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Hot Tickets - Weekend comedy

09.09.11
Here are the biggest comedy gigs in the capital this weekend...... more

Hot Tickets - Weekend gigs

29.07.11
Here are the biggest gigs in the capital this weekend...... more

Big laughs at Greenwich Comedy Festival

13.07.11
Returning for its third year the Greenwich comedy festival, kicking off on September 5, promises to be an unforgettable week... more

New wing for a World Heritage site

06.07.11
Our critic has first look at the £35m Sammy Ofer Wing of the National Maritime Museum and finds a discreet addition to Greenwich's historic buildings... more

Coming from a location near you … London's summer of blockbusters

04.05.11
With 175 films set for release, many of the keenly-anticipated box office hits have been made in London, including the final Harry Potter movie and the fourth instalment of Pirates Of The Caribbean... more

Quartet shows off its Jimi Hendrix experience

27.04.11
A classical ensemble which performs the hits of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is the star turn at a festival dedicated to the string quartet in London this week... more

Storm over 'hideous' Cutty Sark tower

21.04.11
Plans to build a 32-foot glass and steel tower beside the historic Cutty Sark have been branded 'hideous' and 'visually intrusive'... more

Sounds of the summer - your complete 2011 festival guide

25.03.11
David Smyth sorts out the Eminems from the Elbows to give you the lowdown on 2011's bumper festival season... more

Greenwich Comedy Festival set to be 'biggest and best' yet

21.06.10
Organisers of the Greenwich Comedy Festival are aiming to make the event bigger than Edinburgh after revealing this year’s line-up.... more

2010 Summer Festival Guide

23.04.10
If you’re mad enough, you could attend a music festival every weekend from late May to September. From Florence in a field to Snoop Dogg in the park, David Smyth outlines a hectic schedule.... more

Opening time for historic brewery that was a tonic to Greenwich's old sailors

22.03.10
Old brewery at one of Greenwich's most historic sites has been brought back to life and is set to start serving beer made to ancient recipes... more

World’s smallest 'pop-up' hotel to appear at London attractions

25.02.10
World’s smallest 'pop-up' hotel is to appear at five of the capital’s tourist attractions in a 'travel trailer'... more

Greenwich Park to close for Games as £42m equestrian plans submitted

09.12.09
Greenwich Park will be closed for a month to make way for the Olympic equestrian events, it has emerged... more

Top comedians to share trade secrets with teenagers

17.08.09
Young aspiring stand-ups are to get the opportunity to perform alongside some of the biggest comedy stars in Britain... more

Domino effect across London sets the scene for Olympic countdown

27.07.09
London prepared for the party of the decade - if not the century - this weekend with a string of events celebrating the countdown to the 2012 Games... more

9-mile pushover: Giant domino rally

23.07.09
Heather Cupid, 24, practises for this Sunday’s giant domino rally across London. ... more

Giant dominoes to hip hop Bard in a weekend of fun for Games

22.07.09
Hundreds of arts and sports events will take place across the capital this weekend to mark three years until the Olympic Games... more

V&A's Baroque exhibition proves a point

07.05.09
Just as Germans can actually make jokes, so the English could do Baroque, in their own way, a fact honoured by an exhibition at the V&A.... more

Navy’s air centenary takes off

07.05.09
London was treated to the spectacular sight of warplanes and military helicopters flying over the capital... more

Champagne is extra on the £600 an hour 'James Bond' boat

17.09.08
A high-speed river boat version of the stretch limousine is being launched... more

This isn't the first threat to Greenwich's glorious park

30.07.08
With growing fears that Olympic equestrian events may damage the ancient beauty of Greenwich Park, residents are campaigning to get Olympic chiefs to amend their plans... more

Time to roll out old tars' barrels again

25.07.08
A brewery is to be built at the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich - on the site of a Georgian brewhouse that once supplied retired sailors with their daily ration of five pints... more

Great Days Out: S-Z

22.07.08
Here is the last segment of the A-Z of fun things to do this summer from dressing up as pirates to the new British Musuem blockbuster exhibition about Hadrian the Roman Emperor.... more

Great Days out: A-I

22.07.08
From a trip on Star Over London to a butterfly house visit here is your A-Z guide of great things to do in London.... more

A mean time in Greenwich

19.06.08
The Greenwich + Docklands International Festival focusses on outdoor performance. But it's about more than a few silly costumes. Get ready for some amazing, free, large-scale entertainment. ... more

£1m Hirst work at charity sale

04.06.08
Damien Hirst has donated a painting valued at up to £1million to be auctioned by children's charity Ark... more

The art of government is revealed

14.09.07
The Government's private collection of art, founded in 1898, is to be thrown open for a rare public viewing.... more

Best events for the Bank Holiday weekend

02.05.07
There's plenty to keep you occupied over the long weekend, including a May Day festival, a new Star Wars exhibition and a Bank Holiday BBQ at Camden's Proud Galleries.... more

London's best ice rinks

24.11.06
As the festive season draws near, the hearty winter activity of outdoor ice skating returns, with ice rinks springing up faster that you can say 'freeze'.... more


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