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The Best Hidden Paintings of London

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by Alison Jane Reid on February 17, 2010

The Guildhall Art Gallery in the City could be regarded as something of an oxymoron: a well-known well-kept secret. Everyone should go and see its extraordinary collection of pictures of London, but few do. I’m tempted to describe it as charmingly old-fashioned, but this may convey the wrong impression. It knows exactly what it is [...]

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A Trip to The Monument – The Seventeenth Century ‘London Eye’

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by admin on December 2, 2009

When I become Prime Minister, I am going to appoint His Majesty Minister of Fun. He is a genius at dreaming up miraculous expeditions that put a big smile on my face for days, and are always kind to the planet. Saturday morning on a cold, clear, sunlit winter day: His Majesty grabs my hand [...]

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The Best Bannisters to Slide Down in the Whole of London

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by admin on November 29, 2009

Who says the economy is in a downward spiral? Here’s how to have some wicked fun for free, and make you smile,- after all, it’s Friday! No 1 London Bridge Okay, this one is purely at your own risk: Ready,… steady,… and… Whoopeee! slide very, very, quickly indeed down the best banisters in London, at [...]

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Bob Dylan 1966 European Tour at The National Portrait Gallery

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by admin on November 6, 2009

Don’t miss the chance to head for the subterranean depths of the NPG and transport yourself to 1966 – to the year a skinny, darksome, iconic Prince of poetry – Mr Bob Dylan – landed in Britain at the height of his powers. Bob toured with The Hawks (later The Band) and badly upset the [...]

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The National Portrait Gallery exhibit my photograph of Twiggy

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by admin on October 16, 2009

Happy Birthday Twiggy! It seems impossible that the insouciant face of 1966 and the first real super model has just celebrated her 60th Birthday. Go and see her as an iconic fashion muse and mother at The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) with a celebration of her life in pictures. You can also catch the portrait [...]

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