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  • Pearly Harvest Festival
    Posted in: Videos

    The Costermonger’s Pearly Harvest Festival  was celebrated at the Guildhall this Sunday September 27 and saw performances by May Pole dancers, Chingford Morrisons, Pandemonium Drummers of the London Olympics 2012 fame and Isle of Sheppey. The festival ended with a fitting parade  marching out on the streets. Kings & Queens wearing pearl studded outfits and some […]

  • Hail Satan at The Sabbat Festival Exhibition
    Posted in: Events & Festivals

    The Sabbat Festival of Dark Arts exhibition is all things dark and taboo  with a touch of humour.  The forbidden (read evil and horrifying) practices and rituals from paganism, shamanism, witchcraft, wicca is what you are up for in this exhibition. Artwork reproduced from an old horror film Satanic Mojo 1972 AD stands out on […]

  • Ahoy! Sail Royal Greenwich Tall Ship Festival 2015
    Posted in: Highlights

    Sail Greenwich cruises will be back in London from August 27-31. Take note. These are no ordinary cruises. These are cruises in resplendent tall ships departing from Greenwich Heritage Centre and the Woolwich Royal Arsenal pier taking you past the magnificent sights on the banks of the Thames in Royal Greenwich. Tickets can be booked […]

  • Man with No Mean Machine at the Red Bull Soapbox Race
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights

    The exciting Red Bull Soapbox race was held in Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday August 12. Since its first fun race held in Brussels 15 years ago, a  100 such races have been held all over the world in Australia, USA, South Africa, Europe and of course England. This unique International fun event entails […]

  • Hailing the Dragon Slayer with Feast of St George
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights

    As St. George’s Day, fell on a weekday April 23, a belated feast of St. George took place on Saturday, April 25 t London’s Trafalgar Square. Hundreds attended the feast, a celebration of the English patron saint with his notable emblem of a red cross also the flag of England. Also known the Dragon Slayer, […]

  • The Shakespeare Globe Exhibition & Theatre Tour
    Posted in: Features

    The Shakespeare Globe exhibition and theatre tour is an informative and engaging display of historical facts about Shakespeare’s professional home in London and the London of the Elizabethan times he lived in. The museum whose entrance is from the Bankside is on the upper floor. The exhibition begins with a display of a timeline dating […]

  • Happy Birthday William Shakespeare
    Posted in: Highlights

    The exhibition and tour of the Shakespeare’s Globe theatre is open everyday with a paid ticket. However, on the occasion of Shakespeare’s birthday that falls on April 23, the Globe threw open its doors to the public to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday over the weekend on Sunday, April 19 that included free entrance to the exhibition […]

  • When Khan & Zayn looked in ‘one direction’
    Posted in: Highlights

    A single monochrome image was the subject of much social media frenzy this weekend garnering over 100k retweets and 140k favourites by Twiterrati. Featuring the superstar actor from the B-town film world of India, Shah Rukh Khan and former One Direction band mate and teen heart throb Zayn Malik, the photo was  tweeted by SRK. […]

  • It was The Boats versus The Goats!
    Posted in: Highlights

    It was the boats versus the goats this weekend. Saturday April 11 saw some action-packed sporting frenzy with the much anticipated annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race. The four mile river trek from Putney to Mortlake was watched by Londoners from across the north and south side of Thames. It was thriving business for riverside pubs offering […]