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Design for a greetings card, Beatrix Potter, 1890. Photo Credit: © Victoria & Albert Museum with kind permission of Frederick Warne & Co.

Beatrix Potter’s London Display at Victoria & Albert Museum

Marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), the Victoria & Albert Museum will showcase a display […]

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British Museum - Great Court.

The British Museum Announces Most Successful Year Ever

2015/16 was the British Museum’s most successful year ever with nearly 6.9 million visitors (6,853,540) and a digital audience in […]

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Victoria & Albert Museum: Cole with Giant Camera. Photo Credit: ©Tim Walker, 2004.

The Camera Exposed Exhibition at Victoria & Albert Museum

People are taking more photographs today than ever before, but as they increasingly rely on smartphones, the traditional camera is […]

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Somerset House - Film4 Summer Screen

Film4 Summer Screen At Somerset House: 4 – 17 August

The open-air film festival returns with a mixed programme of UK premieres, old favourites and Cannes award-winning films, including comedies, […]

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National Portrait Gallery - Girl In A Liberty Dress, 2016. Photo Credit: © Clara Drummond.

National Portrait Gallery – BP Portrait Award 2016

Selected from 2,557 entries by artists from 80 countries around the world, the BP Portrait Award 2016 represents the very […]

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Tate Modern's Switch House. Photo Credit: © Iwan Baan via Tate Modern.

Record Visitor Figures for New Tate Modern Switch House

The new Tate Modern opened to the public on Friday 17 June 2016 with a record number of people (143,000) […]

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Aerial shot of Tower bridge and Tower of London. Photo Credit: ©London & Partners.

Top 10 Facts About The Tower Of London

The Tower of London located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London is a top 10 London tourist attraction. Visitors are mainly drawn to the Tower of London to see the spectacular display of The Crown Jewels, part of the Royal Collection and still regularly used by Her Majesty The Queen.

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Embankment Summer Market. Photo Credit: ©Bob Marsden.

4 Reasons to Attend London’s Embankment Summer Market

Successfully launched in 2015, the Embankment Summer Market, part of the Northbank Summer Festival programme of events makes a return […]

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MG Piccadilly - MG EV Concept car. Photo Credit: ©Edwin Lerner.

MG – The Poor Man’s Porsche

The Piccadilly area of London can be become pretty congested between the Royal Academy of Arts and the Shaftesbury Memorial […]

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"Barry Humphries, 26-28 March" 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36" by David Hockney. Photo Credit: ©Richard Schmidt.

David Hockney Exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts

David Hockney returns to the Royal Academy of Arts in London with a remarkable new body of work. Embracing portraiture […]

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Victoria & Albert Museum - Elytra Filament Pavilion. Photo Credit: ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Elytra Filament Pavilion at Victoria & Albert Museum

A robot has taken up residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The robot – which resembles something […]

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2016 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: Butterfly Dome Entrance. Photo Credit: ©Ursula Petula Barzey.

Butterfly Dome at 2016 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

One of the highlights from the 2016 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower is sure to be the enormous (283 metres) […]

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