It's our weekly London
roundup starting with a few headlines that caught the eye in London this week,
click the links for the full stories…
ENVIRONMENT: The London Skyline Campaign – The Guardian
LOCAL LONDON: Brixton Is Buzzing – New York Post
NEWS: Fire Beneath London's West End – The Guardian
FASHIONS: Alexander McQueen Exhibition at London College of Fashion – Fashion Times
FOOTBALL: Spurs' Harry Kane Scores For England – Evening Standard
BOOKS: Peter Ackroyd on Hitchcock & London – The Independent
HERITAGE: Charles Dickens' Desk Saved For the Nation - The Guardian
MUSEUMS: International Visitors Boost London Collections – New York Times
TRANSPORT: World's Biggest Underground Networks – Washington Post
If You Do One OTHER Thing In London This Week…
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.
D.C Editor Adam
writes…
Last Monday, the first
day of the school Easter holidays here in the UK, I took my 7-year-old daughter
to the V&A. The V&A is, of course, a life's work and one couldn't hope
to conquer it in a day (which is why our Friday highlights tour is such a good idea).
So we focused our
visit on one section of this the vast and wonderful collection and hit the jewellery
in a big way.
The collection
features a range of ancient and modern techniques spanning 1400 years – some 3,500 pieces in all – and is housed in two dramatically lit spaces. Our particular fave pieces were Edith Sitwell's jewellery, as vivid and bold as the women herself.
There is also an excellent facility to design your own ring on screen. You can email the results home or to a friend. Here's my daughter's design. I think she's going to be a Goth…
Find out more about the V&A Jewellery Collection here: www.vam.ac.uk/page/j/jewellery/
And visit the museum (open daily) at Cromwell Road, London
SW7 2RL (tube South Kensington). Here's a map…
London Walks Guide News
Congratulations No.1
Congratulations to
London Walks guides Fiona Lukas and Simon Whitehouse on passing their Blue
Badge!
Congratulations No.2
To David Tucker,
London Walks' pen & Daily Constitutional Special Correspondent on finishing
the mammoth task of writing, compiling, editing, organising and generally
sweating over the Famous White Leaflet! The London Walks Summer 2015 leaflet is
ready and will be out there very soon!
Walking & Footwear News
Oldsters walk twice as
much as youngsters, according to The Daily Telegraph…
Young adults are an
"indoor generation" who walk half as much as pensioners and rarely
get fresh air, a survey has warned.
Over-55s go for a
stroll on average nearly nine times a month compared with just four for 16 to
24-year-olds, the poll found.
The elderly clock up
on average more than 20 miles every four weeks, while young people only manage
12 miles.
Here at London Walks
we can also confirm that groups of oldsters walk at least TWICE THE SPEED of
student groups and don't care quite so much about the effects of London rain on
their hair.
USA Today says walking
in a group is good for you. We know! We know!
"We promote
walking because it's so easy to do," says Deborah Rohm Young, director of
behavioral research at Kaiser Permanente Southern California, and an American
Heart Association volunteer. "You don't have to change your clothes, you
probably won't get sweaty… And it's safe."
Full story HERE.
Seen in London This Week…
At the Blackfriars
underpass…
Any ideas anyone? What
does it all mean?
Heard In London This Week…
In keeping with our
Literary London theme this month, here's the very latest London Walks Podcast…
London Spy will return next 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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