After nearly 3 years of restoration and repair work, the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College has reopened to the public. For those of you that have followed my blog for a while you’ll remember I visited just over a year ago to see the work in progress […]
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After years of planning and over a year since building work started, this week IKEA opened their first new store in the capital for 14 years. Dangerously it’s only a short walk from my flat so I decided to check it out, heres what you need to know. Where is […]
SAMPLE Christmas 2018
What did I think of the new Grind in Greenwich?
I love living in Greenwich and right now it feels like a really exciting time to be living here with so much redevelopment and potential cafes and bars opening, I’m especially excited for Greenwich Grind. The most recent big opening has been the first stage of the ICON shopping outlet […]
If you’re looking for something fun to do this Sunday (20th May) for all the family then down to Greenwich Peninsula for the yearly Urban Village Fete curated by Wayne Hemingway. I’ve been the last two years which have attracted over 25,000 people and I can’t wait for it again […]
Last night I headed over to my first Park it in the Market event in Greenwich market and had a great time. If you’ve not heard of it its an event held after the market closes for the day where people can bring along their classic cars, hot rods and […]
Every 80 to 100 years works are carried out to conserve and restore the painted hall in the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich to its former glory from the 1700s. Until September this year you can experience it close up with a guided tour and climb 60ft up to see […]
Today Greenwich celebrated two decades of UNESCO World Heritage Site status and to mark it The Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, Old Royal Naval College(ORNC) and the National Maritime Museum(NMM) including the Queen’s House were all lit up for the evening.