Conversations abut both mythical creatures and cars are a common thing in my house, and I expect quite normal in many places with a four year old. My son likes to point the emblem on the centre of my steering wheel and remind me that it is a jaguar, and also to suggest that I […]
70 years ago today, the former Great West Aerodrome, which had been a small airfield used since 1929 growing at the end of World War II to take large military aircraft bound for the Far East, opened as London Airport. Twenty years later, it officially took the name of the hamlet in which the airfield […]
Last weekend saw the Race of Champions 2015 in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The Race of Champions started in 1988, and moves from location to location, with this being the first trip to the UK since 2008 when Wembley hosted the event. It’s fair to say that the weather conditions were a bit different […]
It’s the 1st March, and whilst those in Wales will be celebrating St David’s Day, Londoners will have something else to be happy about today. London’s first “cat cafe”, Lady Dinah’s, opens today. The café will include eleven cats who will be “working” there, who you might meet if you pay them a visit. The […]
I was lucky enough to go to watch the Fifth Ashes Test earlier this week, or at least a day of it, at The Oval in London. For those not familiar with The Ashes, it is a cricket contest between England and Australia, normally featuring five cricket test matches, each of which is up to five […]
I was part of a group recently looking for something to do in London for an evening, and we came up with the idea of doing a treasure hunt. However, rather than us having to research the trip and putting together a plan for the evening, with someone to oversee it, we used the services […]