November 2014
A new exhibition at Handel House Museum commemorates the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death on 18 September 1970. There's also a rare chance to visit Hendrix's flat, which is normally closed…
November 2014
The Mayor's Thames Festival takes place on the south bank of the Thames between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge. First launched in 1997, The Mayor's Thames Festival has become London's biggest…
November 2014
Perhaps Birmingham, as the second largest city in terms of population and economy in the UK, is not fully appreciated generally by the British public. Immediate thoughts of the city…
November 2014
It was a lovely sunny day when we went to the amphitheatre near Tower Bridge to watch a free concert by the blues band, Pacifico Blues. We enjoyed the fantastic…
November 2014
When thinking of Bristol, the largest city in South West England, one immediately thinks of the city and the sea. With its position on the River Avon running out into…
November 2014
Edinburgh always manages to conjure up a slightly brooding mysterious air. Maybe it s those often dark cloudy northern skies that sit above the famous castle high over the city…
November 2014
Not every town achieves fame by being thought of as unlovely, but that is exactly the case with Slough, the Berkshire town, whose most famous landmark is probably .a roundabout!…
November 2014
The city of Leeds has travelled a long way from its early days as an agriculturally based market town in the Middle Ages. It subsequently became a major industrial centre…
November 2014
Liverpool is a stunning city. Looking out from the docks, over the Mersey and beyond to the Irish Sea, one cannot help but be moved by the sense of history…
November 2014
The Mighty Reds, Manchester United, the evocative paintings of L S Lowry and their depiction of the city s life, the beloved national institution of Coronation Street and internationally acclaimed…