It's our weekly London Review and news roundup, starting with a few headlines that caught the eye in London this week, click the links for the full stories…
NFL: Early Kick Off Times For London 2015 – CBS Miami
STYLE: The Pearly King Look – Vogue
ART: Fake Painting In Dulwich Gallery! Artnet News
SOHO: The Grouch Bar Is No More – The Independent
SOCIETY: London Personality Maps – the Guardian
TRANSPORT: Cabbies Call Foul on Uber App's Tax Loophole – Evening Standard
SPORT: Paula Radcliffe Bows Out At London Marathon – The Guardian
FASHION: Manolo Blahnik For Men at Sir John Soane Museum – GQ
TOURISM: Record Spend in London 2014 – Evening Standard
Walk More and Die Less
Soon
Should we make that
the basis of an as campaign and incur the wrath of the Advertising Standards
Authority? Or simply file it under D for "doh!"? This week we read in
The Guardian that, "Lack of exercise is twice as likely to lead to an
early grave than obesity, research has shown."
Research done by some
clever bods at Cambridge University it would seem.
“Whether it’s going
for a walk, taking a bike ride or using the stairs instead of the lift, keeping
active every day will help reduce the risk of developing coronary heart
disease.”
So not only are we
good TO you, we're good FOR you. You're welcome.
An Odd Number Of Facts
About A Typically Even Numbered Thing
And then we saw 11
Facts About Shoes on the Huffington Post. We liked this one best…
"In a 2010 interview
with Cosmopolitan, Suzanne
Ferriss, PhD, and editor of Footnotes: On Shoes, said that a
woman's addiction to buying shoes triggers an area in the brain's prefrontal
cortex that is called the collecting spot.
'Shoes are a collector's item, whether women realize they perceive them that way or not,' she said. Think about it: Many women display their shoes on very organized racks."
'Shoes are a collector's item, whether women realize they perceive them that way or not,' she said. Think about it: Many women display their shoes on very organized racks."
None of your rubbish
on this blog, eh? First we're quoting Cambridge University boffins (is that the
correct plural? Should it be "boffa"? Or boffi?) and now a PhD, no
less. (You can read the other 10 facts on Huff Post here.)
Gotta Love Science
And then there was the
self-tying shoe. Who developed such a thing? Scientists, folks, that's who.
Scientists:
"The ingenious
invention doesn’t even need to be plugged in to charge or have its battery
replaced because it runs on power generated by the swing of your foot as you
walk."
Full story in The Daily Mail.
Our weekly slot in which we point you in the direction of
other happenings and events in our great city. A new exhibition, a gig, a
museum, a pop-up-shop – the best of London within a few minutes of a London Walks walking tour.
We've been tipped the
wink on this one by Daily Constitutionalist David Smout (thanks David!) – Song
Noir, described as a "dark song cycle" from Pumajaw will be performed
at the Vaults Festival in Waterloo 28th Jan to 1st Feb.
Pumajaw aim to reinvent the music of film noir and
cult movies, with their timeless themes of danger, delusion and social
alienation, using evocative, electronic soundscapes, spine tingling vocals and
retrofuturistic films to explore the fine line between reality and illusion.
Song Noir features songs from ‘Twin Peaks’, ‘The Night of the Hunter’ and ‘Kiss
Me Deadly’ alongside originals from their repertoire of seven extraordinary albums.
Here's a taster…
Song Noir is at The Vaults, Leake St ,
London SE1 7NN from Jan 28 – Feb 1 2015 at 9.40pm
www.pumajaw.co.uk
www.pumajaw.co.uk
Seen In London This Week…
And so farewell, then,
Exit 3 at Tottenham Court Road Station. Here's the scene as the Crossrail development moves on apace…
What We Learned On
Twitter This Week…
They do cakey
workshops at Konditor & Cook. I caught sight of this on a low carbs/no
sugar day on Wednesday about 3.00p.m and I almost burst into tears…
Want to learn
the secrets behind #baking
the most decadent #brownies
ever? We'll teach you... http://t.co/wOrMWAmAim
pic.twitter.com/TPweMfmaF9
—
Konditor & Cook (@konditorandcook) January
14, 2015
Guides News
As regular Daily Constitutionalists – and many Canadian London Walkers will know – London Walks guide Karen is currently fronting the TV show London Next Stop for Canadian TV.
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| LW's Karen filming in London last year |
We recently had this message for Karen on Twitter…
@londonwalks We're really enjoying the "London, Next Stop" series with Karen as the guide...any plans for another season?
— Tracey Cook Taylor (@snoostorm) January 7, 2015
Thanks for getting in touch Tracey – sadly there are no plans for a second series, but do come and join Karen on one of her London Walks! As we blog she's making her way to her regular Saturday morning jaunt in Old Westminster.
A highlight of Karen's postbag from the show has been a letter from an old army buddy of her late father, Lt Col Terence Pierce-Goulding. And on last Wednesday's Legal & Illegal London walk she was asked to sign her first ever autographs!
Karen says: "Thanks to everyone for their kind words about London Next Stop. It was such fun to make and I am absolutely delighted that our Canadian London Walkers are enjoying it!"
That's all for this week, we'll be back with more London Spying next Saturday. Have a great walking week!
A London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.
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