Visit Magical Lantern Festival, Chiswick

February 20, 2016

Chiswick House Garden plays host to a 26 day Chinese lantern festival suitable for adults and children alike. To mark the Year of the Monkey 2016, a Mount Huaguo lantern with an illuminated waterfall will provide the fairytale setting for an intricate recreation of popular Chinese fable, The Monkey King.

Other illuminated delights include a life size lantern Terracotta Army, a 10-metre tall recreation of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven and an 8-metre, porcelain Imperial Palace Lantern. The 66-metre-long dragon, stretching out across a lake is a magnificent sight. See photos from our visit below.

History of Chinese Lantern Festival
Chinese lantern festivals spans a rich 2000 year heritage and is an important annual event in Chinese tradition as families gather to celebrate the arrival of the lunar new year. Lanterns developed from being carried to being put up in official palaces and along the streets. They gradually became more extravagant with craftsmen creating huge animals, dragons and depictions of famous landmarks as the nobility sought to display their wealth by displaying the most ornate lanterns.

How much are tickets for Magical Lantern Festival?
Advanced tickets: adult £16; child £10; family £48: concessions £14. For more information, see the Magical Lantern website.

Where is Chiswick House Gardens?

Chiswick, London W4 2QN

The magical lantern festival entrance is next to Rustic House Gate. No parking is available. Nearest tube station for Chiswick House Gardens is Turnham Green or Gunnersbury, both are 16 mins walk to the venue. Chiswick mainline is 17mins walk.

Open from 3rd February to 6th March 2016

Closed Tuesday 23rd Feb & Monday 29th Feb

Ticketed entry every 15 minutes from 5.00pm to 8.30pm

Last entry is 8.45pm and closes at 10.00pm giving you 75 mins to explore.

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The Crime Museum Uncovered

February 16, 2016

Have you ever wondered how the London's Metropolitan Police catch the bad guys? Now is your chance to find out.

The Museum of London are hosting a sobering exhibition: The Crime Museum Uncovered. This is a collection which has never been seen publicly before as it is part of the Crime Museum within New Scotland Yard which is accessible to members of the Met police or other police forces which are involved in crime.

The exhibition highlights the tools and techniques the police used to catch crim...
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Spa Terminus & Maltby Street Markets

January 30, 2016

Spa Terminus

In a hidden corner of Bermondsey is a gourmet lover's delight. During the week Spa Terminus is an area for food production and distribution where like-minded businesses grow and develop. On Saturdays many open and their their wares to the public.

At Spa Terminus you will find Adrienne Treeby at Crown and Queue working to produce the very best of British heritage pork including sausages such as Lincoln Imp which uses Kernel Brewer's Export Stout, Answell which uses Five Points Brew...

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Sunrise along the Thames

January 26, 2016

The cycle lane alongside the South side of the Thames around the peninsula is a great way is an easy way of getting to see familiar London from a different angle. Venturing at Sunrise adds a dash of drama to the view.

Photo Gallery by QuickGallery.com
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Winter Lights Festival @ Canary Wharf

January 25, 2016

Canary Wharf has been illuminated by sculptures, structures and installations as part of the Winter lights Festival @ Canary Wharf.

Many pieces were about how we communicate in the modern world, one using a live newsfeed to extract words for them to be projected onto falling water droplets.

What was interesting was to leisurely walk around Canary Wharf at night; a place which has the reputation of being full of men in dark suits walking in what could be described as a human version of an ants ...
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New walk for International Women's Day 2016

November 25, 2015

International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognised for their achievements without regard to any differences.

Fanny Burney was a self-educated female author of enlightenment.

On 29 January 1778, Fanny’s first novel, Evelina, or A Young Lady’s Entrance into the World, was published. The book was written in letter form and published anonymously and secretly with the help of her brother; not even her father, a music teache...

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