Experts quizzed over flood risk to capital | London - ITV News:
The Environment Committee will quiz London Assembly experts and the Environment Agency today about whether the capital is sufficiently equipped to deal with future rising water levels and flood threats.
Experts from the Environment Agency, the National Flood Florum and the London Assembly will answer questions on the sustainability of London's flood defences and the capital's readiness to react in an emergency."
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Tuesday, 28 January 2014
London lifeboat station busiest in UK and Ireland | London - ITV News
London lifeboat station busiest in UK and Ireland | London - ITV News:
London lifeboat crews saved 372 people last year, 25 of whom would almost certainly have died without the intervention of a lifeboat.
Annual statistics on the deployment of lifeboat crews reveal that Tower station near Waterloo Bridge was the busiest in the whole of the UK and Ireland last year, with crews called out almost 500 times."
London lifeboat crews saved 372 people last year, 25 of whom would almost certainly have died without the intervention of a lifeboat.
Annual statistics on the deployment of lifeboat crews reveal that Tower station near Waterloo Bridge was the busiest in the whole of the UK and Ireland last year, with crews called out almost 500 times."
Monday, 27 January 2014
The Lamb Tavern and Old Tom's Bar
A small piece of history in the heart of Leadenhall Market, the Lamb Tavern has been a part of the tapestry of the City of London since 1780.
Sunday, 26 January 2014
London Holiday Inn Mayfair
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Holiday Inn London Mayfair
4 *
London, MayfairOverview
This city hotel has 195 rooms in total spread over 7 floors. It is air-conditioned and has a lobby with 24-hour check-out service, a safe, currency exchange facility, lift access, bar, dining, conference and parking facilities. Room and laundry services are also available.
Location
The hotel is situated in a relatively quiet side street in Mayfair on the corner of Piccadilly, just two minutes walk from Green Park underground station. Bond Street, Regents Street and some of London best shopping and most famous sites are within an easy stroll of the hotel. London Heathrow Airport is a 60-minute taxi ride away and the hotel is just 50 metres from well-connected Green Park Tube station.
Rooms
Rooms come with en suite bathroom, hairdryer, direct dial telephone, satellite/cable TV, radio, Internet access, minibar, tea/coffee making facilities, ironing set, double or king-size bed, safe, as well as individually adjustable air conditioning and heating.
Food & drink
Dine under chandeliers in an elegant setting at Nightingales restaurant where steaks are cooked to order. The refreshed Bar and Nightingales Restaurant has a very pleasant and ideally located view of Berkeley Street. You are able to relax with friends or have informal business meetings with quick professional service.
Tourist information
1 minute walk to the nearest metro station (green park)
1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop
1 km to the nearest station (victoria)
5 km to the nearest fair site (earls court)
26 kms to the airport (london heathrow)
70 kms to the airport (london gatwick)
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Saturday, 25 January 2014
Hilton Park Lane - 5* Trader Vic's, Meal and Wine
Details >> 5* Trader Vic's, Meal and Wine:
Three Courses and Bottle of Wine For Two £69 at Trader Vic's, 5* Hilton on Park Lane (43% Off)
Three Courses and Bottle of Wine For Two £69 at Trader Vic's, 5* Hilton on Park Lane (43% Off)
Skateboarders battle to save South Bank skate park | London - ITV News
Skateboarders battle to save South Bank skate park | London - ITV News: "Hundreds of skateboarders have been at Lambeth Town Hall, to deliver 30 boxes of objections, in the next stage of their battle to save the skate park on South Bank.
The area has been used by skateboarders for decades, but there are proposals to turn it into retail units.
However, campaigners say that almost 95 thousand people have signed up to oppose the plans."
The area has been used by skateboarders for decades, but there are proposals to turn it into retail units.
However, campaigners say that almost 95 thousand people have signed up to oppose the plans."
Friday, 24 January 2014
Science Museum - Walk the tunnels of CERN at Lates
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Serpentine Galleries - London
January/February Events 2014 Bridge Commission Audio Walks A new story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie January’s Audio Walk is written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and is now available to download for free. Listen to:An awakening, to the sound and dust of the Harmattan wind by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigerian-born, award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes novels, short stories, essays and poem. Her fiction works include Americanah (2013), Half of a Yellow Sun (winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007), andPurple Hibiscus. The Bridge Commission marks the opening of the new Serpentine Galleries and takes visitors over the Serpentine Bridge on a journey between the two sites in Kensington Gardens. Twelve new original works written by established and emerging voices from around the world will be available one per month as downloadable files through September 2014. Deloitte Family Day: Tall StoriesSunday 2 February 2014Serpentine Gallery12:00 to 17:00 Join artist Orly Orbach for a fun puppet making and storytelling workshop inspired by both the Wael Shawky and Jake & Dinos Chapman exhibitions. Deloitte Family Days take place at the Serpentine Gallery. All ages are welcome to these free, drop-in events. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Final Weeks Wael Shawky Until 9 February 2014 Serpentine Gallery Shawky's puppetry is remarkable, from the dip of a long-lashed lid to the snort of a brutal soldier. The Observer The first major London exhibition of the Egyptian artist Wael Shawky. Wael Shawky features the worldwide premiere of the artist’s latest film Al Araba Al Madfuna II (2013). Serpentine Cinema Online: Wael Shawky Until 9 February 2014 Serpentine Cinema partners with MUBI, the online cinemathèque, to present a season of films from Egypt. The programme, selected with Wael Shawky, shows the breadth of Shawky’s practice and includes recent and rarely seen work. An additional selection shows pioneering and emerging films from Egypt, including those from film-makers who took part in the MASS Alexandria study programme, which the artist founded in 2010. View for free: www.mubi.com/programs/wael- Final Weeks Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See Until 9 February 2014 Serpentine Sackler Gallery Judged by these standards, their latest exhibition won’t disappoint. The Times Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See demonstrates the range of the artists’ output – from painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture, to film, music and literature – providing a unique insight into the complexity of their practice and their prolific career. Free Saturday Seminars Saturday Talk: Emma Enderby Saturday 8 February 2014 15:00 Curator Emma Enderby presents a talk on the exhibition by Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See. Leading a tour of the show, Enderby discusses the concepts that inform the artists’ practice, focusing on individual works on display. AGNES by Cécile B. Evans Spring 2014 Digital Commission, Serpentine Galleries Website Created by artist Cécile B. Evans, AGNES lives on the Serpentine’s website and is the first in a new series of digital commissions. AGNES reaches out, shares information and tries to get to know you so she can take you on journeys that give you new insights into digital and physical space. If your interactions with AGNES reveal that you to trust her, you might receive something in the post. Click on the gold hand icon on the Serpentine’s website to engage with AGNES. Event: AGNES GOES LIVE For AGNES GOES LIVE, AGNES has generated enough strength to make a live appearance. She will answer questions from Ben Vickers, curator of digital at the Serpentine Galleries, as well as those from the audience. In this appearance, AGNES will discuss the conditions of her survival and the bounds and boundaries of the 'cloud'. In partnership with Picturehouse Cinemas Sunday 23 February, 1:30pm Hackney Picturehouse 270 Mare Street E8 1HE Tickets £7/£6 conc./£5 Picturehouse members Tickets available from picturehouses.co.uk |
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Empty London Streets at Christmas
Taken on Christmas Day this gallery of images shows a very different side of London.
Here's how some of the capital's busiest streets look when there is almost no one around.
The pictures were taken by Italian photographer Corrado Chiozzi.
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