You might think this fine old British tradition had gone the same way as red telephone boxes and village post offices. So to discover a pub crawl flourishing in the heart of London, showing tourists Britain at its eccentric best, brought a warm glow to the cheeks of this lifelong aficionado of public houses. On … Read more
The Duchess of Sussex mimicked a jazz singer’s holgram pose as she made a secret visit to the National Theatre in London yesterday. Meghan Markle stood in front of a hologram of jazz singer Nubiya Brandon, which was featured in the National Theatre’s exhibition All Kinds of Limbo. The Immersive Storytelling Studio uses emerging technology like Virtual … Read more
An Inspector Calls at London’s The Curtain where a ‘poky slit of a room’ costs an ‘excessive’ £263 The Curtain is a six-storey brick hotel in London’s trendy Shoreditch area The Inspector booked the lowest category of room and was charged £263 Red Rooster, The hotel’s Restaurant, is an outpost of a Harlem eatery By … Read more
The Duchess of Cornwall joked she was ‘self-isolating’ during a visit to the Transport Museum this afternoon in an apparent quip on the coronavirus. Prince Charles, 71, and Camilla, 72, did not let the weather dampen their spirits as they took an eco-friendly double-decker bus to the Transport Museum in London this afternoon. The royals … Read more
The hard-working Victorians who first built the reservoirs, pipes and sewers that have kept the rapidly-growing population of London watered and clean ever since the end of the 19th century are revealed in a collection of newly-restored photographs. Impeccably-dressed men are seen wearing full suits as they stand on muddy construction sites and oversee building work … Read more
The best railway stations in Europe named – and it’s London’s St Pancras International that is No1 (with not a single French station in the top 10) Researchers ranked more than 50 of the biggest railway stations across Europe Stations were scored on factors including quality of signs and number of shops Zurich Central Station is … Read more
London’s Hyde Park would be turned into a morgue if the killer coronavirus outbreak escalates in the UK, under worst-case scenario plans. Nickie Aiken, Conservative MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, confirmed the royal park has emergency plans in place to store human corpses. The Government has an array of procedures in case of … Read more
Roads within the London Congestion Charge Zone will have a 20mph speed limit from Monday 2 March as part of the Mayor’s efforts to cut road deaths and serious injuries in the capital, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed today. All 5.5 miles of roads within the charging zone – which covers the same roads … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp makes surprise appearance at London’s High Court as he sues The Sun over column branding him a ‘wife-beater’ Depp is suing the newspaper for libel over a column written by its Executive Editor, Dan Wootton Columnist Wootton’s April 2018 piece questioned author JK Rowling’s decision to cast the ‘wife beater’ actor in … Read more