Evenings in London

I Guarantee You’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Tower of Babel in Islington

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You’ve got to admire the optimism of the makers of Babel putting on a huge open air production in London in May. If they’d looked at our monthly weather forecast they’d have been better off going for February or March. But that’s by and by. If you’ve not heard about Babel you soon will and [...]

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Hear the best classical music for free in Trafalgar Square this weekend

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I really hope the weather’s going to improve this week because there’s a rare chance to hear classical music played live by one of the best orchestras in the world, our very own London Symphony Orchestra and what’s even better is that the whole event is going to be totally free. As far as I’m [...]

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See Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam Talk About Monty Python App

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I don’t know about this one, I sort of think I shouldn’t be mentioning it because unless you’re real Monty Python fan this isn’t going to be of interest and if you are a fan you aren’t going to need this App because you’ll already have a collection of their best sketches. But at the [...]

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If it’s raining in London this weekend, here’s some things to try

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With the weather in London likely to be iffy at best this weekend I really wish this Litchfield exhibition had started because it looks fabulous, with some truly amazing shots from the publicity material, for instance isn’t the shot with the woman in the snow just remarkable and then there’s the one of the woman [...]

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