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When in Rome: get a taste of ancient life – in London

Those who fell in love with Mary Beard and her funny, honest portrayals of Roman life through her BBC series Meet the Romans, will be delighted by the upcoming exhibition at the British Museum. Entitled Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, the exhibition will focus on the day to day doings ...

It’s Sausage Time with Harry Hill in Hammersmith

This Spring, the Hammersmith Apollo will vibrate with the sound of squeaking brothel creepers and uproarious laughter as madcap comic Harry Hill brings his unique perspective on the world to London's West End. One of the most enduring and recognisable faces on British telly, Harry Hill manages to eschew much of ...

Sigur Ros Bring World Tour to London

Icelandic ambient post-rockers Sigur Ros will play three dates at Brixton Academy as part of a world tour this March. Led by singer-songwriter JonsiBirgisson, the band perform their unique brand of atmospheric music for fans, calling on their extensive back catalogue as well as tracks from latest album Valtari. The foursome are ...

Helen Mirren resurrects role of Queen Elizabeth

Oscar-winner Helen Mirren, one of the UK's favourite (and most successful) actresses, returns to the London stage in one of her most lucrative and loved roles – as Queen Elizabeth II. The Audience, opening at the Gielgud Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue on February 15th, finds Helen treading the boards as queen ...

McAvoy as Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios

BAFTA winner and Golden Globe-nominated actor James McAvoy is to star in William Shakespeare's ‘Macbeth' as part of a new season at Trafalgar Studios. The actor, who has starred in a string of successful Hollywood movies including ‘Atonement' and ‘X-Men', will play the title role during an initial ten-week run, ...

Top tennis stars to play in the Royal Albert Hall

It's been a busy autumn/winter for the Royal Albert Hall. Off the back of recovery from the Proms 2012, the Victorian concert hall welcomes the Best of Broadway in mid-November, before having to clear its stages and construct a tennis court for the AEGEON Masters Tennis. This fun-loving event is the ...

Master pianist back in London with Beethoven’s Sonatas

One of the world's most revered pianists and interpreters of Beethoven and Mozart, Andras Schiff, returns to the UK this month for another crack at his much-lauded ‘piano Everest' endeavour of playing all of Beethoven's piano sonatas chronologically. First achieving the feat in 2006, the event was deemed a triumph by ...

Alan Davies Returns to Stand-up

Actor, comedian and writer Alan Davies is making a return to the stand-up which first made his name more than twenty years ago. ‘Life is Pain' reveals a new, personal side to the comic, as he draws on the experience of his mother's death and his life as a new father ...

Catch the Human League in London this winter

Fans of ‘Don't You Want Me Baby' will be revving up for a spectacular live return for 1980s pop group The Human League. The threesome is on a massive 2012 European tour, taking in Germany, Holland, Denmark and Belgium before spending November and December in the UK. The group travel to ...

Lambeth’s Bonfire Night Fireworks Display Moves to Brockwell Park

Brockwell Park in Brixton will be the setting for Lambeth Council's Bonfire Night celebrations and fireworks display this November. Fireworks displays will take place across the capital on 5 November to mark Guy Fawkes' failed attempt to blow up the House of Parliament in 1605, but the Brockwell Park setting ...

London’s Biggest Free Music Festival Heads Back to the Roundhouse this September

The iTunes festival is back for another month of free gigs in Camden's most iconic venue, the Roundhouse. For the past three years the iTunes Festival has been bringing free music to this small, intimate North London venue. As always, the calibre of acts is high. Already confirmed this year ...

SurfSpotting, now available at the Apple App Store

SurfSpotting, now available at the Apple App Store The app that provides a collection of surf spots around the world. AUSTRALIA – July 3, 2012 – Available today, the app SurfSpotting offers surfers 1250 preset surf spots around the world. Its purpose is to provide surfers with a collection of ...

Hotelmap.com helps London visitors find the perfect hotel during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend

Summer gets off to a royal start this year with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee taking place on the first weekend in June. Marking sixty years of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne of England , celebrations will be taking place across the country, centring with major musical, artistic and maritime ...

Hit The Capital This June with HotelMap.com to Witness the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Beacons First Hand

In good old-fashioned British tradition beacons will be lit across the world this June to mark Queen Elizabeth's II Diamond Jubilee. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacons takes place on 4 June and will be the largest network of beacons the world has ever seen, with more than 4,000 beacons being ...

MyBritishColumbiaInfo.com Takes Tourism In A New Direction For British Columbia Businesses

MyBritishColumbiaInfo.com, a new destination site launched this year with the MyDestiontionalnfo.com travel network, is offering a fresh approach to the tourism industry, allowing businesses in British Columbia to reach out and connect with customers directly while expanding their national and international exposure. In addressing the needs for businesses in British Columbia to ...

MyDestinationInfo.com Launches Hub Site

MyDestinationInfo.com has launched a new hub site which seamlessly links MyCapeTownInfo.com to the global network of MyDestinationInfo guides. The launch, which took place at the end of September, sees the network of websites become a solid contender on the local online travel guide market. MyCapeTownInfo.com has been a member of the ...

MyJohannesburgInfo.com Launches Dedicated Tourists Routes

MyJohannesburgInfo.com, part of the MyDestinationInfo.com travel network, has launched a new section dedicated to specific travel routes. This section offers travellers proposed itineraries for an afternoon, a weekend, or an entire week. These suggested trips and routes, dubbed Johannesburg Destinations deal with 10 of Johannesburg's most popular regions, as well as regions ...

Chamonixinfo.com Launch Live Hotel Booking Service

ChamonixInfo.com is an expert on all things Chamonix and the portal has decided to make the most of this knowledge to expand the services offered on its website by launching an online hotel booking service with live availability. Chamonix is one of the most popular alpine resorts in France, with a ...

MyGardenRouteInfo Reports Upsurge In Eco-Friendly Tourism

MyGardenRouteInfo reports local tourism businesses along South Africa's Garden Route are starting to place greater emphasis on environmental issues. In line with international trends, tourist businesses along the Garden Route are starting to see the importance of offering sustainable and environmentally friendly services and products that aim to lower carbon ...

MyPhuketInfo Launches Novel Booking System For Key Thai Tourism Provinces

MyPhuketInfo.com has recently launched an innovative online booking service, starting first with Phuket and then, by the end of September, to the other destinations for which Phuket is a major hub. In line with what seasoned travelers today expect of an online booking service, MyPhuketInfo.com has contracts in place with major ...

Kenya ushers in their new president Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta on the 9th of April, 2013

The most anticipated election exercise and swearing in ceremony has been concluded in Kenya. Kenya ushers in a new President and Deputy President. In a rare appearance from other swearing in ceremonies the Excellencies and their spouses kneeled down in public to pray for guidance, direction and wisdom to govern ...

The National Trust is given a radical reworking

Often regarded as a rural-based charity for the older generation, The National Trust is being given a radical reworking to engage the capital and a younger audience with London's built heritage, history and outdoor spaces. The 117-year-old charity actually launched in London and will be reminding visitors of this with ...

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