Tag: London

Our resident adventurer takes advantage of London’s ‘Open House’ weekend to find out what really goes on behind this city’s closed doors, and manages to cross both #16 King’s Place and #10 Wigmore Hall off her Top 100 list along the way.

After so much online debate, I finally caved and purchased Fifty Shades of Grey. Based on the Twilight series with beginnings as a work of fan fiction, it is fair to say I had low expectations for this book which has been widely branded as ‘mummy porn’.

Ah, the London dating scene. Scary, intimidating, so many rules… And there’s a fair share of players out there too. Luckily there’s enough dating events in London to keep even Hugh Heffner happy.

BRON IN THE DON | For our resident London adventurer, going to the movies is one of her all-time favourite activities. That’s why, when offered the chance to tick #18 of her London Top 100 list and visit the BFI on the Southbank, she jumped at the chance and busted ...

They've been called "one of the most extraordinary groups on the planet”. A “sonic experience that has few parallels or rivals". The New York Times even proclaims them as "one of the greatest bands in the world".

BRON IN THE DON | With the Carnival madness behind us for another year, our resident adventurer looks back at Europe’s biggest street party — and #99 on her London Top 100 list.

LOST IN LONDON | For those of you that know me, you’ll know that sometimes the mere act of standing upright is a challenge, let alone propelling forward in a horizontal motion (otherwise known as walking). And that’s when there is a clear path ahead of me, and the occasional ...

In it’s 48th year, the popular festival that celebrates London’s diversity turns quiet Notting Hill into a sea of sequins and coloured feathers.

BRON IN THE DON | Everyone who has visited London has heard of Westminster Abbey, and rightly so - the building itself is stunning, not to mention all the Royal goings on that have happened there over the years. However not many people have heard of the Westminster Cathedral, #60 ...

LOST IN LONDON | Yes, I know the Jubilee was months ago. And yes, there has been, oh I don’t know, the little matter of the Olympics in the meantime to help delete the collective memory of the BBC's coverage pondering how many toilet breaks the Royals would have needed ...

BRON IN THE DON | One of London’s more famous and alternative suburbs — Camden — gets the going over by our resident adventurer, who enjoyed a fun filled night out on the Camden tiles and got to tick off #81 of her London Top 100.

LOST IN LONDON | Back in Australia when I was picturing myself in London, in my imaginings I was always excellently dressed.

TUBE TALK | “The world is our home; the Tube is our hallway to the rooms; so strut baby strut!”

Australian High Commission to host industry spotlight event at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

What do you get when you take a hobo, add some emo, a touch of metro? PAUL JUDGE talks to Australia’s newest ‘underground’ celebrities — the Bondi Hipsters — about a life organic, Australia at the Olympics and why picking up in London is way easier than back home in ...

Xavier Rudd — 8 August — Koko, London

Empty your pockets and get ready to swim, cycle, run — it’s time for SEPI ROSHAN to take you through her amazing experience of being a London 2012 Games Maker.

TUBE TALK | Lately I’ve been paying extra attention to my fellow commuters and have come to the conclusion that the Tube has a special affect on people. It’s almost like a trance.

LOST IN LONDON | “Salty nuts … who wants a big bag of my salty nuts?”

Xavier Rudd took time out from his busy schedule to answer some questions from Australian Times before his gig at Koko, Camden on Wednesday.

BRON IN THE DON | Our musically talented London adventurer indulges in London’s annual cultural festival — The Proms at Royal Albert Hall — and ticks #30 off her Top 100 list.

RIGHT SAID ED | On the eve of the 2012 Olympic Games, I was walking through north London in a pretty and unobtrusive back alley, when out the corner of my eye I spotted a very familiar sight.

TUBE TALK | For the last few weeks, I have been unfaithful…There, I said it.

BRON IN THE DON | With Olympic fever officially gripping absolutely everyone inside the English capital (and possibly the world) our resident adventurer set off to explore the vibrant hub of London 2012 - Olympic Park - and mark #7 off her London Top 100 list.

TUBE TALK | CAN I get in? Move down a little! Oooh, watch your hands.

BRON IN THE DON | London is world renowned for its comedy scene, so when our resident adventurer went to tick #6 of her London Top 100 list, The Comedy Club, she got a barrelful of laughs and a whole lot more.

LOST IN LONDON | You could be forgiven for thinking that in between all the double shot soy macchiatos and accessorising with a well-teamed top hat and mismatching colored socks tucked into scuffed brogues, that there is little time left in the day for hipsters to get those exercise endorphins ...

When dressed in a cardboard box depicting the controversial and divisive topic of asylum seekers, there’s bound to be some people that consider it offensive. SHANNON GILLIES even thought she may have gone a bit too far with her fancy dress costume, but that was until she read a story ...

TUBE TALK | To get into the Olympic spirit, this week I have been thinking of ways that I too can be an Olympic athlete competing for my country.

Australian singer-songwriter Prita Grealy’s intimate gig on 3 July at The Troubadour Club— a private cellar beneath The Troubadour Cafe in Earls Court - was a testament to why European audiences are sitting up and taking notice of this captivating musician from Fremantle.

BRON IN THE DON | From a very relaxed and brotherly shot of Princes William and Harry to Becks catching some z’s, our London adventurer headed down to the National Portrait Gallery to imbibe some culture and tick #8 of her London Top 100 list.

LOST IN LONDON | Mention moving to London to many in Australia and they will immediately voice their sole concern — ‘but how will you get a decent cup of coffee?’.

LOST IN LONDON | A.A Gill once said about London weather: ‘it’s been incontinent for weeks.’ A statement that has never been more true than about this particular English summer.

What do you do if you find out you’re the subject of online erotic fan fiction co-starring a famous Australian soap star? You could try to get it taken down. You could be chuffed and forward it to all your mates. Or you could create a comedy show around it ...

TUBE TALK | UNLIKE some of us still hanging to get our 15 minutes of fame, the Tube has been there and done that.

BRON IN THE DON | With the Olympic Games on the doorstop, our London adventurer has been racing around the city trying to tick off as many activities on her London Top 100 list as possible. This week’s escapades brought her face to face with lions (and some very smelly ...

The usher welcoming us into the theatre looks a lot like the comic Lawrence Leung we’ve come to see tonight. He then takes off his black shirt and tells us he’ll go behind the curtain and we can all cheer him on. The penny drops, it is him. A nice ...

With Cold Chisel set to play their first northern hemisphere dates in almost 30 years, Ian Moss chatted to TIM MARTIN about what it’s like being back on the road, how Cold Chisel could have been as big as AC/DC and how you don’t always need to be the best ...

LOST IN LONDON | Dear Hipster/Bartender (if that is your actual job) at The Westbourne

BRON IN THE DON | The beauty of London is the myriad of amazing stuff this great city throws at us and when our London adventurer heard you could explore the local Science Museum via cocktails and discos, she raced on down to tick two off her list.

TUBE TALK | Etiquette: A code of behaviour that delineates expectations for social behaviour according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class or group. (Thanks Wikipedia!)

With their latest album Drinking From The Sun in the bag, the Hilltop Hoods are gearing up for a massive UK/European summer with their Speaking In Tongues tour. Ahead of the first show in London on Wednesday, PHOEBE LEE got the chance to talk to MC Pressure about the new ...

BRON IN THE DON | Our resident London adventurer loves a good museum but she found her latest one, the Imperial War Museum, to be a little more sobering than she first thought.

Fresh from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Aussie funnyman Lawrence Leung returns to London's Soho Theatre with his new, adventurous and "beautifully told" one man comedy show - Beginning. Middle. End.

TUBE TALK | EVERY DAY I am reminded about my “first” time. Surprisingly, it was only 3 years ago and I was pretty good at it (even if I must say so myself!)

BRON IN THE DON | Aussies love their cricket. And our resident London adventurer is no different. This week she ticks off #88 on her London Top 100 list and explores the home of cricket, Lord’s Cricket Ground.

TUBE TALK | Although London Tube carriages are quite spacious, I often wonder if they could be altered in any way?

The Temper Trap announce a major European tour for September-October, concluding with a performance at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo.

Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, the V&A is the largest museum of decorative arts and design in the world. The collection includes over 4.5 million objects, spanning 5,000 years of art, housed in 145 galleries.

IT’S a big part of your everyday life, starting with the early morning greet and ending with the evening farewell. Sometimes if you’re lucky there may even be a midday encounter.