Good Chance Theatre are hosting a kite flying festival to mark the one year anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan. On 2oth August, Fly With Me kite flying festival will take place in 15 cities and towns across the UK and Europe, including Brighton, Bradford, Dover, Folkestone, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Northamptonshire, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, and…
Fun thing to do in London during half term Lego and award winning British-Nigerian artist, Yinka Ilori, have joined forces to create the Laundrette of Dreams in Bethnal Green. This is a colourful, fun play space that is designed as a space where children can play, create and let their imagination run wild. Creative play…
250 Ball boys and ball girls are selected from 750 applicants and they start training in February every year. 23 tonnes of strawberries are served every year, laid end to end someone worked out that this would stretch about 60km. About 55,000 balls are used in the Championships and they are changed after the first…
On Sunday, Carnaby Street will be hosting it’s StreetEat Food Festival this Sunday, 20 July. Over 40 International Restaurants will be joining in the fun by offering some yummy tasters from their menus at just £5. Some of the restaurants participating are Hawaiian Kua Aina, ChaChaMoon, the new American Stax Diner, Seafood specialists Wrights Brothers,…
Watch movies under the looming chimneys of Battersea Power Station. This is a London Popup like no other, at the Battersea Power Station all summer, from 10th July to 31st August. Everyman Cinema in association with Heineken. Street Feast is bringing together some of the more popular street food stalls like PopDogs, Spit& roast and…
Tour de France Grand Depart in Yorkshire The Tour de France kicks off in Yorkshire this weekend on 5 July. Stage 1 kicks off with a 190km leg from Leeds to Harrogate via the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Stage 2: riders will go from York to Sheffield for 201km before travelling by car to Cambridge…
What a great summer of sport we have in London this year. The Tour de France Stage 3 arrives in London on Monday 7 July. This is a great opportunity for Londoners to be part of the biggest sports event in the world. The 200 competitors will enters Greater London from Cambridge via the Epping…
SOME KEY FACTS AND FIGURES ON THE WORLD’S LARGEST ANNUAL SPORTING EVENT The Tour de France is the world’s largest annual sporting event It starts at the end of June/beginning of July and lasts 3 weeks The entire race covers approximately 3,500 kms The Grand Départ is the opening of the race of the Tour…
Today I am off to sample from Swedish food from the LULEÅ region in Swedish Lapland. You can get more information on them at www.visitlulea.se. On the menu toady is Kalix Löjrom a very rare caviar and reindeer. This will be a first. VisitSweden is set to transform East London’s Truman Brewery into a…
Vogue’s London Fashion Night Out (FNO) has been a big hit and the numbers of shops and fashion brands participating have been increasing each year. Last year, Bond Street was closed to traffic and there were band stands, carousels and Hermes had a truck parked outside their shop offering competitions to win Hermes goodies. This…