Create Streets – Will it Work?
Create Streets is the term used to describe a relatively recent proposition to replace council estates and tower blocks in London with terraced housing. Apparently many people are in favour, and the idea is gaining momentum by the day. In most people’s minds the phrase tower block is just as bad as council estate – […]
READ MOREThe Buildings Associated With Sherlock Holmes
The sharp and charming detective Sherlock Holmes is arguably London’s best known and loved fictional character. Developed in depth and to perfection by the great writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes is quite the thing, in every sense of the word. The fact that most of the detective’s adventures and investigations take place in Old […]
READ MOREThe London Garden Bridge – A Dilemma
One of the most ambitious and eagerly anticipated projects of London City Council is the proposed construction of a garden bridge across the Thames in central London. The garden bridge will be an installation connecting both banks of the river, thus providing much easier access and connection between landmarks and tourist attractions on both sides […]
READ MOREA Fresh Look on an Old Landmark
London is one of the cities where iconic landmarks and historic places of interest are literally around every corner, which is no surprise really given the British capital’s long spanning and colourful history that has also influenced and left its mark on the rest of the world for many centuries. Problem with iconic landmarks like […]
READ MORETurning a Aircraft into Home
Green living is nothing new, people with sustainable living principles have tried to do their little bit in keeping the environment cleaner and healthier on an everyday basis. On the same note, some people have not only opted for sustainable living but also for green homes. Green homes are the theme of the future and […]
READ MOREThe Collections in the Museum of Madam Tussauds
London is home to numerous extremely popular museums and the Museum of Madame Tussauds is undoubtedly one of these museums. The museum displays a large collection of was sculptures that depict celebrities from all over the world and from every professional field. The museum is also known to the famous Chamber of Horrors. The wax […]
READ MOREWhy This Year Would Be the Time to Move to London
There is no need to say that if you have the opportunity, you should definitely do everything possible to move to London. Our capital is among the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in the world and the benefits of owning a property here are too many to enumerate in one short text like this one. […]
READ MOREThe London Eye – the youngest symbol of the capital
London itself is one of the most iconic places in the world. Many features of its cosmopolitan landscape may be rivals for the title “a symbol of London” and they will all have the right to claim it – Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park and many other might be enumerated on the list of […]
READ MOREThe Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
Bank of England, officially known as Governor and Company of The Bank of England is the UK’s central bank. Bank of England is one of the oldest financial institutions in the world and is used as the primary model forming most major central banks. Having been established in sixteen ninety four, The Old Lady as […]
READ MOREThe Best Place to Live in UK
If you ask people there are many best places to live in the UK – some like it urban, others like it rural etc. Apparently, the best place to live in the UK for two years straight now, is the town of Godalming in Surrey. The town is only thirty five miles from Central London […]
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