British Food Guide Elaine Lemm reports that Jamie Oliver and apprentices from his restaurant, Fifteen, in London will be cooking for world leaders at the G20. The menu is ... Read More

From the center of London to the center of Paris takes less than two and a half hours. If you are heading for London, a quick cross channel trip makes ... Read More

From tomorrow, British residents heading for the Channel Islands - Jersey, Guersey, Alderney, Herm and Sark - need to carry adequare travelers' health insurance. A reciprocal agreement between the UK ... Read More

As preparations for the 10th annual Spirit of Speyside Whiskey Festival (May 1 to 10, 2009) continue apace, themes for the 2010 Festival's Photography Competition have already been announced. Photographers are ... Read More

The world is full of weird traditions, nutty festivals, odd legends, superstitions and bizarre things people do for fun. In the UK, for example, people have been throwing themselves ... Read More

Just remember that in Britain (and the rest of Europe) we turn our clocks forward one hour in the wee small hours, this Sunday. In the UK it's called British ... Read More

If you are heading for the UK in May, the time to book tickets for the world's greatest flower show, the The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, is now. The show, ... Read More

When Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale opens at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Courtyard Theatre, in Stratford-upon-Avon at the end of this month, it launches the RSC's new ensemble company. ... Read More

The deer in Richmond Park were more approachable than I've ever seen them yesterday. We watched a small group of red deer stags, eight or ten of them browsing ... Read More

Most visitors from abroad arrive in the United Kingdom through London's airports or the Channel Tunnel. It's easy to head for the capital and spend all your time exploring it ... Read More

When people in rowing circles talk about "The Boat Race", they can mean only one. For the 155th time, this year, a single crew from Oxford and a single crew ... Read More

If you're thinking of attending the Royal Windsor Horse Show this May, plan on sticking around for the evening's entertainment - The Windsor Tattoo - taking place in the ... Read More

Sooner or later, every traveler faces that dreaded moment when to tip or not to tip becomes an issue. Is it customary? How much? Will I look a prat if ... Read More

London's charismatic Mayor Boris Johnson was among the first to try his hand at the Slingerland drumkit when The British Music Experience (BME) opened at the O2 in London last ... Read More

The big day may not be until next week but this weekend is when most of the big Irish festivals and parades will honor St. Patrick around the UK. Besides ... Read More

But don't go out and celebrate the apparent boon of the £100,000 grant (agreed and likely to be approved tomorrow). It turns out that the grant will be a vital ... Read More

According to a report in the Telegraph today, London is now only 27 on the list of the most expensive cities in the world to live. Last year it was ... Read More

When you think about ancient historic monuments, you probably picture the Pyramids, the Acropolis, the Great Wall of China - the superstars of the ancient world that make the must-see-before-you-die ... Read More

You may be basking in an extra hour of daylight, wherever you are across the Atlantic, but here in the UK they make us wait for it. And wait, and ... Read More

This year's Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival theme, "The Science of Nature", highlights the 200th anniversary of the birth of the town's most famous son, Charles Darwin. At least 40 nationally and ... Read More

New Shoes? Wouldn't life be lovely, if you didn't need them ever, didn't have to break them in, didn't have to pack gel inserts and bandages in your carry-on bag? As ... Read More

Bruce Springsteen is set to headline the Glastonbury Festival, scheduled this year from June 24 to 28. So far, Franz Ferdinand is the only other confirmed act announced for the ... Read More