From 2 to 16 July, the London Literature Festival will be held in London’s Southbank Centre. This festival will feature both emerging talents and established ones. There will be specially commissioned performances, readings from prize-winning authors and poets, interactive and improvised writing events, music, poetry and debates. Headline acts include Benjamin Zephaniah, Sarah Waters, Vikram [...]
If you’re looking for some tips on things to do in London, then have a look at this things to do in London guide
They are divided in categories, such as events and exhibitions, galleries and museums, food and drink, theatres shows and concerts, tours and guided walks, amongst others. The good thing is that you [...]
LondonSkate 2009 starts on 15 April and runs every Wednesday evening until the end of September.
Now in its ninth year, the season is a fab and totally FREE way of having fun on wheels and meeting new people. Each week between 200 and 500 skaters congregate on central London’s streets for a two hour skate, [...]
What: Henry VIII Days Exhibition
When: 13 - 14 Jun 2009 , All Day
Where: Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London
How to get there: Old Royal Naval College
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession and coronation, come to the birthplace of Henry VIII and the former site of Greenwich Palace, the Old Royal Naval College [...]
30/04/2009 to 01/05/2009
The 8th edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival will be organised by the Parliamentary Secretariat for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority.
The Grand Harbour will once again provide the perfect setting for this edition, which will take place on Thursday, April 30 and Friday May 1.
On each of the two evenings the [...]
13/04/2009 to 17/04/2009
The third International String Orchestra Festival, taking place in Malta from 13th to 17th April 2009, will be packed with musical activities ranging from solo recitals to outstanding orchestral concerts. The repertoire includes familiar works from Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Shostakovich and, Stravinsky to contemporary compositions by Dutch and Maltese composers.
Artistes of the highest [...]
Holy Week and Easter are celebrated throughout the Maltese Islands by a number of religious processions, pageants and activities.
Good Friday and Easter are celebrated in Malta in a liturgical and ceremonially prominent manner. On Palm Sunday, one may assist to the liturgical rites that usher in Holy Week. On Thursday evening and Friday morning, churches [...]
If you are looking for somewhere ideal for a short break for Easter holidays, then you might want to consider visiting Barcelona. I have been to Barcelona a couple of months ago for a short break (4 days), and we managed to visit major sites, and we also managed to fit in two days outside [...]
During WWII Britain had to economise on raw materials, save on energy and salvage scarce commodities, encouraged by a powerful propaganda machine. Whether the message was to grow your own vegetables, make do and mend, or recycle paper, uppermost in everyone’s mind was the need to be sparing in the use of meagre resources. While [...]
If you are a sweet lover, then the Sweet Sixties exhibition at the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in London is a must-visit! This exhibition is being held between 8th September 2008 - 31st May 2009.
This is the ultimate nostalgia trip for sweet lovers everywhere. The period pack designs will evoke the tastes and [...]