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La Tasca: Spanish Tapas Bar

While on a visit to Portsmouth, I visited a chain of Spanish tapas bars in the United Kingdom known as La Tasca. It is the first I have heard or seen of them but made good sense since I was travelling with a friend, and what better way to have a meal than to share […]

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London • England UK

One of the oldest cities in the world with a history that dates back to Roman times, London is culturally rich and diverse, and a city that remains one of the most influential cities in the world. The capital and largest city of both the United Kingdom and of England, its history goes back to its […]

London Bike Hire

Launched on 30 July 2010, the Barclays Cycle Hire soon became a great success on London roads. Like anything British, there were bumps in the beginning, but now almost a year on, the scheme continues to prove popular. I enrolled for an annual membership, allowing me to take as many 30 minute journeys for free. […]

London Cocktail Week

More than 250 bars participate in the London Cocktail Week which is held every year in October. Once you obtain your London Cocktail Week wristband you then have free entry into many bars, restaurants and even clubs that participate in the event, who have created a unique drink for the event for only £4 a cocktail. […]

LONDON SHUTS DOWN AFTER SNOW FALL

London sees the worst snowfall in 18 years and the city comes to a complete stop. Anyone who has ever visited or lived in London should already know that making anything work here is a real challenge, even when the sun shines there seems to be an excuse or reason why something failed to work correctly, but […]

LONDON Underground Labyrinth

LONDON Underground Labyrinth – an artwork commissioned for London Underground to celebrate its 150th anniversary, installed in every one of the Tube’s 270 stations. The location of the artworks is different at each station, whether in the ticket hall or on the platform, encouraging people to seek them out. The artwork created by contemporary artist Mark Wallinger, wishes to forge a link […]

Museum of Creation – Genesis Expo

A minutes walk from the railway station at Portsmouth Harbour, opposite the bus station, and within view of the historic dockyard, Boris the giant dinosaur greets you at the entrance of the Genesis Exhibition, a Creation Museum, the first of its kind in the UK, run by the Creation Science Movement. The Creation Science Movement, […]

New British Airways interiors

New British airways interiors as the airline starts updating its image. Ok, nice style but reminds me a bit of the 70’s, which I don’t mind anyway, a decade I remember well. I like the seat magazine holder with separate elastic pocket, no more bulging bags below the tray stuffed with rubbish. A brown interior with no […]

New Cross Wish Tree

London has its very own Wish Tree, near a place where people inspiring for great things and adds some rural folklore to an urban setting. The New Cross Wish Tree, located by Goldsmiths University in South East London, appeared in March of 2014 and has since become a part of the neighbourhood with additions being added […]

Oblix – The Shard

One of London‘s newest landmarks The Shard boasts a top of city eating experience on the 32nd floor at Oblix Restaurant. Dress code of smart-casual, it offers sophisticated, urban, casual dining with some incredible views, if you manage to get a seat next to a window, and offers dishes from a menu of spit roast, […]

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Occupy London Movement – The Debate

The Occupy London Movement started as a way to oppose government rules and regulations regarding the banking and financial institutions, in regards to the banking system that got saved by public money, and where wealth is kept in the top 1%. Find a system that is sustainable, and just, with true democracy of the people. […]

Only STOP sign in London

Could this be the only STOP sign in London? Having lived abroad for more than a decade in London, I have got used to the weather and reverse customs of British life such as seeing passenger seats on the left while the driver sits to the right, and traffic moving on opposite parallels than those […]

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Oxford England UK

“The City of Dreaming Spires”. A city, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Buildings in Oxford demonstrate an example of every British architectural period since the arrival of the Saxons, including the iconic, mid-18th century Radcliffe […]

PARIS VS LONDON

A weekend break offers me the insight to discover the true value of a break in Paris and how it compares to London in 2010. There was a time when Paris was the clear winner as the most visited city in the world, but over the last four years, its has lost the title to London which continues […]

Phone Booth Book Exchange

The Phone Booth Book Exchange is a disused red telephone box converted into a community micro-library. There was something new that appeared on Lewisham Way in south London, a unique utilisation of a telephone box which was converted into a book sharing box, open to the community with only a request to take a book and leave […]

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Portsmouth – United Kingdom

A large city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England. Portsmouth plays a major role in British history, especially naval history. Its rich heritage offers a variety of attractions, including the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, located in the naval base, which houses some of the most historical warships in the world – HMS Victory, Lord Nelson’s flagship used […]