This Week In London’s History
Random London Fact Of The Week
Two of London’s triumphal arches, Marble Arch and Wellington Arch, have housed small police stations within the last century. Marble Arch’s police station, consisting of just three small rooms, was operational until 1950; whereas Wellington Arch (situated in the middle of Hyde Park Corner roundabout) housed a police station that was not closed until 1992.
One Thing You Must Do In London This Week
Crikey – how many festivals can there possibly be this month? Ignoring the pointless muddy ones that require arduous travel to far-flung inbred parts of the country, there seem to be a wealth of multi-day events in London that are calling themselves ‘festivals’ right now. Last week saw the live-music-fest that was the O2 Wireless Festival; the excellent Greenwich & Docklands International Festival starts this Thursday; and one day later the City of London Festival also kicks off.
This latter festival is set to run until 12th July, and features a few interesting events this Friday which lead to a fairly busy timetable over the next few weeks. We were particularly intrigued by the description of ‘Les Arts de la Rue - La Cie des Quatre Saisons’, which seems to comprise a bunch of fairies tasked with a mission to cheer up gloomy city folk on Queen Street (no puns intended, for once), at 5pm on Friday. Curious.
Check out the many events of the City of London Festival on their website.
London’s Weather This Week
Rain today and sunshine tomorrow? Or should that be sunshine today and rain tomorrow? Who knows? Certainly not the forecasters, that’s for sure. We advise that you prepare for all eventualities.