What’s Hot London? magazine is free and the December issue is now available for pick up at one of these distribution areas outside London zone 1 -2 tube stations. Magazine available at these distribution points today: Camden Town High Street Kensington Soho/Tottenham Court Rd 1.00pm Oxford Circus Piccadilly Leicester Square Westminster London Bridge Shoreditch Schedule […]
The race to make London a fully Smart City by 2020 When the ‘Smart’ word first entered our terminology during the digital age, it commonly described the technological capabilities and connectivity of our watches, wearables, and gadgets. Its meaning has taken on new power as our capital city embraces an era of artificial intelligence and […]
Author Liz Ziemska describes herself as a ‘writer of slightly strange fiction’ and her latest book, steeped in the wonders of complex mathematics and the snatched innocence of childhood, holds true to this. Set in a Jewish community in Warsaw, Poland, six-year-old Benoit lives a comfortable life with his dentist mother, tailor father and younger […]
The term ‘taxicab’ was first used in the late 1800s when the single horse-drawn Hansom cab invented in 1834 by architect Joseph Hansom was refined and redesigned by John Chapman to include a mechanized taximeter to measure journey fares. Although first used in London and other UK cities, it’s patent was quickly adopted by other […]
A woolly mammoth skull that is! And that was back in 1864. London and its surrounding suburbs are teeming with fossils, bones and remains from the Prehistoric, Bronze and Iron Ages. Of the 108 dinosaur species unearthed in Britain, you’d be surprised at how many were found in and around the capital, this includes the […]
21-year-old Neelam Gill is tentatively described as the UK’s first Indian A-lister model, a title she was given shortly after her debut at London Fashion Week 2014 and underlined by becoming the first Indian model to be chosen for the Burberry campaign. It’s been nothing short of a whirlwind of firsts since signing for Models […]
What’s Hot London? magazine has extended its distribution to new outlets all over London and also introduced a home delivery subscription service. Yes, for just £1.99 to cover mailing charges you can receive a copy every month, as long as you live in the UK. In this issue you can expect interviews with the cream […]
British Museum The British Museum was founded in 1753 and opened to the public on 15 January 1759, becoming the world’s first national public museum. It was made up of a substantial collection bequeathed to the nation by physician and naturalist Sir Hans Sloane, so this baronet was in many ways the de facto founder of […]
On December 1st 1919, Lady Astor became the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons but was not the first elected. Sinn Fein supporter Countess Constance Markievicz was elected a year earlier in 1918 but turned it down. Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was born to a wealthy railroad construction family […]
East Enders greeted with the sight of the world’s most famous band on white horses During and after the 2012 Olympics held at Stratford’s Olympic Stadium, local residents noticed that Stratford’s Abbey Rd, DLR station became a stop off point for hordes of international Beatles fans, lost and looking for the famous Abbey Rd zebra […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
