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Construction on the London Olympic Site

London Olympics: Sneak peek!

London’s Olympic Stadium London’s Olympics Games are just around the corner and in the host city there’s a buzz developing that even the British composure can’t mask. As the 2012 signs and flags begin to appear in the streets, the last of the construction and makeovers are being hurriedly finished. At the Olympic Stratford site […]

Big Ben name change, Westminster, London

Sign of the time

Changing the name For as long as any of us can remember, it’s been called Big Ben. The clock, faithfully telling the time for more than a century, high above the UK’s houses of parliament, has become one of the most iconic images of London and England more general (up there with the Spice Girls, […]

diamond jubilee flotilla, london, thames, queen's jubilee, river parade

Pomp and circumstance

It was meant to be a big jubilee celebration for the Queen and her subjects. So how did so many of them get treated so badly in the chaos?

Diamond Jubilee Queen Elizabeth

The rejuvenation of the crown

Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee It wasn’t so long ago, I recall, that the Royal Family was a bit of a joke. An entire generation of them seemed unable to keep their private lives out of the tabloids with their adulterous, gaffe-prone, toe-sucking scandals. And the response to it all from the top left the […]

Visiting Kew Gardens, London, England

Protecting the world a seed at a time

The Kew Gardens in London are much more than just a park. They’re at the centre of efforts to protect the world’s plant species.

Ouseburn Valley and Victoria Tunnel, Newcastle England

Newcastle is changing

Above ground, the English city of Newcastle is changing. The symbols of industry have shifted from the practical to the nostalgic.

Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, England

Film in the Scott family

The Tyneside Cinema is the oldest functioning newsreel theatre in the UK. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a blockbuster with your nostalgia.

Durham Castle and Cathedral, Durham, England

This is nothing like my university dorm

It seems an odd place for a bunch of university students to live – an 11th century heritage-listed castle. But somehow it works!

Visit Churchill War Rooms, London, England

Churchill’s London

With Germans bombing London, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, went underground to plan his strategy. Now see the bunkers from where he won the war.

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