Kew

Enjoy these signs of spring at Kew while you can – it’s going to get cold and wet this weekend.

To distract you from the rain, a Kew tree in wintry sun.

Autumn colours in Kew. Photo / Pryere. One dead, one critically injured, in shooting at Islington flat Contrary to our earlier report, Chelsea have denied that they might be moving to Earls Court. Kuwaiti billionaire might construct “LA-style mansion” overlooking Hampstead Heath. Another bidder enters …

War Cabinet to meet at 1830 BST. New Prime Minister Winston Churchill to make statement to House of Commons at around 1400 BST10:09 AM May 13th via HootSuiteWar Cabinetukwarcabinet Staffers at the National Archives in Kew are undertaking the mammoth task of Tweeting the events …

Splendid news for the last few days of Kew Gardens’ 250th anniversary year. Despite being wrongly identified as home of the Millennium Seedbank in the original BoJo backed ‘Only in London‘ campaign earlier this year (corrected, thanks to Diamond Geezer), the Royal Botanical Gardens at …

Kew Gardens is about to become the largest repository of fungi on the planet. From this morning, the botanical behemoth is taking delivery of a new fungal cache, swelling their holdings to some 1.25 million specimens, and representing up to 70,000 species. (We think: the …

Some of London’s landmarks are having landmark birthdays this week. Big knees-up at Kew, which is 250 years old. The Queen and Prince Philip are having a walkabout there today: it seems only fair as the park was kind enough to play host to the …

In with: Kew’s 250th anniversary – may your New Year be filled with flowers. Out with: gun crime – let’s not have any more stories like this one about a Greenford 14 year old being shot. Good bye to: Harold Pinter, whose funeral was in …

Kew is going placcie bagless. A man has been stabbed to death near the Elephant and Castle. A measles epidemic is predicted unless more kiddies get jabbed. London did the honours for the world premiere of Mamma Mia last night. 75% of London pubs are …

This weekend we went to check out Kew’s much talked about Treetop Walkway. Being hardened London weekenders we were braced for queues, bustle and general tourist overload. It was a wonderful surprise then, to find Kew’s 300 acre site a lush, garden paradise with plenty …