Tag: London
Culture
Historic Cello to Be Played Publicly for the First Time in 100 Years
John Constable is best known for paintings like The Hay Wain, but a very different piece of his life is about to be heard again.
The artist’s personal cello, commissioned by Constable and...
Culture
Original ABBA Members Launch Expanded London Education Program for Young People
It was loud enough already, then Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad walked in.
At the Abba Arena in east London on Tuesday, the Abba Voyage virtual concert residency launched an expanded education program...
Heroes
London’s Air Ambulance Launches First All-Female Crew to Inspire Women in Aviation and Emergency Medicine
It was a first for London’s Air Ambulance, an all-female crew took to the skies on board HeliMed 27 on Thursday in the charity’s first shift of its kind.
The team included two...
Neighbors
97-Year-Old Letter Found in London, Ontario, Home Reaches Author’s Family After Nearly a Century
A letter hidden behind a closet wall in a London, Ont., home for decades has made its way back to the family of the teenager who wrote it in 1929.
Christina Archer found...
Culture
All You Need Is… a Museum?: Beatles Rooftop Concert Site Gets Preservation
The Beatles’ last public performance is getting a new audience, this time inside the building where it happened.
Apple Corps will open 3 Savile Row as a museum in 2027. The London building...
Culture
Shakespeare’s London Home Identified, Solving a Centuries-Old Historical Mystery
For centuries, historians have debated the exact location of William Shakespeare's London home. Now an early modern literature scholar says she has pinned down the exact spot where the playwright owned a...