It's the weekly London roundup starting with a few headlines that caught the eye in
London over the last week or so, click the links for the full stories…
Edited & Compiled by Daily Constitutional Editor Adam Scott-Goulding…
TUBE:
Left, Right, Left, Right… Holborn Station monkeys around with a London fundamental AGAIN! But is there method in their madness?
It’s
a mind-boggling, skin-crawling, unnatural idea, but Holborn is trialling
standing-only escalators again.
The
Tube station asked people not to walk on the escalators between 8.30am and
9.30am for three weeks back in November.
Apparently,
they’re giving the trial another go because queueing was reduced, and 30 per
cent more people used the escalators during the trial.
Only
this time, it’s going to last for six whole months.
FULL
STORY: metro.co.uk
TOURISM/SOCIAL
MEDIA: London is the most talked about travel destination on Twitter according
to a new report …
London
is the most talked about travel destination on Twitter, with the words ‘London’
and ‘travel’ tweeted together more than 630,000 times in 2015, 200,000 times
more than the next most popular cities, Paris, New York, Rome and Tokyo
according to data from London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s promotional
company, and Spredfast.
In
fact, the word London alone was tweeted more than 81 million times in 2015 and
some of the words most commonly tweeted in association with London include,
‘art’, ‘travel’ and ‘fashion.’
London’s
top visitor attractions also generated huge amounts of Twitter traffic. The
Coca-Cola London Eye was the most tweeted attraction in the capital last year.
Separate research has also shown that:
•
London has been Googled more than any other capital city since 2004
•
London is the most ‘selfied’ city on Instagram
•
Social media has an increasing influence over holiday choices, and 89% of those
recently surveyed had used social media at some stage of their holiday
MOVIES…
Not a great review (ouch) but London does look pretty well in London Has Fallen
(at least the bits that don't get blown up)…
The
story really only acts as an excuse to put Butler and the gang in front of more
baddies with guns, with no consideration whatsoever paid to character and plot
development. But for anyone out there who is still reminiscing those ripped
eight-pack King Leonidas sported in 300 (2006), we’ve got loads of Butler. He’s
gruff and ruthless, and occasionally funny too which is probably the sole
reason this movie is remotely bearable.
Full
story at Express Tribune
In
Brief…
EXHIBITIONS:
London Venues Most Popular – Arts Professional
SPORT/TRANSPORT:
Travel Chaos Predicted Ahead of the Boat Race – Evening Standard
FOOD:
Best Indian Restaurants in London – Britaly Post
FOOD2:
French Cooking in London – New York Times
FOOTBALL: The West London Derby QPR v Brentford – West London Sport.com
ART:
Beyonce, Bowie & Amy Winehouse in New Exhibition – Evening Standard
DC
Catch-Up
Stories
you may have missed on The Daily Constitutional this past week…
On Wednesday I paid tribute to Sir George
Martin…
Catch up with that post here.
The Routemaster bus was the subject of our
Monday photoblog…
And last Saturday I added an extra photoblog to mark the North London Derby which finished Spurs 2 Arsenal 2…
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If You Do One
OTHER Thing In London…
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.
I
dropped in on The Cartoon Museum last week for A Taste of Honeysett last week – an exhibition to mark the first
anniversary of the death of the great gag cartoonist Martin Honeysett.
The
museum's website states that he was one of the sharpest and funniest British
cartoonists of the last 50 years – and I'd like to add best-loved to that. The
exhibition features his work from Private Eye, The Oldie and many other
publications.
The
Cartoon Museum
35
Little Russell Street
London
WC1A
2HH
T:
0207 580 8155
Walking &
Footwear News
Oh
God. They've gone and done done another survey…
“The
fact that the majority of falls occurred while walking supports the prevailing
argument that bipeds [animals with two feet] are mechanically unstable and also
demonstrates that walking is a challenging task,” they wrote.
“These
results address an understudied yet important question, and highlight the
mechanically unstable nature of bipedal locomotion.”
They
conclude: “The high fall and injury rate in a short interval reflects the
inherent instability of bipedal locomotion and indicates that falls are not a
trivial problem for young adults.”
They,
in this case, being Indiana's Purdue University. The story (above) appeared in
The Daily Telegraph.
The
Daily Mail also reported…
The
scientists defined a fall as 'an undesired contact of any body part - other
than the feet - with the ground or a lower surface.'
When
a student reported a fall, the scientists asked follow-up questions about the
circumstances of the incident.
At
the end of the experiment, the students had reported a total of 1495 trips and
slips, while 82 full-blown falls were reported by 46 participants. That amounts
to 52 percent of the sample.
Alcohol-induced
dizziness and daredevil sport stunts accounted for some of the falls, but
surprisingly 58 percent of the time people were just walking.
Full
story: www.dailymail.co.uk
Read
in London This Week…
If
you are scrolling down through this blog post you will have already taken in
the best line of the week. Even so, it stands up to repetition…
Scientists
defined a fall as 'an undesired contact of any body part - other than the feet
- with the ground or a lower surface
Read In London This Week 2
I've started putting some of our blog archive – now standing at 4,000 posts plus! – out on Twitter this week, starting with a second look at our London Reading List…
A #London reading recommendation from our blog: From Hell https://t.co/daLyA5MNDN pic.twitter.com/iO7nly3EvF— London Walks (@londonwalks) March 8, 2016
I'm ALWAYS looking for a good London book recommendation so drop me a line if you have a good one or leave a comment below…
LONDON SPY is compiled by Daily Constitutional Editor Adam Scott-Goulding.
A London Walk costs £10 – £8 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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