The warped minds at Roughcut TV and the BBC have sent this poor bear on the tourist trail to London where he has, quite frankly, a terrible day. We love this – and make sure you listen to the soundtrack for the full misery experience. …
Photo by zefrog There are some decisions you regret the moment you make them. Joining a jogging guided tour seemed like it was going to be just one of those. It thankfully wasn’t. The newly-launched City Jogging Tours are squarely targeted at tourists and out-of-towners. …
Apparently “London is a city on the verge of a nervous breakdown yet so sated on its own glories that nothing seems to bloody bother it”. It’s supposedly a city of “lords and chimney sweeps”, where relief from the “twitchy streets” and “jittery shopping districts” …
IN YOUR FACE New York The latest cost of living survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals London has slipped out of the top ten most expensive cities in the world – from 8th to 27th. As retailers cut prices and the pound slowly dies …
Image author’s own Behold: a ray of good news sunshine amidst the dark and gloomy financial skies! London’s tourist attractions packed more people through their doors last year – almost 10% – than in 2007. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (who don’t cover privately …
If you’re in the West End and get sick of all those people out enjoying the Spring sun on the shopping strip then beetle off Oxford Street to Manchester Square and find the Wallace Collection. Not only is this fine Georgian House gawpworthy in itself …
By edscoble via the Londonist Flickrpool. Start breaking in your best walking shoes, grab yourself a pac a mac and polish your camera lens – The Walk takes place next weekend. Gathering at Camden Tube station on Sunday 1st February at 9am we’ll be treading …
Barging through the throngs of camera-wielding tourists in Leicester square of a Saturday afternoon, it might not seem that London is in dire need of more visitors. But Visit London is aiming to do just that, by launching a £4m advertising campaign this weekend to …
Love London as we do, we know that some of this city’s tourist “attractions” don’t exactly represent value for money. According to a survey by the Sunday Telegraph, London’s fee-paying attractions are among the most expensive in the world. The newspaper compared the cost of …
Tourist season in rain-soaked down-town London, and all the big museums are, shall we say, a tad busy. But Londonist always has something up its sleeve for a rainy day. And for those of you inclined towards higher aesthetic planes, we would strongly recommend the …
Sitting outside the Queen Elizabeth Hall on a sunny weekend afternoon a month or so ago this Londonista was thrown into anxiety spasms sighting a man apparently about to leap off the roof of Shell Mex House and plunge to his death in the Thames. …
