In just 1000 days, the London Olympic Stadium has been declared complete with the laying of the final turf on the central area. The record breaking time for any Olympic Stadium was made possibly by the use of over 5,000 workers and 240 British businesses. The last of the 360 rolls of Scunthorpe grown turf [...]
A boutique food and music festival is to move to a new venue on Cornwall’s north coast this summer.Taking place from 17th to 19th June 2011, the Rock Oyster Festival will bring together the best of Cornish food and produce, quirky music acts and family entertainment – and raise thousands of pounds for charity. Event [...]
With just under a month to go, TFL have announced commemorative William and Kate Oyster cards are now available. As Royal commemorative memorabilia goes, at least this one does have a practical purpose unlike the Charles and Diana mugs you might still have sitting in a cupboard or the Royal Stamps in your stamp collection. [...]
Over 100 of TGI Friday’s professional bartenders attempted a world record in Covent Garden doing a Tom-Cruise-esk Cocktail routine. The record attempt shown in the video below stipulated that at least 100 of the bartenders had to perform the routine for two minutes without dropping bottles. In the end, they managed 101 bartenders performing what [...]
For those seeking peace and solitude, we recommend visiting Yorkshire soon before ITV’s new 12 part series “The Dales” airs and everyone wants to come. A decade or more ago, people flocked to the Yorkshire Dales after Siegfried Farnon, Tristan and Mrs Pumphrey showed off this magnificent part of the English countryside in the hit [...]
According to several tweets, today is “No more lethal lorries” campaign day aiming to cut the numbers injured on London’s streets by trucks. With the advent of Boris Bikes and especially now that you can hire them without an account just using your credit card, it seems there might need to be a greater awareness [...]
Now that the weather is starting to look up (at times!), more and more people will be starting to think about camping. Of course, camping is also an attractive option for those still wary of the current economic climate. Are you looking for something that’s a little cheaper or less cumbersome than a caravan or [...]
Described by the Sunday Times as “The best musical of the decade”, Avenue Q has left the West End and arrives in Manchester this May and June. The Tony Award-winning “Avenue Q” show is possibly best described as The Muppets or Sesame Street but with much more mischief, bad behaviour and political incorrectness thrown in. [...]
1. Bring supplies Canal boat holidays are self catering, so while you’ll pass plenty of places to eat en route, it’s always best to bring a small supply of the essentials with you. Kitchen facilities are pretty good on board, so if nothing else, bring bread, milk, tea and cereal for breakfasts. If you like [...]
While browsing the official London Olympic Games blog, I came across this rather “curious” article in which one of the finance heads for the games admitted to being an avid Olympic Games pin collector. Personally this is a new idea to me, but it seems alongside the mugs, t-shirts and other merchandise, Olympic pins are [...]
