Unusual Restaurants In London. Weird London: Discover the Big Smoke's strangest corners and subcultures, from Star Trek conventions to a naturist club. Star Trek Convention Some people call them geeks, some call them weirdos, but one thing’s for sure, Star Trek fanatics are here to stay.
They will be out in force this month at the annual ‘Trekkie’ convention at ExCel arena, with obligatory dressing up and interactive exhibitions based on the series. Guests lined up include superstars of the franchise, including William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Scott Bakula. Oct 19-21, Fri 2pm-9pm, Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9am-6pm, £29Excel, London, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1XLTube | Royal Victoria startreklondon.com Hunterian Museum Come here to see body parts – lots of them – in vats, jars and displays.
Top 10 Square Mile Alleyways. Abchurch Yard, EC3 Austin Friars Passage, EC2 Castle Court, EC3 Change Alley, EC3 Lovat Lane, EC Red Lion Court, EC4.
London’s Top 10 Most Depressing Street Names. Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square might be fictional, but London certainly has its fair share of addresses you perhaps wouldn’t want to live at. 10.
Droop Street, Kensal Green. Does it become Erect Street, when stimulated by enough traffic? 9. How The London Boroughs Got Their Names. Fifty years ago today, the London Government Act 1963 received Royal Assent.
It paved the way, two years later, for radical changes in London’s political boundaries. The 32 boroughs that we still know, love and pay our council tax to, were created. (The tiny City of London — also known as the Square Mile — holds different political status to the 32 boroughs, and carried on as normal after the Act.) Many former boroughs (Finsbury and St Pancras, for example) disappeared overnight, though you can still see their names on old street signs around town. The new, bigger, amalgamated boroughs needed new names. Barking and Dagenham Barking is an ancient, Anglo-Saxon phrase, first recorded as Berecingas. London’s top ten bizarre services. 1.
Get your dog dyed Suffering a further blow to their animal identities, cosseted canines can have their barnets transformed into a rainbow of dip-dyed colour at Hackney’s Groom Dog City where creatives can give poodles punk credand shih tzus pink ponytails. Just becareful what shade you choose: youwouldn’t want your chihuahua toclash with your Chanel.From £20, groomdogcity.com. Cody Dock – a bridge to London’s secret riverside walkway « London Living. If the weather holds up and we see some of this heat wave we were all promised this weekend, may we suggest a lovely walk along the length of the Lea River?
If you don’t know much about this hidden gem, London’s second river runs through the heart of east London and meanders beside the Olympic Park. Your only obstacle in the beautiful 26-mile riverside walk is a little site called Cody Dock; a tucked-away dock that is now the centre of a thriving social regeneration project. The Gaswork Dock Partnership is a social enterprise set up in November 2009, which gained charitable status in April 2011. It seeks to regenerate the precious space around east London’s waterways and create both opportunities and services for the local community. Their ambitious ideas have gained huge support and progressed rapidly with the launch of the Cody Dock footpath and gardens. Top 5 London bakeries « London Living. Whether you’ve got a sweet tooth or you are barmy for bread, artisan bakeries and champion cake makers are popping up all over the city.
Forget the iced fingers and sliced white of your childhood; miniature macaroons, kitsch cupcakes and organic loaves are raking in the dough… 1: Bea’s of Bloomsbury If you like the sweetness of an old-fashioned high tea but balk at the price tag, Bea’s is the perfect compromise. All the prettiness and occasion of the high tea but without the huge cost, Bea’s baguettes, scones, mini meringues and daily changing cupcakes come with a pot of tea – or stuff yourself silly with American-style cupcakes and cookies on a quick stop off.
Draw, Date and Drink. London’s top ten bizarre services. Tracey Emin designs London Underground Tube Map. Art on the Underground is pleased to present the 16th cover of the Tube map by Tracey Emin.
Well known for her deeply revealing works, Emin has been commissioned by Art on the Underground to make a pocket Tube map cover for the London Olympic and Paralympic year. The artwork, entitled The Central line , features a chirping bird sitting on a ‘branch’ of the Northern line. The clear link to the Tube map, without the use of the colours, and to nature, combine two elements that Emin felt would offer her audience something compelling yet comforting to contemplate. The bird as a motif has been important in Emin’s work for many years. Her focus on the Central line is also personal to her because it’s the line she uses most frequently; it takes her from her home in East London to the centre of the City. A New Diner Opens On Gloucester Road. Discover the Tube’s secret shortcuts in this exposé of Underground untruths. TFL reveal their plans for Crossrail 2: go direct from Ally Pally to Dalston, Chelsea and Wimbledon.
TFL today announced plans for Crossrail 2, a new southwest-northeast rail route across London.
The boring machines for Crossrail might still be tunnelling their way under London, but the TFL Big Plans Department aren’t putting their feet up. Instead, they’re planning Crossrail 2: 2 Damned Cross. Like its predecessor, Crossrail 2: Electric Boogaloo takes a swift route through Central London, but this time along a southwest-northeast axis, taking passengers from Wimbledon to Alexandra Palace in a nippy 28 minutes. (That’s 23 minutes faster than it takes currently.)
It even links up with Crossrail 1 at Tottenham Court Road, Home of Time Out, thereby making our office the centre of the known universe. SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. Alternative tube map. Is it quicker to walk? A realistic tube map. Animals on the Underground - The Animals. How Do You Pronounce Theydon Bois? Image by Ewan-M under Creative Commons.
We’ve all heard it. “Can you tell me where Lie-sester Square is? “. English place names can be a bit of a challenge to the outsider. The 11 weirdest descriptions on Quiquiriqui’s drinks menu. Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui in London might have the greatest drinks menu in the city when it comes to describing their spirits – it’s a slightly deranged masterpiece of free-flowing metaphor, with each mezcal lovingly likened to a grab-bag of comparables: rabbit hutches, BBQ sauce and ‘drinking Christmas’ to name but a few. If the Enmascarado 45 (pictured above) has piqued your interest, read on for more… London’s Top 5 Burger Joints « London Living. From American style dining to Tube stations, cocktails to brunches, here at London Living we’re really getting stuck into everything our city has to offer as we continue to countdown and chart the very best aspects of London life every week. Top 5 London bakeries « London Living.
Weird and quirky museum exhibits - Things to do in London. Wilton's Music Hall. The first GLP shoot - Gala Bingo in Tooting. Some places just have that certain something. The French have a phrase for it: ‘zat certain sumsing!’ Quirky spots you stumble upon and tell stories about. Pamela Jennings. Shitlondon.co.uk/ London’s Oddest Signs: A Miscellany. Completely London Blog. It’s very very cold outside, your toes are tinging and your fingers are freezing.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. Step inside one of London many pubs where log fires, pale ales and comfort food awaits… The Weirdest Sculptures In London. London has loads of wonderful and free to view art but sometimes some slightly odd things show up. Here is our run down of the wierdest sculptures in London, some still standing, some long gone. From the strange to the ugly to the just plan odd, there is a weird sculpture in London that will no doubt connect with each of us. The Traffic LIght Tree on Heron Quays Roundabout in Canary Wharf. At night this sculpture lights up and flashed in random sequence. The Sculpture was erected by Peter Vivantin and is a tribute to the never-ending rhythm of the domestic, financial, and commercial activities. Deliciously bad-taste cakes, for Adult Eyes Only. Curated by Miss Cakehead and showcased with photography by Nathan Pask. Top Ten Historical Facts about Prostitution In London.
Image by A. Urban decay at its finest. The Ultimate London Blog – Now. Here. This. – Time Out London. Blog Only in London: 10 things that make our city so unique Unique details make this city special. Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival. As the last Sunday of September rolls round, it’s time for the Guildhall to be invaded by the cockney masses for a shindig Dick van Dyke would give his left arm and dodgy accent to muscle in on. 35 reasons rain is better than sunshine. Photo: Paul Nuttall. Edible London: take a bite out of this food skyline.