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In photos: London Transport Museum opens Canteen, a new cafe/bar in the heart of Covent Garden

Fri 29th November, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last night we went along to the launch of Canteen, a new cafe/bar inside the London Transport Museum, overlooking Covent Garden Piazza.

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Fifty photos of the wonderful Kew Gardens including the Palm House, treetop walkway and amazing plants

Thu 16th May, 2019Thu 16th May, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Housing the “largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world,” Kew Gardens is a botanical garden founded in 1840, and can claim to be of London’s top tourist …

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In photos: The Asset Strippers installation by Mike Nelson at Tate Britain

Tue 14th May, 2019 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Contemporary British installation artist Mike Nelson has transformed the grand spaces of the Duveen Galleries at the Tate Britain into ‘something between a sculpture court and an asset strippers’ warehouse.’ …

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Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic – free exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London

Tue 30th April, 2019Mon 29th April, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

This free exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in central London offers fascinating insights into the shadowy world of Victorian spirit mediums, modern magic and psychology.