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A delicious Italian Christmas Menu in London

When in Britain you talk about Christmas Menu, turkey and Brussels sprouts spring to mind immediately. But in Italy the typical Christmas Menu does not exist as such because every region and even every city has its very own Christmas recipes. Italian cuisine is so incredibly varied that it would be difficult to compile a comprehensive list of Christmas menus without leaving some out. But in London…
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West End Show review: Room on the Broom

If you love the book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, you will enjoy Tall Stories’ magical musical stage adaptation. IGGETY, ZIGGETY, ZAGGETY, ZOOM – the magic of ROOM ON THE BROOM will sweep you away at the LYRIC THEATRE, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE in London West End. Live performances are brilliant to bring stories alive. This show is a great entry point for…
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A Get Santa Christmas tour of London

To celebrate the release of Get Santa (in UK cinemas on the 5th December 2014), we’re taking a Christmassy look at some of the film’s key locations.  Enjoy London Mums’ Get Santa Christmas tour of London. In Get Santa. young Tom (Kit Connor) ‘kidnaps’ Santa’s reindeer from Richmond Park and goes on a journey to get him out of prison with his dad. Tower Bridge You might…
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Things to do with the kids in London on New Year's Eve

London on New Year’s Eve is very exciting with hundreds of events taking place outdoor as well as in clubs, pubs and restaurants across the capital even with children. Picture Supplied by Action Images New Year’s Eve fireworks celebrations – TICKETS REQUIRED FROM THIS YEAR From this year London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks will require tickets. For the first…
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Chocolate Fashion in London

They have finally created an event in London for chocolate lovers just like myself!  The Chocolate Show in Olympia is actually in its second year running. Everything you love about chocolate is all under one roof for a whole week-end and the smell of chocolate will transport you away. As soon as you enter the showroom you can see chocolate stands dotted everywhere around the venue…&#8230…
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London for Londoners on a Thames cruise

After 16 years living in London I still feel I love and live my ‘town’ like a tourist. I mean it in a good way! Inevitably living in such a metropole, you often feel like a tourist because there’s always so much you haven’t seen. Adding to that is the fact that London is an ever changing city and therefore not the same place I visited for the first time in 1988. And yet…
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West End Show review: Memphis the Musical

Memphis The Musical opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 23 October 2014. I recently attended a preview show and I came out with a big smile on my face determined to learn all songs by heart from the newly bought special limited edition CD Memphis. I am not usually so enthusiastic about musicals, but there was absolutely nothing I did not like about Memphis! The singers were all absolutely…
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The Art of the Brick - Lego Exhibition Images

Don’t miss one of the most fascinating exhibitions ever come to London, The Art of the Brick® by US brick artist Nathan Sawaya who used more than a million LEGO® pieces to produce over 80 artworks. I have tried to capture the uniqueness of each masterpiece through my camera lens but they don’t really give a sense for the brilliance of this new form of art. Enjoy these images (only a…
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The London Borough Market is 1,000 years old!

Markets are so fascinating. When I visit a foreign country the first thing I do to find out how people live there is to visit a local market or a street market. The Borough Market is probably my favourite market in London and this year it marks 1,000 years. Credit Dave Parry:Borough Market In an event entitled Footsteps in Time, Borough Market kicked off a year of festivities by…
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LONDON IMAGES: BookBenches & the Books about Town

This Summer in London we have enjoyed the best looking and most inspirational benches ever produced. For those who haven’t noticed some of the 51 colourful BookBenches installed in June on the streets of London here is a little story behind the Books about Town initiative and the images of the few I managed to capture. Trails of benches shaped as open books, decorated by professional…
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