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Summer Outdoor Films

July 23, 2010 by

Summer Outdoor Films

Yes it’s that time of the year.. Summer… Want to get out and explore the outdoors and be lazy at the same time?  Well why not go to an outdoor movie screening! There’s a number of free films by the Mayoral Hall this year – The Scoop Screen on the Green has a number of [...]

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The Back Streets

July 15, 2010 by

The Back Streets

There’s a lot of back streets, interesting places, bars and events hidden all around London. Shepherd Market is one of them -  I just randomly stumbled on this place, and it’s great. Just a few blocks down and across the road from the Green Park tube station exit. Walk down a narrow road and then [...]

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How do I find interesting events?

May 5, 2009 by

How do I find interesting events?

My friends often ask me how I find out about a lot of the cool events that I either go to or tickets to go to see. Mainly it’s all through just reading the papers and local magazines (like the TNT) regularly and looking out for small (or big) sections talking about upcoming events. Sometimes [...]

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Health

January 19, 2009 by

Health

Well it’s that time of the year when everyone gets a bit sick/ill/flu-ey..  Whatever you want to call it.   Of course if you travel via tube or train it is also pretty hard to avoid anyone else who might have it as they cough or sneeze over you, or if you avoid it on the [...]

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Cheap Haircuts in London?

November 11, 2008 by

Cheap Haircuts in London?

Well London isn’t a cheap place to get a haircut.   Looking around at a number of hairdressers you’ll see that even a guy’s haircut is at least about 25 pounds (or a lot more depending on where you go).   I know that in New Zealand the haircut’s are about the same dollar amount, yet the [...]

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Cheap Flights and how to find them

October 28, 2008 by

Cheap Flights and how to find them

So your living in London (or the UK) now and want to check out the rest of Europe (or maybe even fly home to see the family).. well there’s a lot of cheap airlines out there that will let you do this. Saying that of course a number of them are actually going bankrupt at [...]

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Movie Premieres

October 27, 2008 by

Movie Premieres

One of the great thing’s about London is that sometimes it’s quite easy to see famous events and celebrities that you might not normally see at home (unless you live in LA!) There are regular Movie Premiere’s held in London, most of the time they are all held at Leicester Square at the Odeon Cinema.  [...]

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