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Following on from the information on the Museum of London's special display to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, you may not have caught all of the details of what other events are taking place in London to celebrate the occasion. On 3 June there's a really exciting event being planned – a flotilla of 1000 boats will follow a specially designed 'royal barge' down the Thames through London. The 'Spirit of Chartwell' (a posh pleasure cruiser that currently plies its way up and down the Thames

The Museum Of London - At Home With The Queen

Published on 2012-01-03 16:00:00

As part of this year's celebrations to mark the Queen's 60th year on the throne, the Museum of London is staging an exhibition called "At Home With The Queen". They are asking Londoners to take a picture of themselves alongside a piece of memorabilia, the only stipulation being that it must have an image of the Queen on it (I am resisting the urge to photograph myself surrounded by the contents of my jar of 2p pieces...). Ten submissions will be selected for the competition and participants wil

Wandering In Whitechapel

Published on 2012-01-02 17:00:00

Named after the white stone church of St Mary, London's Whitechapel is rather different today from the area that grew up around the church as early as the 14th century. The most prominent religious building in the area these days is the East London Mosque, which has recently been expanded and now covers a large area of land on the north side of Whitechapel Rd towards the City. The mosque itself has several minarets, the tallest of which is climbed by a 'muezzin' who calls the local community to

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