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Top-secret during WWII, the underground Churchill War Rooms – now preserved to resemble as closely as possible their authentic state in the 1940s – were the command centre from which Winston Churchill directed Britain’s efforts in the war. The rooms...
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HMS Belfast, permanently moored on the Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge since 1971, is a WWII Royal Navy warship, the most significant example of her kind today. Constructed in Belfast’s Harland & Wolff shipyard in 1938 (the same...
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Childhood home of Queen Victoria, and more recently the dwelling of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the elegant Kensington Palace on the western edge of London's Kensington Gardens has been a royal residence for over 300 years. Much of this working Royal Palace including the lavishly decorated State Apartments is open to the public.
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Tucked away in the greenery of West London’s Kew Gardens, the 17th century Kew Palace is considered small and humble as far as palace standards are concerned, an idyllic and private place where Georgian royalty could focus on living lives...
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Situated prominently on the capital’s Southbank, the London Eye was born out of a collaborative effort between architects David Marks and Julia Barfield, British Airways and a team of 1,700 people who built this now iconic landmark to welcome the...
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Situated in the heart of the Covent Garden Piazza, the interactive family-friendly exhibitions and installations of the London Transport Museum delve into more than 200 years of the capital’s transportation history, featuring fascinating human interest stories, original vehicles to explore...
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Open for research and education since 1828, ZSL London Zoo is the world’s oldest scientific zoo. It is managed by the Zoological Society of London, an international research and conservation charity. The zoo opened to the public in 1847 and...
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The current Somerset House, a magnificent neoclassical structure built at the end of the eighteenth century as a home for various government departments, especially those linked to the Navy and tax offices, also served as an early home of the...
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Perhaps London’s most recognisable modern art gallery, Tate Modern, based in a conversion of the former Bankside Power Station across the Thames from St. Paul’s Cathedral, is home to an international collection of post-1900 art including paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photography.
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The National Gallery possesses more than 2,300 European masterpieces, one of the world’s greatest collections of paintings. Trafalgar Square, seen as the centre of London, was chosen by Parliament in 1831 to be the site of a new gallery which...
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The British Museum was the world’s first public museum and is home to an incredible eight million objects. Admission to most of the collection is free, although some temporary exhibitions may be chargeable. Guaranteed entry is best secured by booking...
One of London’s foremost visitor attractions, the Tower of London is a near-1000 year-old fortress on the North bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a substantial site with the area enclosed by the...
Alexandra Palace, seated atop the 80-hectare Alexandra Park in Haringey, North London, is an 11,000 square metre exhibition complex which also houses a Victorian theatre, closed for eighty years but which has now reopened, and hosts a range of comedy,...
This is a dual-use building which is part functioning church and partly given over to the “Grand Junction” project, a community-led scheme which hosts a programme of arts, music and learning events in the venue. The building itself is said...
A conveniently-located meeting space, 5 minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road or Goodge Street tube stations.
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Stephanie Morris
Stephanie Morris began paper-folding while living in Japan as a child, and at the age of 12 gained first place at the all-England under 18s National Origami Championship. She is a prize-winning Origami exhibitor and has demonstrated her work at numerous festivals and events both in the UK and overseas.
Julian Edwards
Julian spent six years lecturing on European Art History, is the author of two art textbooks and has published a series of videos which aim to make the subject easily accessible. He is now based in London, where he delivers art history sessions at a number of art and adult learning institutions.
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London’s Royal Parks are the vitally important lungs of the capital, but living in the world’s first National Park City, Londoners are lucky to have access to plenty of smaller green oases. Here are a few to discover:
London is home to some 3,000 parks and about 47% of the city is “green” space. Long walks along quiet trails (think Hampstead Heath, Richmond Park, sections of the Thames path) offer meditative escapes without leaving the M25. We are lucky. But we also appreciate an urban adventure. We are city dwellers after all and, as everyone knows, there’s a winding maze of streets here just full of surprises.
Did you know there are around 180 islands and islets in the Thames? Though small, the 9-acre Eel Pie Island in London’s Twickenham district is still one of the larger islands on the Thames and has a rich musical and artistic history which makes it an interesting place to visit on special ‘Open Day’ weekends each year.