Posts Tagged ‘
British Library ’
Feb 12th, 2019 |
By The Editor
It is very unlikely that some of the items on display will be seen in the UK again for decades if not hundreds of years.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Illuminating a thousand years ago
Tags: Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art - Word - War, British Library, London, Staffordshire Hoard
May 16th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Considering that we have one of the foremost literary gatherings in the world and a heritage of writers going back 1,500 years (it seems an omission that no writers museum exists comparable to that opening in Chicago today.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Commemorating the written word
Tags: American Writers Museum, British Library, Chicago, Dublin Writers Museum, Edinburgh Writers' Museum
Mar 25th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Next week, Alaska celebrates 150 years as being part of the US. India and Vietnam celebrate more British visitors and Glaswegians celebrate a new way to pay for their travel tickets!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: March 25th 2017
Tags: Alaska, Arizona Peace Trail, British Library, Cosmos, Cosmos Holidays, Cosmos Tours & Cruises, Glasgow, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, Heathrow, India, Japan, Kagoshima, Monarch Holidays, Skytrax, Vietnam, Vietnamese Airlines
Dec 3rd, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Tattoos, why Santa is on a lifeboat, Michelin star restaurants in Macao and the delights of Sydney at Christmas feature in Adrian’s column this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 3rd December 2016
Tags: American Airlines, British Library, Colombo, Cuba, Dublin, Lascaux Cave, Macao, Mall of America, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Norwich, On the Beach, Plymouth, Qatar Airlines, Quentin Blake, Richmond VA, Roald Dahl, Royal William Yard Harbour, Sydney, tattoo pricing, Tenerife, Titanic Belfast
Mar 10th, 2015 |
By The Editor
When the British Library exhibition, Magna Carta: Law, Liberty and Legacy, opens on March the 13th I wouldn’t be surprised if the teeth raise more interest amongst viewers than the two copies of the charter do!
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: British Library, King John, Magna Carta
Jan 12th, 2013 |
By The Editor
England is alive with the sound of music in 2013, as the year marks the centenary of Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976), the world’s most performed opera composer born in the 20th century
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on England celebrates Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday
Tags: Aldeburgh, Benjamin Britten, British Library, Britten House, London, Mathhew Barley, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Opera House, Suffolk
Aug 14th, 2012 |
By Jane Egginton
Jane Egginton runs through London’s forthcoming attractions, in a packed month that would leave even Usain Bolt breathless
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Letter from London: keep the flame alive
Tags: 007, Beijing, Billy Elliott, British Library, Danny Boyle, James Bond, Lion King, London, NHS, Olympics, Shrek the Musical, Singing in the Rain, Tate Modern, Team GB, The Hobbit, The Wizard of Oz, Usain Bolt, William Blake