London News

Hard Rock Calling 2012 is coming on strong this year at Hyde Park. There will be three stages all with rocking performances. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band return this summer as the headline act for Saturday. Tickets may be sold out for Bruce Springsteen but there are still tickets for Paul Simon, Soundgarden and others.

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The Wimbledon Tennis Championship is the world’s longest running and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. Games are played on the original playing surface, grass, and there’s a white-only dress code for players. Wimbledon is two weeks of tennis, strawberries and cream, and friendly competition.

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Zoo Lates is back again every Friday night in June and July. The London Zoo will open its doors after hours for a walk on the wild side if you are 18 years and older. You will have a chance to explore the zoo and enjoy a range of entertainment, activities and refreshments planned for the occasion.

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The Olympia International Arts and Antiques Fair 2012 London is deemed to bring over 30,000 visitors including classified buyers, interior designers, curators and anyone interested in arts and antiques. There will be pieces on display to purchase from the most prestigious galleries around the world.

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The World Shakespeare Festival is a celebration of Shakespeare as the world’s playwright. It is a production of the Royal Shakespeare Company, in an unprecedented collaboration with leading international and UK organizations to produce over 70 productions.  Over one million tickets are on sale for the productions.

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An award winning team presents a production of the beloved children’s novel, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Rupert Goold has adopted C.S. Lewis’ classic story for the stage. It combines live theater and special effects performed in a state-of-the art theater tent.

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The Kew Palace is the smallest and most intimate of the royal palaces with a distinctly Dutch look. George III purchased the Palace in 1781 as an annex to the White House to accommodate his expanding family. In 1818 Queen Charlotte died there. New for 2012 is the opening of the Royal Kitchens.

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This spring the Sundance Film Festival comes to London.A four-day festival showcasing the best films from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. There will be live music; a series of panel discussions on issues facing independent filmmakers and movie screenings.

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London’s Royal Academy of the Arts presents A Bigger Picture, an exhibit of landscapes from the renowned British artist David Hockney. There will be new paintings inspired by Yorkshire landscape. Plus there will be older landscape works as well as film and drawings.

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Scott’s Last Expedition Exhibit explores the fascinating story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s last expedition to Antarctica in 1910-1913, the Terra Nova, in a groundbreaking exhibition. These specimens showcased are appearing for the first time, alongside a life-sized representation of Scott’s huts.

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