Composed and submitted by Becky Colley
As a Mancunian girl, and therefore a Northerner through and through, it’s bred into me to hate ‘The South’. So imagine my surprise when I visited London for the first time this time last year and instantly fell in love.
Don’t get me wrong, Manchester is a fantastic [...]
Explanation:
Perhaps I could rename it, “Fear and Loathing in London”. I might say that the whole thing is a parody of the poet, the melancholic universe created by the young hopeless pedestrian, flashing eyes at everything around him, his heart seething with discontent.
When I wrote this, I was just in that “state of mind”. Reason [...]
London. The streets are paved in gold. It’s the place where everyone who is anyone comes. It’s the city that never sleeps. It’s where the rich and famous play, right? Well, er, kind of…
I moved to London just over a year ago from Vancouver, Canada - arguably one of the most clean, healthy and [...]
London is often criticised for being too expensive for a family to visit, but I can tell you that it isn’t always true. Now I`m not going to start comparing London to other cities, thats not the point. The point is that most visitors don`t do their homework before coming to London, and the result [...]
A look at the Jack the Ripper industry in East London
Jack the Ripper not only created chaos in the East End of London in 1888, he also unwittingly created a massive new industry. That industry started life in the daily and weekly rags of London, and then it spread to the nationals and the regional [...]
Dear Travellers,
Welcome to London. I hope you had a safe flight. If you have not yet arrived and are simply thinking about a possible trip then let me be the first to encourage you to turn this thought from a simple daydream into a concrete reality.
I too arrived here [...]
If you find yourself amidst the vibrant, exciting, pulsating bustle of London City, with a day to fill, why not embark on a slightly more serene adventure and follow in the footsteps of some of Europe’s finest writers and follow them through the streets of London.
For those of you who never leave home without a [...]
I was half way up Stroud Green Road on a sleepy Saturday morning when I seriously started to dread having to see the next apartment. It would be the sixth place I had seen in my increasingly desperate search for a one-bedroom apartment in London. I wasn’t looking for much, just a quaint little place [...]
London may be one of the greatest cities in the world for passing musicians from every corner of the globe. So while you are visiting you may be lucky enough to catch your favourite artist up close and personal.
However there is a lot more to check out here than meets the big bold ads in [...]
When you descend the several hundred steps to the London Underground you are entering a new realm of unspoken rules and ancient tradition. RuthS has compiled a survival guide to unravel the mystery of London Underground’s Etiquette.
