Archive For The “Travel” Category
Honey BEEingPure and Sweet? Sounds like advice for a good life. In reality, BEEingPure is the name of a small yet influential honey-making (or is it gathering?) company in Limburg in the Netherlands. We visited the site where some hives are kept in a tranquil environment which rather resembles an allotment. Bee-attracting flowers bloom, insects…
Thailand is an easy country to love. A popular part of that land is Phuket and there is more to that region than just its glorious beaches. Any visitor would miss so much if they didn’t take a little time and a little tour. A half-day Phuket City excursion will show another and more traditional…
Medical discoveries in old Soho. London’s Soho defies a label: it’s restaurants, bars, entertainment, music, theatre, art, architecture, film, retail… and a Petri dish for Victorian science. Away from the crowds around Shaftesbury Avenue and Chinatown, in the streets towards Oxford Street, it’s less frantic and you have time to take in your surroundings. Some…
The unforgettable story is now the unforgettable live show. Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Timeless Novella The Little Prince has a Strictly limited season 12 – 16 March at the London Coliseum. Tickets on general sale at midday 29 November. Following sold-out performances in Paris, Sydney, Dubai, and a season on Broadway, The Little Prince,…
Exploring Japan’s Food Replica Culture 2 October 2024 – 16 February 2025 A UK-first exhibition looking at this highly-skilled craft unique to Japan with over 100 years of history Food replicas are hyper-realistic, often indistinguishable from the real thing The exhibition features newly commissioned works, including 47 replicas– one speciality for every prefecture of Japan…
Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874 Michelangelo – Love and Death The unique arts brand Exhibition on Screen – the team behind blockbuster films Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger and Klimt & The Kiss – is delighted to announce its new season of films coming to cinemas from November 2024. Van…
A Strictly Limited Run. The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions announces today that its critically acclaimed, five-time Tony Award® winning production of The Lehman Trilogy will return to London’s West End. Playing at The Gillian Lynne Theatre From 24 September 2024 for a strictly limited run following highly acclaimed international performances. This ‘genuinely epic production‘ (New…
Tim Johanson Productions, Glass Half Full Productions and Jamie Wilson Productions present. Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Photo by Tristram Kenton • NEW BRITISH MUSICAL TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) WILL EXTEND AT THE CRITERON THEATRE UNTIL 31 AUGUST 2024. • STARRING…
Coming to Cinemas Nationwide. The National Gallery is full of famous artworks, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom? Telling the story of one of the world’s greatest art galleries in a new light, MY NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON…
Thurs 9th to Sat 18th May 2024, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. Experience and Buy Europe’s Finest Portrait Paintings. The only portrait painting exhibition curated by world-leading portrait painters at The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ 133rd Annual Exhibition. If you are interested in the painted portrait, there is one, annual portrait painting exhibition…
23 March to 15 September 2024. No museum in the Netherlands is as intertwined with nature as the Kröller-Müller Museum. In the exhibition The Wood for the Trees, four artists examine the relationship between humans and nature in different ways through their work. In the sculpture garden, Circus Andersom creates two sensory walks to accompany…
Zimingzhong at the Science Museum. Wherever we travel we take a timekeeping instrument with us. It’s essential: set the alarm clock, catch a train, check in at the airport, schedule a meeting… Modern life would be chaos if we had to rely for our punctuality on the rising and setting of the sun. But centuries…
New Digitisation Project by Art Education Charity Art UK A new project to raise awareness of murals and street art from across the UK has today been announced by Art UK. Five thousand murals will be digitally recorded as part of the art education charity’s latest major project to add works to its free-to-use database…
Romance is blooming for Valentines at Barnsdale Gardens. If there is a garden attraction as romantic as Barnsdale we can’t think of one! Britain’s largest collection of individually designed gardens, is based in the East Midlands and teeming with great ideas you can take back to your garden, whatever the season! February is snowdrop month,…
Turn back the hands of time and discover a beautiful exhibition of mechanical marvels. In the 1700s, China’s emperors collected ornate clockwork automata known as zimingzhong and cherished them for their intricate design and technical innovation. Now, our new exhibition Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍: Clockwork Treasures from China’s Forbidden City showcases a unique collection of 23 stunning pieces, on display…
We have many cheese choices in specialist shops and even our local supermarket. Gouda can easily be overlooked. It seems to have been with us forever and we don’t even notice it anymore. The first mention of this cheese dates from 1184, making it one of the oldest recorded cheeses in the world still being…
A Christmas cracker of a treat for garden lovers this December. At Barnsdale Gardens all of the 38 individually designed gardens come into their own no matter what the season. But the magic of December cannot be ignored when it comes to the magnificence of Barnsdale, infact this is one of the busiest months for…
Agatha Christie at County Hall. ALL RISE! AFTER A RECORD-BREAKING START TO THE YEAR, AGATHA CHRISTIE’S ‘WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION’ WILL EXTEND UNTIL 29 SEPTEMBER 2024 AT HISTORIC LONDON COUNTY HALL AS THE PRODUCTION’S TENTH CAST ARE SUMMONED TO COURT. THE NEW CAST INCLUDES BENJAMIN WESTERBY WHO WILL PLAY THE ACCUSED LEONARD VOLE ALONGSIDE KATIE…
A Kikkerland Tin for your Best Friend. It’s the time of year for travel and we plan to take our best friends with us. Yes, they are our dogs. Kikkerland have the perfect trip accessory with their Dog Road Trip Kit. Kikkerland are famed for their tins for almost any occasion. This Dog Road Trip…
It’s true that many British tourists are regulars on the beaches of the Algarve and they will say they love the country. Yes, they enjoy that little corner of this amazing land; but far fewer visitors travel away from the resorts to discover the real personality of Portugal. The Portuguese are the product of a…