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  1. The Corner Shop - Pretty Baby, I felt in love with you

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    The Corner Shop in Bethnal Green, East London, at first glance looks like your average convenience store, it sells everything you would imagine a corner store to stock, expect everything here is made of felt.

    Lucy Sparrow is the artist who has turned the everyday and ordinary into something amazing and extraordinary. It’s fun, quirky and has to be one of the loveliest things I have ever done in all the time I have lived in London. Don’t miss it as it is only on display here until Sunday 31st August 2014. 

  2. Blooming Marvellous - An Incredible but Inedible Knitted Garden

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     Detail of the picnic rug laid out with tasty treats

    Last week I visited a life size knitted garden at the artsdepot in Finchley, North London. Blooming Marvellous, as it's known, certainly lives up to its name. It’s brilliant, bright, quirky, extremely colourful, utterly delightful and great fun to visit. Hurry if you want to visit as it is only on display until Thursday 4th September 2014. 

  4. Books About Town Benches - City Trail Part V

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    Usborne's That's not my... Bench by Fiona Watt

    Here's Part V of my blog about the fabulous book benches. This one features the remaining benches on the City Trail which I hadn't featured in my earlier blogs. The Books About Town benches are on display in London until 15 September 2014. Designed to resemble an open book and brightly decorated, each one depicts a different novel celebrating London’s literary connections.

  5. Spectra in Victoria Tower Gardens - Artwork to Commemorate the Start of WWI in Britain

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    Spectra is a powerful lightbeam illuminating London's iconic skyline for this week only.

    The public are able to view this temporary art installation at the Victoria Tower Gardens, 24 hours a day until Monday 11th August 2014. 

  6. Lights Out in Piccadilly Circus and Whitehall Marks the Centenary of the Start of WWI in Britain

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    On 4th August 2014, Piccadilly Circus advertising screens were replaced with a roll of honour to remember Westminster people who died in World War I. This was part of Lights Out, a UK wide campaign organised by 14-18 Now, which saw lights being switched off all over Britain between 10 and 11pm to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in the UK.

  8. The Newly Re-opened Imperial War Museum London - Atrium and First World War Galleries

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      Imperial War Museum London- Atrium

    On Saturday 19th July 2014 the Imperial War Museum London re-opened to the public following a £40 million refurbishment and yesterday I visited with @LondonSE4. Here are some photos of the impressive new atrium and its very poignant First World War Galleries. 

  9. Books About Town Benches - Riverside Trail Part IV

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     Shakespeare's London

    Here's Part IV of my blog about the book benches in London, this one focuses on the Riverside Trail. The Books About Town benches are on display in London until 15 September 2014. Designed to resemble an open book and brightly decorated, each one depicts a different novel celebrating London’s literary connections.