Anyone suffering under the illusion that West End musicals are all flashy costumes and over-the-top staging should head without delay to a performance of Once at the Phoenix Theatre. Based on the 2007 film by John Carney, Once is […]
A visit to the Churchill War Rooms is a mix of authentic historical exploration and a modern, technology-driven museum experience. Created underneath Whitehall in 1938 due to fear of German […]
The fact that the Tower of London is an important London historic site and a fantastic place for a day out in the city is hardly breaking news, but I […]
The Leighton House Museum, a restoration of the home of 19th-century artist Frederic Leighton, has a stunningly opulent interior, with excellent examples of Arts and Crafts furniture and many other […]
An edited version of this article was originally published on the Quintess Collection Travel Blog. As the successful 2012 Olympics and the 2013 opening of the Shard skyscraper have proved, […]
The new Furniture Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum features important pieces from the Museum’s existing collection, newly displayed to highlight the expert craftsmanship involved in creating beautiful and […]
I attended a preview of the Natural History Museum’s new Treasures gallery, which showcases the Museum’s 22 most valuable exhibits, carefully chosen from its collection of some 70 million objects and specimens. The […]
