Some people say that we are living in a post-fact world. This epic list of facts relating to the London Underground says otherwise! So whether you use it every day or just see it on movies, here are some facts that only Fox News could ever disagree with. 1. The average speed on the Underground is… Continue reading 140 London Underground Facts
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Found! The Lost Welsh City Of Trellech
Many people have their heroes, people that they might want to imitate. Maybe a film star, entrepreneur or scientist. Until now, I didn’t really have anyone… at least not alive but now I have in the unassuming form of Stuart Wilson. 10 years ago we were both pretty similar and we both had just over… Continue reading Found! The Lost Welsh City Of Trellech
A Cute Salute At Windsor Castle
It’s not often if ever I post anything considered vaguely cute on my blog but having seen this yesterday, I thought it was too good not to share. The footage of four-year-old Marshall Scott who visited Windsor Castle on Wednesday to celebrate his 4th birthday has gone viral after someone filmed his adorable salute standing… Continue reading A Cute Salute At Windsor Castle
A timely Sherlock Holmes tour of London
Originally posted on Luxereporter:
It’s 130 years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes novel and his character is, after numerous incarnations on screens large and small, probably going stronger now than it has since the early 20th century. Back in the 1880s, though, Holmes’ creator wasn’t finding life particularly easy. He…
When to take the Christmas decorations down? Or When Christmas used to last until February!
Many people are back at work or at least thinking of doing so whilst for me, this is actually my first day off of Christmas and it is sooooo nice! Whilst I am enjoying my Christmas lights in the morning and evening, I have seen more than the odd newspaper report on taking down… Continue reading When to take the Christmas decorations down? Or When Christmas used to last until February!
That was the week that was
I hope that everyone who celebrates Christmas had a good one and those of us who care about New Year, did so too. I don’t care about the latter, I guess it shows in my post last year here and this beauty back in 2012! I was actually very ill since about the 21st December and… Continue reading That was the week that was
Why has 2016 seen so many celebrity deaths?
It was back in early spring that it was said that 2016 was obviously being written by Game of Thrones writer, George RR Martin. The number of famous people who have died in 2016 is almost too big to recall. It’s safe to say that whatever it was that consituted our broader culture as… Continue reading Why has 2016 seen so many celebrity deaths?
The 25 Greatest Star Wars Moments Of All Time
So by now, everyone who is vaguely interested in sci-fi is probably aware that a new Star Wars film is out, Rogue One. With us approaching the end of the year, I thought I would do a countdown with a difference. Star Wars was the first film I ever saw at the cinema and it’s… Continue reading The 25 Greatest Star Wars Moments Of All Time
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub & The Rude Parrot of Fleet Street
Following on from my discovery and subsequent blog post on John “Mad Jack” Mytton – The craziest man in history! I was overjoyed to stumble across another hilarious character of history whilst out on a Charles Dickens Walking Tour on friday. Everything was going well and then we reached one of the points of the tour, the… Continue reading Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub & The Rude Parrot of Fleet Street
All About Cockneys & The 150 Top Cockney Rhyming Slang Phrases
Almost everyone knows what a Cockney is or at least they think they do. Famously they are the original Londoners known for their cheeky banter, no nonsense approach to life and perhaps being a bit rough. Actually a lot rough. The amount of London gangster films has given to a film genre in… Continue reading All About Cockneys & The 150 Top Cockney Rhyming Slang Phrases
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