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Do something different this Halloween and take the kids to London Zoo for a visit with a spooky Halloween themed twist. Halloween is the time when the creatures of the night crawl forth from the shadows to be seen by all, and this is exactly what the experience at the zoo is all about. Between the 26th October and the 3rd November you will be able to meet the nocturnal animals that live in the zoo’s ‘Night Zone’. The event runs across the school half term holidays and is the…

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As you wander around the city you will be awed by the flagship department stores that call London their home, their vast window displays promising all kinds of luxurious treasures. But there is more to shopping in the city than the glitz and the glamour afforded by the big name stores. London is also famous for the number of independent, original and occasionally quirky stores that can be found here. No matter what you are looking for there will be a store here that can fill your order and leaving…

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London is famous for a lot of things, its history and associated tourist attractions, the diverse areas of the city where you can buy just about anything you need no matter how obscure or bizarre, and of course the fabulous bars and restaurants where you can enjoy numerous kinds of cuisine. It may not be a city that you would readily associate with street food, however pay a visit to any of the fabulous food markets held in the city each week and you will discover a whole new world…

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Students are widely considered to be party going people; people who sleep late, club all night and somehow still manage to make it to their lectures. There doesn’t need to be an excuse for a party either, so where can you take your party when it’s too much for the halls of residence? Many of London’s clubs have ‘Student Nights’ with reduced prices, all that is needed is a valid student ID and your cab fare home. The Club de Fromage Cheesy by name and cheesy by nature. With a…

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London is a city that attracts visitors from all over the world. They come to see the historic buildings and get a taste for the city of the past, as well as to admire the stunningly modern architecture of buildings like the Shard. But just how accessible is the city? When those wonderful ancient buildings were constructed there was no need to think about wheel chairs and people with disabilities, so just how does the city make sure that it is accessible to as many people as it can without…

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Anyone who knows anything about the world of fashion, especially men’s clothing will know that there is no name more synonymous with style than London’s Savile Row. Well heeled men have been buying their bespoke garments here for more than two hundred years. It may only be a short street in the heart of elegant Mayfair, but it is lined with gentlemen’s outfitters whose measuring books are graced with names like iconic Winston Churchill and stately Lord Nelson, through to people like Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson as well as…

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This year sees the 57th annual BFI London Film Festival taking place in the city. For two whole weeks the very best new films will be aired as part of London’s calendar of cultural events. If you are thinking of the event only in terms of feature presentations then you would be mistaken. Productions screened over the course of the festival will range from feature films to documentaries and shorts to animation, and will include a number of experimental films from right across the globe. It all starts on October…

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The iconic Last Night of the Proms takes place on September 7th and though the Royal Albert Hall will be packed to the rafters with people decked out in the red, white and blue of the Union Flag, there is more to the last night than simply being a part of that enthusiastic audience. A vast outdoor broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall is shown in London’s beautiful Hyde Park for the partygoers at Proms in the Park. Hosted by a range of celebrities including Terry Wogan and Dame…

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If you have spent any time wandering around London you will no doubt have come across at least a dozen buildings that you wished you could have looked inside. The splendour of the architecture making you wonder if it reflected on the inside, or simply that the buildings are locked off from public access, having some government related business going on inside them. Well the good news is that during Open House London this September you may finally be able to take that peek inside. Open House London is a…

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Don’t let the name fool you, the Great River Race has nothing to do with two university canoe teams pitting their oars in battle along the Thames. The Great River Race is all together a lot more fun. The first race was organised in 1988 and despite the newness of the event, organisers were staggered by the number of teams entering into the spirit of the race. That first year there were 72 entrants in twenty different types of vessel representing a total of six different countries. Among the vessels…

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