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Welcome to Exploring London, a new blog concerned with making the most out of your visit to London...

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This Week in London – Dinosaurs that ruled the seas; James McNeill Whistler; and, Lambeth Palace Garden… #ExploringLondon #NaturalHistoryMuseum #JurassicOceans #JamesMcNeillWhistler #TateBritain #LambethPalaceGarden #OvertheWall @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/05…

This Week in London – Dinosaurs that ruled the seas; James McNeill Whistler; and, Lambeth Palace ...

A mososaur skull. PICTURE: Trustees of the Natural History Museum. • Come face-to-face with some of the deadliest predators ever to rule the oceans in a new exhibition at the Natural History Museum…

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This Week in London - Courtauld carpet returns to Eltham; art from Asia-Pacific; London broadsides; and, a Blue Plaque for a ground-breaking astronomer… @SeeingLondon #ExploringLondon #ElthamPalace #VandA #GuildhallLibrary #BluePlaques exploring-london.com/2026/05…

This Week in London -Courtauld carpet returns to Eltham; art from Asia-Pacific; London broadsides;...

• An antique Chinese carpet which originally was part of furnishings at Eltham Palace has returned home after 80 years. The carpet, dyed in the “dynastic blue” of the Qing dynasty and f…

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A Moment in London’s History…London Zoo is founded… #ExploringLondon #AMomentinLondonsHistory #ZSLLondonZoo #SirThomasStamfordRaffles #Chunee #RegentsPark @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/05…

A Moment in London’s History…London Zoo is founded…

PICTURE: Richard Cook/Unsplash The origins of the modern ZSL London Zoo go back 200 years to the founding of the London Zoological Society by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles on 29th April, 1826. While …

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Where’s London’s oldest…international airport? Exploring London #Londonsoldest #HoundslowHeathAerodrome #CroydonAirport #Londonairports @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/04…

Where’s London’s oldest…international airport?

As is often the case with finding London’s oldest, this isn’t necessarily an easy question to answer. Hounslow Heath Aerodrome in London’s west was the city’s first civil ai…

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This Week in London – V&A East Museum opens; ‘Cool Britannia’ at the Barbican; and, Netherlandish drawings… @SeeingLondon #V&AEastMuseum #BarbicanMusicLibrary #CoolBritannia #BritishMuseum #EarlyNetherlandishdrawings #ExploringLondon exploring-london.com/2026/04…

This Week in London – V&A East Museum opens; ‘Cool Britannia’ at the Barbican; and, Netherlandish...

V&A East Museum © Hufton Crow • The new V&A East Museum has opened to the public. Located in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the new museum’s first exhibition The Music is Black: A Brit…

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Treasures of London – Tudor heart pendant… #ExploringLondon #TreasuresofLondon #BritishMuseum #Tudorheartpendant #Tudor #KingHenryVIII #KatherineofAragon @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02…

Treasures of London – Tudor heart pendant…

The subject of a recent fund-raising campaign by the British Museum, the unique 24 carat gold heart-shaped pendant is linked to King Henry VIII and his first wife Queen Katherine of Aragon. Tudor H…

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This Week in London – Jock McFadyen’s large-scale Tube paintings revisited; Rose Wylie at the RA; new galleon arrives at Kensington Gardens; and, IWM Duxford’s new rooms… #ExploringLondon #JockMcFadyen #Tubeart #RoseWylie #RA #IWMDuxford @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02…
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This Week in London – Lunar New Year celebrations; Aardman at the Young V&A; and, the women in Dickens’ life… #ExploringLondon #LunarNewYear #LunarNewYearLondon #Aardman #YoungVandA #CharlesDickensMuseum #ExtraOrdinaryWomen @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02…
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London Explained – Chinatown… #ExploringLondon #LondonExplained #Chinatown #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02…

London Explained – Chinatown…

As London prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year, all eyes naturally turn to London’s Chinatown, centred on Gerrard Street in Soho. Gerrard Street. PICTURE: Bruno Martins/Unsplash While the…

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This Week in London – Love letters at the National Archives; photographs of the Pantanal; and, the Foundling Hospital Boys’ Band… #ExploringLondon #LoveLetters #NationalArchives #ScienceMuseum #WaterPantanalFire #FoundlingHospitalBoysBand @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02…
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A Moment in London’s History – John Logie Baird demonstrates television… #ExploringLondon #AMomentinLondonsHistory #JohnLogieBaird #television @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02…
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Where's London's oldest...carpet? Exploring London #WheresLondonsoldest #VandA #ArdabilCarpet @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/01…

Where’s London’s oldest…carpet?

Said to be the oldest dated carpet in the world, it can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The Ardabil Carpet was made in the town of Ardabil in what is now north-west Iran, in 1539-40. …

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Three places to remember Agatha Christie… @SeeingLondon #ExploringLondon #AgathaChristie #AgathaChristieinLondon exploring-london.com/2026/01…

Three places to remember Agatha Christie…

Before we get back to our current Wednesday series on bishop’s palaces, we pause to remember the death of celebrated crime writer Agatha Christie, 50 years ago this week (she died on 12th Jan…

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This Week in London – Art deco at the London Transport Museum; art storage during WWII commemorated; and, William Dobson’s self-portrait… #ExploringLondon #LondonTransportMuseum #Artdeco #ManodSlate #TheNationalGallery #WilliamDobson @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/12…

This Week in London – Art deco at the London Transport Museum; art storage during WWII commemorat...

• An exhibition exploring the influence of the art deco movement on graphic poster design in on now at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Art deco: the golden age of poster design featur…

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This Week in London – Trafalgar Square Christmas tree to light up; new location for returning Sir John Tenniel plaque; and, Chinese crafts at the V&A… #ExploringLondon #TrafalgarSquareChristmastree #SirJohnTenniel #BluePlaques #VandA @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/12…

This Week in London – Trafalgar Square Christmas tree to light up; new location for returning Sir...

• The lights will be turned on the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree tonight. This year marks the 78th anniversary of the gift of the first Christmas tree to the people of London from the Norwegian c…

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This Week in London – Christmas at Hampton Court; Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid; and, Romani art, culture and heritage… #ExploringLondon #HamptonCourtPalace #Christmas #Caravaggio #WallaceCollection #LondonMuseumDocklands #Romani @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/11…

This Week in London – Christmas at Hampton Court; Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid; and, Romani art,...

PICTURE: paulafrench/iStockphoto • Christmas has come to Hampton Court Palace with the one-time home of King Henry VIII decorated with traditional decorations and hosting a range of Christmas-relat…

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Treasures of London – The Exeter Salt… #ExploringLondon #TreasuresofLondon #TheExeterSalt #TheCrownJewels #TheTowerofLondon #TheJewelHouse @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/11…
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This Week in London – Kew’s Christmas light trail returns; ‘Time’ at the Old Royal Naval College; and, a royal Christmas shop… #ExploringLondon #ChristmasatKew #KewGardens #ORNC #Time #RoyalShop #BuckinghamPalace #ChristmasinLondon @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/11…
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LondonLife II – The Lady Mayor’s Show…#ExploringLondon #LondonLife #LadyMayorsShow #DameSusanLangley @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/11…
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LondonLife I – Marking 80 years since the end of World War II… #ExploringLondon #LondonLife #RemembranceSunday #Cenotaph #KingCharlesIII #QueenCamilla #FieldofRemembrance #WestminsterAbbey #FestivalofRemembrance #RoyalAlbertHall @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/11…
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