The Londoneer

Following on from the information on the Museum of London's special display to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, you may not have caught all of the details of what other events are taking place in London to celebrate the occasion. On 3 June there'...

As part of this year's celebrations to mark the Queen's 60th year on the throne, the Museum of London is staging an exhibition called "At Home With The Queen". They are asking Londoners to take a picture of themselves alongside a piece of memorabili...

Named after the white stone church of St Mary, London's Whitechapel is rather different today from the area that grew up around the church as early as the 14th century. The most prominent religious building in the area these days is the East London...

If you're popping over to Westfield in Stratford you might notice that the 377 feet high 'Orbit' sculpture is now nearing completion, with only the fitting out of the observation platform to go. You might also wonder what the steel beams that are app...

Before the New Year arrives (and a brand new design comes to the blog - you only have 48 hours to wait) I thought I would touch on some of the interesting things that have been featured on the blog over the last twelve months. In no particular ord...

Guy Ritchie's sequel to last year's Sherlock Holmes blockbuster hit the screens last week, and this is the first opportunity that I've had to see it. 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows', pits Holmes against his arch-enemy against a backdrop of growi...

Just a quick note to let you know about the winter concert that I will be participating in next month, the Pink Singers 'Comparing Notes', which takes place at Cadogan Hall on Sloane Terrace in the evening of Saturday 14 January. This is my second...