Jubilee: Top 10 Impersonations Of Queen Elizabeth II
In which TV show did Eddie Izzard play a yellow QEII?
Queen Elizabeth II
Museum Of London Asks: Is The Queen Around Your Place?
If you have a cherished souvenir of Her Maj, you could be appearing in a new exhibition.
Monday Miscellanea
More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.
Monday Miscellanea
Angry men, a big bell, a homing pigeon, a coronation and an attempted assasination. All Londony anniversaries this week.
QEII Still Hot Stuff After All These Years
At least according to a new survey conducted at Heathrow. We are talking souvenirs here. Postcards of Her Majesty are quite simply the best selling tourist memento, according to a poll conducted by BAA. They are closely followed by Union Jack stuff, with mini replicas …
Monday Miscellanea
This Week In London’s History Monday – 1st June 1845: A homing pigeon arrives in London, having set off from Namibia some 55 days earlier. Supposedly. Tuesday – 2nd June 1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II takes place in Westminster Abbey. Wednesday – 3rd …
Monday Miscellanea
This Week In London’s History Monday – 2nd June 1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II takes place in Westminster Abbey. Tuesday – 3rd June 1982: Israeli ambassador to Britain, Shlomo Argov, is shot in the head outside the Dorchester Hotel in London. He would …
Long-Lived, Our Noble Queen
Her Majesty The Queen is now the oldest monarch Britain has ever enjoyed. Hang on, that sounds pervy. Let’s try again. Queen Elizabeth II today becomes the oldest British monarch. That’s better. The AFP, taking no chances that she might die overnight, filed the story …
Capital Woman
One for the ladeez: capitalwoman is back for its fifth year and will be held on Saturday 4th March at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and Central Hall Westminster. This annual conference organised by Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, is open to all women …
Tour de London
We said in this morning’s Extra, Extra section that London was a “very strong candidate” to be the site of the start of the 2007 Tour de France. Well, we didn’t lie, because in the past few hours Ken has announced that organisers the Amaury …
Time Out’s Movers And Shakers
Londonist’s record at publishing end of year polls has been a little sketchy as of late, so we thought we’d redress the balance a little bit by giving you a sneak preview of Time Out’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers list of 2005 which is …
