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London, The Holidays And The Rolling Stones

Divina Infusino | Posted 12.31.2012 | Travel
Read More: New Year?S Day, The Twelve Days of Christmas, London Theater, Travel, Holiday Light Displays, The Milestone Hotel, New Year?S Eve, String Theory, River Thames, The Corinthia Hotel, Rolling Stones, Travel News, Carnaby Street, The Stafford Hotel, London Travel News, Constellations, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Divina Infusino

Letting a concert's location determine a travel itinerary is not typical-- unless you follow jam bands, of course. But participating in London's holiday revelry was an unexpected benefit to attending the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary show.

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The Poetry Of Travel

Peter Mandel | Posted 01.28.2013 | Travel
Read More: Literature, Rhyme, Planets, Chicago, Armadillos, Poets, Rudyard Kipling, Mars, Guidebooks, Brazil, Poetry, London, Stars, Travelogues, Venus, Robert Frost, Rupert Brooke, Sonnets, William Wordsworth, Elizabeth Bishop, Trains, Travel Writing, India, River Thames, Meter, Carl Sandburg, England's Lake District, New England, Travel News
Peter Mandel

Poetry. Poetry and travel. Do they go together? Are they secret lovers -- or at least good pals?

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Kathryn Findlay on her Favourite Impermanent Structures in London (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 10.03.2012 | Arts
Read More: Art, Elemental, Olympic Park, Lighthouse, Music, London, Interior Design, Composer, Trinity Buoy Wharf, Recycling, Anish Kapoor, Docklands, Waste, Arcelormittal, crane.tv, Technology, Architecture Tour, Jem Finer, Container City, Furniture, Product Design, Longplayer, Design, Rupert Blanchard, Experimental, Soft and Hairy, British, Kathryn Findlay, Architect, Shipping Container Homes, Ushida Findlay, London 2012, Cecil Balmond, Millenium, Olympic Games, Elle Deco, Design Award, Salvador Dali, River Thames, Video, Arts News
Crane.tv

Kathryn Findlay is the Principal Director of Ushida Findlay Architects. Gaining prominence in the nineties, the practice is known for its use of exper...

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Olympic Torch Tours London

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 09.25.2012 | Sports
Read More: London-Olympic-Torch, Video, Prince William, London Olympics, Olympic Torch, River Thames, Olympic Torch Relay, Duchess of Cambridge, London Olympics 2012, London, 2012 London Olympics, Sports News

LONDON — The Olympic flame took a festive, valedictory lap around London on Thursday, taking in some of the sun-drenched capital's most famous l...

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Queen's Swans Left Alone This Year

AP | Posted 07.17.2012 | World
Read More: UK Swans, River Thames Swans, England Swans, Queen Elizabeth II Swans, River Thames, Swans, Queens Swans, Queen Elizabeth II, World News

LONDON -- Thanks to a very wet English summer, the swans on the River Thames are being left in peace. The annual census of the swans, known as "Swan ...

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Diamonds Are A Queen's Best Friend

Jim Calio | Posted 08.03.2012 | Travel
Read More: Tourism in the U.K., London Tourism, Buckingham Palace, Diamond Jublilee, Paul McCartney, Royal Barge, Elton John, 2012 Summer Olympics, River Thames, Queen Elizabeth II, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Jim Calio

In addition to the Thames River pageant a series of events on land will celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.

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London Visitors To 'Walk On Water'

AP | By RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 07.13.2011 | World
Read More: London Summer Olympics, London River Walk, Tower Bridge, London Floating Walkway, River Thames Walkway, River Thames, London, London Olympics 2012, Tower of London, World News

LONDON -- A Singapore investment company will build a 60 million-pound ($97 million), kilometer-long (half-mile) walkway on the River Thames in time f...

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Queen Watches For First Time As Boatman Count Her Swans

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: England, Queen, Swan Upping, Queen Swans, Queen Elizabeth Swans, Buckingham Palace, Queen Counts Her Swans, River Thames Swans, River Thames, World News

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II took to the River Thames in a steam launch Monday to watch red-suited boatmen carefully count all her swans A Bucki...

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Queen Elizabeth Calls For Swan Count

Reuters | Luke Baker | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Royal Swan Count, River Thames Swans, British Queen, Buckingham Palace, Swan Upping, River Thames, Royal Family Traditions, English Traditions, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of England, British Monarchy, Royal Traditions, England, World News

LONDON (Reuters) - Quiet please -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted. Buckingham Palace has announced that the annual ...

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