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Top Free Things To Do In London
London is renowned the world over as one of the best capital cities to spend a few days…
Is London too Expensive to Hire Corporate Event Venues
Whenever you decide to organize an event, the very first question that you will have to ask yourself…
Paying The Price For Unrequited Love In London’s Past
For centuries, suitors would carve names on coins before tossing them into the river. Mudlark Steve Brooker has…
Shelters That Saved Londoners In War, Still Serves Peacetime
When the Second World broke out in Europe, and London became the prime bombing target, people began to…
Wildlife Hope Through A Wetland Sanctuary At The Heart Of London
An old reservoir in the boroughs of Hackney, in north east London, has been transformed into a nature…
The Story & Places Of London’s Immigrants Now
There are more American-heavy neighborhoods than you might expect. After electing its first Muslim mayor, London’s multiculturalism has…
London Is The World’s Best City? Nature Or Nurture?
Are great places created, or do they just happen? This question is receiving a great deal of attention…
Roofs Not The Only Place For Solar Panels, Try Floating Them As In London
Five years in planning and due to be finished in early March, more than 23,000 solar panels will…
Pies & Fries : In London And Everywhere Else, Fast Food’s Long History
The chef walks over to our table, wiping his great big hands on his apron. “Just checking there…
Reopening London’s Urban Past Through Mail & Rail
London’s Post Office Railway – colloquially known as the mail rail – is buried 70 feet under the…
Give London’s Citizen The Freedom To Live Well
A city will struggle if it can no longer house the people who teach, clean, nurse, cook, police,…
11 Amazingly Free Things To Do In London
Here are a few things to do in London that cost literally nothing. 1. Climb Big Ben Westminster…
The Future Of London’s Garden Bridge Project Going Dry?
Jane Duncan calls for review of procurement process amid claims Thomas Heatherwick design was chosen unfairly. The project…
How Your London Subway Trains May Become Moving Walkways
Following its plan to bring London out of the shade with shadow-free skyscrapers, NBBJ has unveiled a new…
Why In London, Beautiful Journeys Begin With Beautiful Trains
Air-conditioned walk-through carriages, with capacity for 1,500 customers, Wi-Fi and 4G Lightweight and energy efficient design means 30…
Three Ancient Cities To Rival London, Paris And New York
London, Paris and New York are global cities: modern hubs for travel, technology and trade, their names and…
Why New York, Not London, Is The Economic Powerhouse Of The World
New York and London are both powerhouse cities, competitive in everything from fashion, music, and finance, to now…
Is This The Final Chapter For London’s Independent Bookshops?
Driven from the city by rising rents and online competition, a little over 100 independent bookstores remain. How…
13 Reasons Why London Is Better
Sure, London’s got its problems (in fact, by a strange quirk of fate, it has precisely 99 of…
13 Things The World Needs To Thank London For
The world has a lot of reasons to give thanks to London, not least of which is the…
London : The Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum has been a poignant and moving memorial to Great Britain’s involvement in modern conflict…
Grisly Secrets Of Dealing With Victorian London’s Dead
As well as sewerage, another “waste removal” problem plagued London in the 19th century: the disposal of the…
Can Of Ham : London And Another Food-Inspired Architecture
Is there any urban skyline as hunger-inducing as London’s? The city already has a tower nicknamed the Gherkin…
Londoners Living Near Street Trees Get Prescribed Fewer Antidepressants
By now you’re probably familiar with at least some of the many psychological benefits of urban greenery. Parks,…
Frankfurt Beats London To Most Sustainable City Title
The Sustainable Cities Index report by Arcadis ranks cities on 20 indicators in five key areas: the economy,…
Secret Libraries Of London
Libraries are often public spaces with a rather private focus, each visitor engrossed in quiet contemplation or simply…
London’s Booming : The City’s Surging Population
The capital’s growth – the number of residents is rising towards 10 million and beyond – is a…
Subterranean London, Adventures Beneath
Exploring the forbidden subterranean world of ghost Tube stations, Victorian sewers and disused shelters has given academic geographer…
London, Shanghai, And Cities, Wayback Then.
From London to Shanghai, clips of cities from the early days of film can be a valuable tool…
London’s Near-2000 Year History Mapped
Researchers at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis collated vast datasets to map the capital’s transformation from first-century…
How To Create High-Quality Content That People Will Engage With
If you want to create great content that will engage with people, it is important to know what…
Should Heading in Soccer Be Banned?
Talk surrounding concussions in sport has been growing all the louder in recent years, as more and more…
Supply chains can easily break – here’s how they can be made more resilient to prevent shortages
Supply chains are essential to everyday life, bringing materials to factories, food to your plate, and fuel to…
The World’s Most Interesting Neighborhoods
In light of the travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, city trips to domestic destinations have become more and…
How to make our cities greener, healthier, wilder and fairer
By 2050, 68% of the world’s population is expected to live in a city; Rapid urbanization threatens biodiversity,…
Zero Emissions Areas Tackle Multiple City Struggles: Why Aren’t They Everywhere?
A zero emissions area is a unique example of a climate solution that addresses urban congestion and pollution…
With or without the Taliban, COVID and climate will inspire terrorism
Young jihadis across continents are turning to violence – and that will continue whatever the new old rulers…
How New Zealand’s Land-Based Casinos Compare to Online Casinos
In this article, we’ll be taking a close look at the online gambling experience in New Zealand vs…
The Taliban: What could its return to power mean for Afghanistan?
The Taliban is typically portrayed as a group of men with beards and turbans, driven by Islamic fundamentalist…
IPCC report: How to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body –…
How the COVID-19 delay of the Tokyo Olympics helped some athletes break records
After an unprecedented delay due to a once-in-a-century global health crisis, the Tokyo Games are finally ready to…
The Massive Costs Behind The Olympic Games
The 2020 Olympics are finally set to get underway in Tokyo on Friday barring a last minute cancellation amid rising…
Are Cryptocurrencies A Sustainable Payment Solution?
Are there more environmentally friendly solutions that we could use instead of cash? Could cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, and…
Is Pandemic Isolation Pushing People Towards Extremism?
Right-wing extremists are taking advantage of COVID-19 restrictions and conspiracy theories to radicalise and recruit new supporters While…
Generation Z Buy Bitcoin At An Alarming Rate Than Ever. Here Is Why!
Whether you accidentally came across this post or your curiosity about the Crypto market-led you here, it is…
Europe’s Best Train Stations
The Consumer Choice Center has published its second European Railway Index, which ranks Europe’s most passenger-friendly train stations on criteria such as…
Prince Philip’s Funeral Hearse Is A Modified Land Rover Defender – Symbolic Of A Pioneering, Practical Britain
The ceremonial funeral of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will take place on Saturday April 17 in…
Prince Philip Dies: Old-School European Aristocrat And Dedicated Royal Consort
The death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh marks the end of a chapter not just for…
Covid-19 Variants: Five Things To Know About How Coronavirus Is Evolving
The Sars-CoV-2 virus is changing in ways that are making it more transmissible, increasing the severity of disease…
After The Ever Given: What The Ship Wedged In The Suez Canal Means For Global Trade
In the early hours of March 23, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high…