Hundreds of drinkers enjoyed a pint in London’s busy Borough market ahead of next week’s Tier 2 lockdown rules which will see pub-goers having to order a ‘substantial meal’ with their drink. Under current lockdown restrictions, pubs and restaurants are allowed to open to serve takeaway drinks and food. But next week as of December … Read more
What a difference a week makes! London’s usually bustling streets are seen deserted on Saturday night as revellers stay at home due to lockdown rules London was a ghost town last night as closed pubs and restaurants kept the usually busy city centre deserted The UK capital was packed with revellers in Soho and Borough … Read more
This weekend would have seen the streets of Notting Hill full of revellers celebrating the carnival. Live music, colourful parades and feathered dancers usually combine with the mouth-watering flavours of Afro-Caribbean cuisine to bring the streets of west London alive during the August bank holiday. But for the first time in the carnival’s 54-year history, … Read more
All cities have their good points — whether it’s the markets, cafe culture or music scene. Tartu, Estonia’s second largest city, has all that plus something more cerebral: it has good thoughts, too. Tartu is known as the City of Good Thoughts and is the Estonian equivalent of Oxford or Cambridge. It’s the country’s centre … Read more
On the road to recovery! Bustling Regent Street and Oxford Street look a world apart from emptiness at the height of lockdown as shops reopen for the first time since March Striking photographs show London high streets on the road to recovery as non-essential shops reopen today Shoppers rushed to Regent Street and Oxford Street … Read more
Deserted London: Streets of capital are eerily quiet as once bustling pubs and bars lie empty on first Saturday night of coronavirus lockdown The streets of central London, normally bustling with weekend revellers, were sitting eerily quiet on Saturday Britons have been ordered to stay at home in order to stem the spread of the … Read more
These eerie images show London’s usually heaving nightspots deserted as theatres shut and restaurants closed, just hours after the Prime Minister urged people to stay at home and avoid social contact for 12 weeks. The PM warned last night that the coronavirus was now in a phase of rapid spread across the UK, with London seeing … Read more