Author: Richard Lamberth

Talk to the animals London Zoo is the world’s oldest scientific zoo, having opened on April 27, 1828. It was intended purely as a centre for scientific study of animals

Lovely jubbly! It seems that there is almost nothing that cannot be turned into a West End musical. “The Book of Mormon” seems like an unlikely subject for a smash

Inside art A new art exhibition called “I’m Still Here” has opened at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank. But the source of this art is somewhat unexpected. All

Lido love For many years, outdoor swimming pools or lidos were very popular throughout the UK and particularly in London. However, many closed in the last few decades of the

Muslim London There are over 600,000 Muslims living in London, accounting for some 12.4% of the capital’s population according to the latest census, and, let’s face it, they don’t get

All along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix famously died at his hotel in Notting Hill, London, in September 1970 and now another building associated with the most influential guitarist of the

Singing in the rain London’s famous theatreland bumps into the shopping delights of the West End where Shaftesbury Avenue meets Oxford Street and near this corner is one of the

Not a lot of people know that! Did you know it was Peter Sellers who coined this iconic phrase when doing an impression of Michael Caine supposedly reciting facts from

Live at the BBC One of the most iconic symbols of life in late 20th century Britain was the BBC TV Centre in Wood Lane, White City, West London. The

A Christmas Carol No city on earth does Christmas better than London. The lights, the shopping, the markets, the shows – there is always something going on and this year,