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It was first built in 1675, after King Charles II ordered a warrant for the construction of the Royal Observatory. Now, 350 years later, the Christopher Wren-designed observatory overlooking Greenwich Park is getting a major £77 million renovation. Jamie Fobert Architects will […]
A ticket to the top of the Shard used to set visitors back up to £38, with a deluxe option that stretched to a whopping £51 per person. But not any more. Presumably to compete with London’s ever-growing number of viewing platforms […]
Are you heading to Wireless this weekend? You’ve probably already gathered a gang of mates, booked in the pre-festival manicure and started preparing the presumably Drake-heavy pre-drinks playlist. But there is one more thing you need to do before the […]
Congrats to Bermondsey-based independent craft brewer Anspach & Hobday, whose ‘London Black’ has come first place in the Top 50 UK Beer Awards. The nitro porter was praised for its ‘sessionability alongside amazing flavour and quality’, and it climbed up […]
Like the Ross and Rachel of major British theatre institutions, the RSC and the Barbican are obviously made for each other but have a complicated relationship. The Barbican was the Stratford-upon-Avon-based theatre company’s permanent London home until the RSC flounced […]