Private London Guide Kevin, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. London historian and writer Kevin Childs shares his city and his love of literature through his walking tours with Context Travel.
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Private London Guide Cindy, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Delve into the history of Britain with Context guide Cindy, a PhD in art history, former BBC presenter, and official museum guide at the Tate Museums.
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London bus tour. City sightseeing
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medieval boundaries and in 2011 had a resident population of 7,375, making it the smallest city in England. Since at least the 19th century, the term London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the Greater London administrative area (coterminous with the London region), governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory, Greenwich marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT). Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. London is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Tate Modern, British Library and 40 West End theatres. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world.
Status
Within London, both the City of London and the City of Westminster have city status and both the City of London and the remainder of Greater London are the ceremonial counties.The area of Greater London has incorporated areas that were once part of the historic counties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire. London's status as the capital of England, and later the United Kingdom, has never been granted or confirmed officially—by statute or in written form.
Its position was formed through constitutional convention, making its status as de facto capital a part of the UK's unwritten constitution. The capital of England was moved to London from Winchester as the Palace of Westminster developed in the 12th and 13th centuries to become the permanent location of the royal court, and thus the political capital of the nation. More recently, Greater London has been defined as a region of England and in this context is known as London.
Tourism
London is a popular centre for tourism, one of its prime industries, employing the equivalent of 350,000 full-time workers in 2003, while annual expenditure by tourists is around £15 billion. London attracts over 14 million international visitors per year, making it Europe's most visited city. London attracts 27 million overnight-stay visitors every year.
Private London Guide Alan, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Delve into the art and architecture of London with Context guide Alan, a PhD in Classic Civilisations, former art auctioneer, and art historian.
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Relating, Communicating, & Exploring London - Winter 2019 - 2020
Study Abroad in London, England this winter with EKU faculty, Dr. Jennifer Fairchild & Krista Kimmel. Take their course Communication in Context: Relationships & Royals with the Cooperate Center for Study Abroad. London is your classroom!
Program Dates: December 26th, 2019 - January 8th, 2020
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London City Centre Sightseeing Bus Tour - Piccadilly Circus London from Sightseeing Bus
A sneak peak in the typical daily life around Piccadilly Circus in London from a double decker touring bus perspective.
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning circle, is a round open space at a street junction.
Piccadilly now links directly to the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue, as well as the Haymarket, Coventry Street (onwards to Leicester Square) and Glasshouse Street. The Circus is close to major shopping and entertainment areas in the West End. Its status as a major traffic junction has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting place and a tourist attraction in its own right. The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building on the northern side, as well as the Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue, which is popularly, though mistakenly, believed to be of Eros. It is surrounded by several notable buildings, including the London Pavilion and Criterion Theatre. Directly underneath the plaza is Piccadilly Circus Underground station, part of the London Underground system.
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Private London Guide Tim, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Delve into the history of London and the Tower of London with Context guide Tim, a historian, musician, and actor.
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Welcome to England
A 10 part TLC 100% conversation course for adults who wish to improve their speaking skills in the context of a trip to London.
English Idioms Whilst Walking Through London
English Idioms Whilst Walking Through London
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A hippodrome was a place of entertainment where horse races and the like were staged.
Greek
Hippos - horse
Dromos - racecourse
Hippos -
Potamus - river
Opened in 1900
One of Charlie Chaplin’s first performances
1958 turned in Talk of the Town nightclub
Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5 performed here.
Now it’s a casino
Above board
The common term ‘above board’ has a surprising origin, and it’s nothing to do with the legal context people often associate it with.
The saying, meaning legitimate or honest, actually came about in relation to
poker games, when cheating players would hide cards under the table (or
board).
Players had to keep their hands physically above the board to avoid any
accusations of cheating and to prove that they weren’t trying to stack the
deck.
Also, in for a penny, in for a pound.
Covent Garden
Appias and Virginia.
Son of a gun
Speaking of mud….
HMS Belfast or Golden Hinde
1577 -80 Sir Francis Drake Circumnavigation.
Privateering. Sponsored by Christopher Hatton whose family crest was red deer.
He was encouraged to damage Spanish interests and ended up capturing a Spanish galleon and the biggest haul of treasure to that date.
18th century women were sometimes allowed on voyages and if they gave birth behind the canvas curtain near the midship gun. If father was in question they would enter it into the log as son of a gun. Some say it was when they moved the guns aside to make room for their business.
All along the Bankside they had bear bating and dog fights. The dog on top was regarded as top dog and the one losing was the underdog.
Also, the over dog and the underdog.
The Globe Theatre
Box Office
First thatched roof in London since the great fire
Sam Wanamaker found visited in 1970 and found no evidence of theatre
Green Oak
All pegs, no screws
Original globe built in 1599 by troupe of actors with Shakespeare as share holder.
They couldn’t get licence for shore ditch theatre and broke it down and smuggled timbers across river where laws weren’t so strict.
Henry V was premiered here in Julius Caesar
Burned down after canon in Henry Viii rebuilt and then taken down by puritans
Capacity of 3000
Transported from Burbage’s SHoreditch in 1598
Burnt in 1613
1640s pulled down by puritans
Money would be collected in the pit by a man with a bag on a stick.
The wealthier patron who bought boxes would have their tickets held near the entrance in a separate booth.
I heard that it was an office where they counted the amount of money.
The Hat and Tun
Mind your P’s and Qs.
In England we serve beer in pints.
1 Quart = 2 pints
Yard of ale is about 2 and a half pints
Parliament
Toe the line
Doesn’t mean tow as in, towing a car.
Toe means putting your toe to a line.
One such example is in the house of commons where there is a red line on either side of the house two swords length apart.
Debates could get pretty heated so members were instructed to keep their toes behind the line.
This led to people talking about towing the party line.
Although older pictures of the house don’t have these lines they probably had an imaginary one. The building was rebuilt in 1950 after bomb damage.
1 MINUTE SIGHTSEEING | LONDON
Harry and I visited the top tourist attractions in London and took a unique photo/video in each location. Hope you enjoyed the concept and let me know which location was your favourite photo! For context, we filmed this video on the last day of our cycling trip around France this summer. Participation in the likes and comments appreciated as always. What major city should we visit next for a minute?
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I AM COMING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WANT TO MEET YOU!
The Potter Collector is coming to ENGLAND! I will be filming a bunch of new videos including shop tours and other fun wizarding experiences in and around London... plus, I want to MEET YOU!
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LONDON: November 10th at 1PM
Lumos Giant Wand Installation outside of London’s St Paul’s Cathedral
EDINBURGH: November 11th at 2:30PM
Scott Monument in Edinburgh
Come in Wizarding World apparel! I will be in my Slytherin robes and Momma Potter Collector in her Hufflepuff robes! Hope to see you there!
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FROST WALTZ
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The (Secret) City of London, Part 1: History
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What's it like to travel into London? short Video
Viv is a homeless tour guide for Unseen Tours, a very unique walking tour of London
After 4 years sleeping on the streets of London Viv is now a 'sofa sleeper'. She says she is on the waiting list for council housing, but that may take a few years.
Viv is a homeless tour guide for Unseen Tours, a very unique walking tour in several areas of London that gives people a little bit of history on both this amazing city and it's issues of homelessness. Viv says she survives by selling the Big Issue, and the tours help supplement her income. For me, meeting Viv and taking this tour is a memory I will cherish forever.
Viv says homelessness in London is increasing, yet because of the Olympics people are being pushed to others areas. Viv feels the biggest need to end homelessness is more affordable housing. Walking home from the tour I passed by a realtor that had 2 bedroom flats listed in their window starting at £2,200,00.
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Original London Tour Bus - What To Expect
What to expect on London's leading Hop-on, Hop Off Sightseeing Tour with particular emphasis on the Yellow Route - one of the 3 main tours covered by a ticket. Full context of clip at:
Victoria Coach Station London - What To Expect
Short video tour of Victoria Coach Station London. Clip within the context of article on:
London
Images from my trips to London. For context on the video, see my website at The World According to George
(HD)Travel to UK,Piccadilly Circus-Statue of Eros London
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning circle, is a round open space at a street junction.
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シャフツベリー伯記念噴水。ロンドンのピカデリーサーカス駅近くにあるエロス像。