Day: March 22, 2023

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Finally, a chance to peek inside British Museum’s famous domed reading room

One of the most striking things about visiting the British Museum (apart from all the spooky bandaged mummies and looted colonial artefacts, of course) is the moment when you exit the galleries and come out blinking into its vast, glass-covered central […]

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‘It’s an epidemic’: what’s behind a spate of hammer attacks on east London businesses?

Dozens of east London shops, restaurants, hairdressers and other independent businesses have been enduring an ‘epidemic’ of violent attacks, vandalism and break-ins over the last six months. Nik Southern, owner of florist Grace & Thorn on Hackney Road, says they […]

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You can dine at the House of Lords restaurant for three days only

‘Drunk as a lord’ might be a traditionally disparaging picture of the sybaritic tendencies of the noble peers of our realm. And there’s no doubt that the English aristocracy has done itself pretty well over the centuries when it comes […]

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London is lighting up for Ramadan for the first time ever

Ramadan 2023 starts tonight (Wednesday March 22) with the first sighting of the crescent moon. The Islamic festival of fasting and prayer continues until the evening of Friday April 21. In London this year, though, there is a viable difference […]

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London’s last ever DVD store is under threat of closure

Who doesn’t feel nostalgic for the humble video shop? The tingle of excitement that – yes! – the new Scorsese film is in stock, the simple joy of browsing rows of movies without an algorithm in sight, or just chatting […]