On 3 March 1943 a crowd of people entered Bethnal Green tube station which was used at the time as an air-raid shelter. After the searchlights went on and an anti-aircraft battery a few hundred yards away in Victoria Park launched a salvo of a new type of anti-aircraft rockets the crowd surged forward. Someone […]
Category: Exhibitions
First ever London Mobile Games Week in early 2015
A week-long series of industry events dedicated to the business of mobile games, London Mobile Games Week will create a platform for professionals in the tech, creative and entertainment sectors involved in all aspects of mobile gaming The team behind the hugely successful Mobile Games Forum (MGF) today announced it is to host the first-ever […]
London Top Trumps Experience
Movie Fifty Shades Darker (2017) Last weeekend The Press and their families were treated to a magical mystery tour across the Nation’s Capital atop an iconic Routemaster London Bus to launch the new Top Trumps ‘London 30 Things to See’ special edition pack. Welcomed on board by the ‘Lord Mayor’ and served quintessential tea and […]
TFL Bus Art Benefits Transport Charity
Transaid has been chosen as a beneficiary charity for Transport for London’s Year of the Bus 2014 sculpture trail project. TfL has commissioned 60 sculptures of New Routemaster buses to be painted by established and up and coming artists and displayed across London. The buses will be auctioned off at the end of the year […]
Dr John C Taylor OBE Contributes to Greenwich ‘Ships, Clocks and Stars’ Exhibition
One of the most exciting collections of clocks ever amassed is going on show at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London at a landmark exhibition which opened to the public from Friday 11 July 2014. The display, titled ‘Ships, Clocks and Stars’, will be bringing together a wide range of timepieces to celebrate the […]
The newly refurbished William Morris Gallery is well worth a visit
The life of William Morris came to an end in 1896 when he was 62, his doctor declared the cause of his death to be ‘being William Morris and having done more work during his lifetime than that of 10 men’. He wasn’t joking either, as Morris has distinguished himself during his lifetime as a […]