musicians, singers and dancers from over 50 countries will come to North Wales next July to perform at one of the world’s most colourful festivals. The 66th annual Llangollen International Eisteddfod will offer six days of music, song and dance (3–8 July), and will include visitors from South Korea, China, Moldova and … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week, NQW takes a stroll round the … [Read more...]
Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire is to hold two exhibitions in Olympics Year 2012 that focus on games of a different kind. Taking Time: Chardin’s House of Cards and other paintings will show a group of works by the 18th-century artist Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin. They reveal his fascination with themes of play, childhood and … [Read more...]
The state rooms of Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s London residence, will open to visitors next summer with a special exhibition of diamonds. Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration will celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne. Visitors to the Palace will be able to see an unprecedented display of a number of personal jewels inherited by … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. This week’s show is sponsored by www.LaptopRepair.co.uk. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and … [Read more...]
Editor's Note: The following is an excellent guest post by Nate and Sheri Wadman - a couple that has just returned from a trip to England. They kindly have written about their experience on the trip culminating in the 2011 NFL Game at Wembley. Thanks for sharing guys! As soon as it was announced that the Chicago Bears would be playing at … [Read more...]
Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire is to display 39 embroidered panels from the Quaker Tapestry, which took 15 years to create. Often compared with the Bayeux Tapestry, the Quaker Tapestry was embroidered by 4,000 men, women and children all over the world between 1981 and 1996. The pictures celebrate Quaker ideas, faith and practice from the 17th … [Read more...]
On Shakespeare's birthday, 23 April, the Globe Theatre in London will begin an unprecedented programme of multilingual Shakespeare productions – every one of his plays, each performed in a different language. The six-week programme, entitled Globe to Globe, includes all 37 Shakespearean dramas, performed by 37 international companies, plus … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. In a special outside … [Read more...]
Bonfire Night is all about wrapping up in your cosiest clothes and watching the sky light up with sparkling rockets and colourful explosions, but which UK firework displays have the ultimate 'ooh and aah' factor? From extravagant events to free family fun, join us as we check out the best Guy Fawkes' celebrations the country has to offer. Legoland … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Image of Ben Franklin House by Ell Brown under creative commons. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. In the studio with him this … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes /www.londonist.com) Smoke, of a different variety, over London. News and Views Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin … [Read more...]
For the first time Longleat Safari & Adventure Park in the west of England will open in winter for a special Christmas experience. From mid-November to 2 January, the stately home and safari park will be open to visitors, with seasonal features including an ice-skating rink, a 12-metre (40ft) musical Christmas tree and a Santa Train. … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve in Scotland is known as Hogmanay and for most Scottish people it is a bigger festival than Christmas. The Scottish capital Edinburgh celebrates Hogmanay with a three-day festival. Events start on 30 December with a 6.30pm torchlight procession when thousands of torch-carriers process along the Royal Mile to a light and … [Read more...]
Londonist Out Loud a podcast for London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes /www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. You can listen in-browser, or subscribe via … [Read more...]
One of the largest fortresses in Europe will host one of the longest festive lantern parades in Wales this Christmas season. The ‘River of Light’ parade will take place in Caerphilly in South Wales on 22 December and will feature hundreds of lanterns created by local schools and community groups. The parade starts in the town centre and … [Read more...]
New work by artists Tom Hunter and George Chakravarthi are to go on display at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon this November. The exhibitions are part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 50th Birthday Season. Tom Hunter is best known for his photographic reworkings of old-master paintings and for being the first artist to … [Read more...]
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