Architecture of London’s Places of Worship
Posted in: Features, PhotosLondon is home to some of the world famous sights of worship. What’s Hot London? brings to you some interesting trivia on the history and architecture of these places of worship.
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Historic London Addresses: Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
Posted in: Features, People, PlacesWomen’s History Month and it is important to remember Mary Wollstonecraft, the woman who wrote the first book advocating the rights of women and who is widely recognised as the first feminist. She was born in Spitalfields in 1759 and her social and political views were formed during the age of the Enlightenment when reasoning […]
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Celebrating Charlotte Bronte: 1816 – 1855
Posted in: Features, People, Shows & ExhibitionsBorn two hundred years ago and destined to leave an indelible mark on English literature, Charlotte Bronte’s birth and legacy is celebrated with a fascinating new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. It includes the few paintings she actually sat for in her lifetime and also personal items such as letters and signatures. Few would […]
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5 Reasons to Dine at ‘Home Restaurants’ aka Supper Clubs
Posted in: Features, Food & DiningSupper Clubs have been mushrooming all over London. A cook who is usually passionate about their cooking and cuisine plays host and invites diners by publishing a food and beverage menu with seat availability on their dining table. Diners may then sign up for a paid dining experience with other diners usually at the host’s […]
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The Dreamboys for the Lascivious Ladies of London
Posted in: FeaturesGirl’s just wanna have fun. And how! We want men that resemble Greek Gods to strut their shredded, ripped muscles, gyrate and shake their booties, tickle our senses with a strip tease and make us moan in an orgasmic delight as they bring us to a shattering climax with a Full Monty. Oh yes! That’s […]
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First Look – Newport Street Gallery
Posted in: Features, Galleries & MuseumsDamien Hirst found fame in the nineties as leader/curator of the British art movement (or loose grouping) the YBAs (Young British Artists). Well, now he’s injected that entrepreneurial spirit into his own gallery. His Newport Street Gallery opened mid-October on, yes, Newport Street, Vauxhall after three years of development and with much media fanfare. It […]
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Battle of Britain’s 75th Anniversary & The RAF Museum
Posted in: FeaturesA 10-15 minute walk from Colindale station on the Northern line, on Aerodrome Road is vast expanse of land of what used to be the Hendon aerodrome, now the RAF museum. Be sure to pick a map of the place at the Reception as you will likely get lost in the vastness of the place […]
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The Shakespeare Globe Exhibition & Theatre Tour
Posted in: FeaturesThe Shakespeare Globe exhibition and theatre tour is an informative and engaging display of historical facts about Shakespeare’s professional home in London and the London of the Elizabethan times he lived in. The museum whose entrance is from the Bankside is on the upper floor. The exhibition begins with a display of a timeline dating […]
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The Darwinian Home
Posted in: Features<p The Down House home to the greatest English scientist Charles Darwin now maintained by the English Heritage is a World Heritage building in what used to be Down in Kent, now part of the London borough of Bromley. Adult tickets are priced at £10. 60 with free entry to members of English Heritage. A […]
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