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Roll out the Barrows

This is just one of the garden-themed installations at the South Bank this summer: mini-wheelbarrows inspired by the curves of a roller coaster and each containing a little garden. Linking […]

Open Air Theatre in Regents Park

There is something remarkably and peculiarly English about the passion for sitting on damp seats watching open-air drama only the English have mastered the art of being truly uncomfortable while facing up […]

South Bank Skate Park

On the South Bank of the Thames, in the undercroft of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, there is a lively street skating venue.  Decorated with bright graffiti, it is more than […]

H is for… Harry Potter

It is now over 5 years since the last Harry Potter book was published but, if the queues at Kings Cross Station in London are anything to go by, his […]

Flat Cap Coffee Cart

This little coffee stall makes a welcome stop if you’re walking between Victoria and Westminster.  The little cart stands just outside the Strutton Arms pub, and sells delicious Square Mile […]

The Fourth Plinth gets the Blues

There is a plinth at each corner of Trafalgar Square. The two plinths on the south side carry sculptures of Henry Havelock and Charles James Napier. The northeastern plinth, carries an equestrian statue of George […]