I had already mentioned the Robert Opie Collection in my previous post some time ago about the Museum of brands, packaging and advertising in London. I decided to do some research about Robert Opie, to see what this is all about.
The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is the result of Robert Opie, a consumer [...]
London has a large and complicated transport system. In Greater London there are 13,600km of roads, 3,730km of bus routes, 329km of Tube lines, 28km of new tramways and 788km of national rail lines.
Every day 23.8 million journeys are made on this transport network. Of these, 7.2 million are made on public transport, 10.5 million [...]
Coffee was introduced to the Turkish court in 1555 by two Syrian traders. By the late 17th century, the Sultan had his own coffee-maker, with 40 assistants and the women in the harem wiere given intensive training in its preparation. It is an important element of hopistality; one local proverb says that ‘a cup of [...]