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London International Gallery of Children's Art
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| Waterlow Park Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill |
This fascinating gallery displays exhibitions of childrens art from every corner of the world, including artwork by local youngsters. Moving from their original home, a small gallery space within the...
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London Spanish Film Festival
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| Cine Lumiere, Institut Francais Cultural Centre 17 Queensberry Place |
The 6th annual London Spanish Film Festival launches this autumn with a phenomenal line-up of films. Bringing together numerous UK premieres, the festival offers audiences a unique opportunity to view...
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The Times BFI 54th London Film Festival
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| BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road South Bank |
Every October the BFI Southbank and cinemas across London host the London Film Festival, now in its 54th year the festival attracts Hollywood players and Indie film-makers from around the globe. As we...
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November 2008
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Two moving events held annually at the Royal Albert Hall in memory of those who have lost their lives for their country, and in particular the servicemen of the First World War. The continuing...
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November 2009
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Well before Christmas, the city's main shopping streets start to sparkle with an array of fairy lights and impressive illuminations. This year, for the firs...
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The London Design Festival
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| Trafalgar Square, Central London |
The London Design Festival is an ambitious project. Hundreds of events, locations, shops, universities and design agencies are involved in the nine days of talks, exhibitions, competitions and activit...
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The Scoop at More London Free Festival
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| The Scoop at More London, The Queens Walk |
The South Bank is a hive of theatrical activity this summer and walking along the Thames from the National Theatre, where the Watch This Space festival is in full swing, to Tower Bridge will be a live...
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London Ghost Festival
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| London Dungeon, 28-34 Tooley Street |
Only the brave will sign up for the London Ghost Festival, a week of frightening events taking place across the city and timed to coincide with the spookiest of all nights, Halloween. These spine ting...
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Summer Festivals in London 2007
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I'm probably not the only twentysomething in London who finds the idea of a festival aimed at fashionbable 14-17-year-olds pretty disturbing. Shouldn't children that age be sitting on benches smoki...
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Summer Festivals near London 2007
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The world music explosion has turned Peter Gabriel's WOMAD into a massive international event. The crowd, who once consisted largely of ageing prog-rockers with ponytails, are now among the most di...
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London Jazz Festival 2010
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| Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road |
If jazz is dead, someone forgot to tell the thousands of performers and fans who flock to the annual London Jazz Festival. Now in its 18th year, the 10-day festival returns to the capital with a flamb...
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Battersea Park Children's Zoo
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| Albert Bridge Road, Battersea Park |
Battersea Park Childrens Zoo is home to a host of glorious creatures. There are farmyard animals, flamingos, otters and monkeys, as well as peacocks which roam the enclosure. It is a beautiful spot, a...
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Polka Children's Theatre
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The Wimbledon-based Polka Childrens Theatre is one of the few venues in the UK which produces and directs work solely for kids. Opened in 1979, the Polka has two theatre spaces and is aimed at childre...
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Russian Standard Vodka Originals Film Festival
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The first Russian Standard Vodka Originals Film Festival, in collaboration with Empire Magazine, sees classic films playing in luxuriously decadent cinemas right across the country - including the Eve...
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London Festivals & Fairs 2009
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Royal parks, historic houses and the city's waterways create beautiful backdrops for some of the best festivals in London. And summer is the time to make the most of London's...
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London Summer Festivals 2007
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When we first produced this article just three years ago, we were scrabbling around to find material for it. Today, the changing climate has caused an explosion in the number of festivals (i...
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London Festivals & Fairs
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Royal parks, historic houses and the city's waterways create beautiful backdrops for some of the best festivals in London. And summer is the time to make the most of London's...
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London Entertainment
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From traditional music halls to state-of-the-art IMAX cinemas, West End theatres to intimate jazz clubs, find out more with our guide to the best entertainment venues in the capital....
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London Events
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London is the greatest city in the world for exhibitions, concerts, clubbing, theatre, sport and a host of other activities. The LondonTown.com Events section is the definitive guide to all that Londo...
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Summer Shopping in London 2008
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If we're honest we'll admit that Italians put us in the shade when it comes to posing in a pair of sunglasses. Shopping at this place might just help to redress the balance. Choose your s...
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London Theme Parks and places with animals
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Whipsnade Wild Animal Park is set in 600 acres of beautiful parkland and is home to more than 2,000 animals. Whipsnade is situated in Dunstable in Bedfordshire, about 45 minutes drive from cent...
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Festivals, Fairs & Fetes
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Birds of prey soar over the Dean's Yard at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 12th July as part of their summer fete entertainment. The falconry display is supplemented by dog agility demonstrations and...
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September & October 2010
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Every October the BFI Southbank and cinemas across London host the London Film Festival, now in its 54th year the festival attracts Hollywood players and Indie film-makers from around the globe. As...
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October 2008
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Every October the BFI Southbank and cinemas across London host the London Film Festival, now in its 52nd year and still attracting Hollywood players and Indie film-makers from around the globe...
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October 2009
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Every October the BFI Southbank and cinemas across London host the London Film Festival, now in its 53rd year and still attracting Hollywood players and Indie film-makers from around the globe...
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October 2010
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Every October the BFI Southbank and cinemas across London host the London Film Festival, now in its 54th year the festival attracts Hollywood players and Indie film-makers from around the globe. As...
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London Film Museum
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| Riverside Building County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road |
This collection of real life film sets, famous props and everything to do with the flicks takes you on a behind the scenes tour of the world of the silver screen. At the London Film Museum (previously...
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London Film Walk
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Join a gentle 2 hour guided walk through some of London's famous film locations, TV studios, ancient streets, pubs, churches and other places of historical interest taking in the City and its surround...
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A London Christmas 2008: Festive Fairs
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Get all your Christmas shopping done under one roof - and get it out of the way more than a month before Christmas. Backed by 'House & Garden' magazine, you can expect the finest seasonal produ...
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Carol Services in London
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Despite its age 29 this Christmas the Spitalfields Winter Festival is still a fresh alternative to the more traditional carol services. A varied programme of innovative festive music will be ta...
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Halloween in London 2009
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Don your best zombie-killer clobber and make a bee-line to Village Underground for this year's goriest, most ghoulish Halloween party. The pretext is simple: it's Saturday 31st October, zombies are...
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A London Christmas 2007: Carols & Services
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With plain walls and simple candlelight juxtaposed against colourful mosaics and marbles, London's striking neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic cathedral provides an atmospheric backdrop for this festiv...
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A London Christmas 2008: Carols & Services
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For over half a century Trafalgar Square has been adorned with a majestic Christmas tree - an annual gift from the people of Oslo, thanking Britain for support and friendship during Wor...
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London Top 5 Venues
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The Royal Albert Hall was conceived as part of Prince Albert's desire to promote the arts. Sadly, it was not completed until 1871, several years after his death. It has achieved global fame as&nbs...
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World Cup 2010: Where to watch it in London
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BELIEVE is returning to the Old Truman Brewery to host East London's biggest World Cup bonanza this summer. An indoor football oasis has been created, complete with a multi-tiered stadium, three gi...
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Museum of London
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To get a real taste of London life over the last 2000 years, head for the Museum of London - the world's largest urban history museum. Documenting the growth of this vast metropolis from the prehist...
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Museum of London is also featured in the following article
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London Wall Bar & Kitchen
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| 150 London Wall |
Restaurateurs Ben and Hugo Warner (the boys who first came to our attention with Benugo) are the duo behind the London Wall Bar & Kitchen, the cafe and restaurant within the Museum of London. The brot...
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Shangri-La Hotel London
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| 32 London Bridge Street |
The first ever luxury Shangri-La Hotel in London will have the unique selling point of occupying the upper floors of one of the tallest buildings in Europe when it opens in 2012. Standing at 310 metre...
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London Fields Lido
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| London Fields, Westside |
Londons only Olympic sized heated outdoor swimming pool, the luxurious London Fields Lido was re-opened amid much excitement in October 2006 after almost 20 years of closure. It promptly won the Golde...
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