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Fancy dress costumes. Cocktails. Barbecues. Face painting. Live music, vintage fairs and hoards of people lining the streets, waving flags. Is it a carnival? A festival? A jubilee? Nope, just a regular bank holiday in London. Ok, perhaps not quite a ‘regular’ one; in fact, it’s the extra day we’ve been given off work to celebrate the wedding of Great Britain’s golden couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton. The royal darlings have been together since...
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Just in case you haven’t yet heard, a member of the royal family is getting married this week. Did you like our little joke there? Hm? Of course you’ve already heard! The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is absolutely inescapable; it’s all over the radio, the television, newspapers and magazines. They even made a dodgy film version of how they met, which didn’t quite make the cinema! It’s the biggest royal wedding since...
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I adore this time of year. Long weekends, spring sunshine and lie-ins. Now, not only do we get all the usual bank holidays that surround Easter weekend and the beginning of May, but we also have a free ticket to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding on Friday 29th April! Not a literal ticket of course, but a day off work to watch it on telly. Thanks to their ingenious planning, British workers have four...
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Have you invested in a pair of elasticated trousers yet? With Easter just around the corner, we’re going to need a bit of extra room in those waistbands! What was once a religious festival for Christians is now also an international secular celebration, giving us an excuse to gorge ourselves on chocolate eggs, surround ourselves with chicks and bunnies, and send colourful cards to each other. “Just another commercial ploy” the sceptics may say, but...
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You’ve probably heard about it by now; it’s that time of year again when hundreds of fit, motivated people put me to shame by running the London Marathon. Not only will they be displaying an impressive amount of endurance, but they’ll also collectively be raising thousands of pounds for some of the world’s most worth causes and charities. Almost all of us know of someone who will be taking part in the 26 mile run...
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I first heard about Secret Cinema from a friend about two years ago. The concept really appealed to me: a bunch of random Londoners meet at a secret location in the city, not disclosed until the last minute, and take part in an interactive film experience. You don’t know which film you’re going to be seeing; the only clue is from the dress code that is required for all ticket holders. Each secret venue is...
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YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! It’s finally happened: a hot, bright weekend of glorious sunshine in London! ‘Hooray’, ‘hurrah’, and a host of other gleeful exclamations can be heard in the streets (or perhaps just in my head) as people wind up the working week to enjoy their days off in Mediterranean temperatures. I’m sure you will have noticed that plenty of enthusiastic and optimistic Brits are already in their flip flops, blinding passers by with their exposed pasty...
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Life in London can be pretty hectic. We’re always running late for an appointment, or only have the slimmest window of time to grab a sandwich for lunch. I don’t know about you, but I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had to run for a bus, train or tube, only to watch it pull away as I slump defeated on the platform. It seems that the world is against us where punctuality...
