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All aboard London’s river services for The Mayor’s Thames Festival

All aboard London’s river services for The Mayor’s Thames Festival

September 7, 2011 No Comments

It’s all hands on deck this weekend as London River Services and its operators get ready to help celebrate the annual Mayor’s Thames event with a very special offer. During the whole weekend of 10 and 11 September  river operators including Thames Clippers, City Cruises, Crown River Cruises, Turk Launches, Tate to Tate and Parr’s ...

A LOCK IS A GATE – young people of Hackney create album of songs as a gift for Central line passengers

A LOCK IS A GATE – young people of Hackney create album of songs as a gift for Central line passengers

August 24, 2011 No Comments

Artist Ruth Ewan and composer Kerry Andrew unlocked the imaginations of a group of around 40 members of the Laburnum Boat Club in Hackney when they began working with them for a new Art on the Underground commission. Together the young people have created a song album as a gift for travellers on the Central ...

Christopher Cross plays London in November

Christopher Cross plays London in November

August 3, 2011 No Comments

  Grammy and Oscar Award winning singer/songwriter, Christopher Cross, will perform his first and only UK concert in two years at London’s prestigious Bloomsbury Theatre on Monday 7th November 2011. Tickets go on sale Wednesday August 3rd at 10.00am. The special one-off UK show follows the recent release of Christopher’s new solo album, Doctor Faith. ...

National Gallery in historic collaboration with Louvre, Paris

National Gallery in historic collaboration with Louvre, Paris

July 29, 2011 No Comments

The National Gallery and the Louvre announce a unique collaboration which brings both versions of the ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ together for the very first time (see pics below). The two pictures will be shown at The National Gallery’s exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: Painter of the Court of Milan from 9 November 2011 – 5 ...

Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want at the Hayward Gallery

Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want at the Hayward Gallery

July 28, 2011 No Comments

  Think Tracey Emin’s work begins and ends with that infamous bed? Think again. At the Hayward Gallery’s major survey of works by the acclaimed British contemporary artist you’ll find paintings, drawings, photography, textiles, video and sculpture. Love is What You Want features works from every stage of Tracey Emin’s whirlwind career, including rarely-seen early ...

Companies fined after Arsenal stadium injury

Three construction companies were fined after a worker helping build Arsenal’s Ashburton Grove stadium was injured so badly, his...

New pensions research undermines government’s ‘fairness’ myth

New research by the PCS union has revealed that the perception of Civil Servants having gilt pensions compared to...