It's all happening at the Palace...!
Have you always wanted to sip a glass of champagne in Buckingham Palace? Well, now is your chance! Between next Friday 16 December and...
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sandyrhodes
Dec 8, 20161 min read
This has to be my favourite Christmas display!
Pop along to Hedonism Wines on Davies Street and there you will find some letters to Father Christmas artistically displayed in a...
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sandyrhodes
Dec 1, 20161 min read
Royal Gifts exhibition
I know we're not even in 2017 yet but if you're the type of person who likes to plan ahead, the Palace has just announced a fabulous new...
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sandyrhodes
Nov 27, 20161 min read
Has Christmas come to Westminster...?
Slowly to some parts, I think. St James' Street is lagging behind a bit although Berry Brothers have come up with a couple of beautiful...
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sandyrhodes
Nov 27, 20161 min read
At long last, the building work is over...!!
For what seems like years (and probably is!), Buckingham Palace Road has been a mess whilst a huge building project has been taking shape....
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sandyrhodes
Oct 22, 20161 min read
A telephone kiosk a listed structure?
Yes really! After WWII, many of London's structures were badly damaged by the bombs and so difficult decisions had to be taken about...
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sandyrhodes
Oct 15, 20161 min read
What is 'marchpane' that GBBO were creating this week?
Visit the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court and from time to time, you will see the food historians busy cooking Tudor style dishes...
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sandyrhodes
Oct 15, 20161 min read
Did you know.....?
..why Mount Street Gardens is so high up? When the land was first developed in the 1720s, it was a burial ground but by the mid 1800s,...
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sandyrhodes
Sep 14, 20161 min read
Do you want to see the Queen's wedding dress?
If you do then don't delay. It and the Coronation dress are on show if you visit Buckingham Palace between now and 2 October but book...
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sandyrhodes
Aug 1, 20161 min read
Light, bright and beautiful - the new Banqueting House
If you haven't had a chance yet, do pop along to Banqueting House to see how much more lovely it is inside now that the windows have been...
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sandyrhodes
Aug 1, 20161 min read
It's the summer borders this time!
I know I mention St James' Park on a regular basis but it is my favourite park and in Summer, the borders are blooming marvellous! Full...
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sandyrhodes
Aug 1, 20161 min read
Clarence House revealed! UPDATE!!
Clarence House, home to the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, opens today. Can't wait to see the inside! Tickets cost £10...
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sandyrhodes
Jul 21, 20161 min read
Hampton Court with the kids in mind!
It's summer holiday time once again and Hampton Court is putting the kids centre stage. Get them running around in the beautiful gardens...
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sandyrhodes
Jul 21, 20161 min read
Victoria's vanished!
I can't believe how different Victoria is nowadays compared to when I worked for Esso Petroleum in Victoria Street some 35 years ago! ...
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sandyrhodes
Jul 14, 20161 min read
Hot off the press!
Oxford Street is going to be pedestrianised by 2020 - that has to be good news!
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sandyrhodes
Jul 13, 20161 min read
Chinoiserie
Buckingham Palace are advertising a fascinating three-day course entitled: 'The Art of the exotic: Chinoiserie at Buckingham Palace'. ...
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sandyrhodes
Jun 19, 20161 min read
Buckingham Palace Summer Opening
Can you believe it is 23 years ago this summer that Buckingham Palace opened its doors to the public for the first time? Well, from...
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sandyrhodes
May 23, 20161 min read
Musical maestros!
George Frideric Handel used to live next door to Jimi Hendrix - albeit with 200 years in between! The museum now tells the story of both...
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sandyrhodes
May 23, 20161 min read
Open air Hampton Court
Don't miss the Hampton Court Music Festival: Tom Jones, Van Morrison and Katherine Jenkins to name but a few. Book now on...
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Sandy
May 20, 20161 min read
Spring is in the air
Nesting time on the St James'Park lake
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