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[18 Dec 2008 | One Comment | ]

This is a very broad question that depends on what you are looking for here are a few highlights relating to places in London which I have recently visited that were much better than expected:
BFI IMAX
http://www.bfi.org.uk/
Although a little more expensive than standards cinemas (tickets around £13) the IMAX on London’s Southbank is simply breathtaking with a screen over 20 metres high! (nearly the height of five double-decker buses)
Shunt Nightclub
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/
Shunt is a great nightclub hidden away under/inside London Bridge Station. This is a perfect example of the kind of place you …

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[18 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

A selection of maps of London can be found easily online. The Transport For London website has a selection of maps relating to travelling around London these can be found here:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/
These maps are mainly for Tube, Underground, National Rail and DLR (Docklands Light Railway) information but can also help to find your way around London.
http://maps.google.co.uk/
Google maps will also give you a lot of information about London and various other sites online will offer maps of London, here just a few of the sites I found:
1. http://www.multimap.com/
2. http://www.londondaytours.com/
3. http://www.mapquest.com/
4. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
5. http://www.maps-of-london.com/
At every tube or train …

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[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

Here is a little clock of the time and date in London.
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The time zone in London is GMT/UTC 0. Daylight saving occurs on the Sunday in March and daylight saving ends on the last Sunday in October.
This means that clocks go forward in Spring (add an hour in March) and clocks go back (minus an hour in October) in Autumn. The clocks going forward is called British Summer Time and the clocks going back …

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[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

The distance from oxford to London is 60 miles according to Google Maps.
The main train route from Oxford to London leaves from Oxford Station and arrives in London Paddington, the distance between the two stations is 57 miles and an average journey time is just under an hour.
You can also travel from Oxford to London on the bus which will take longer, and journey time can range from 1 hour and 40 minutes to just over two hours (these times are based on travelling from Oxford Bus Station to London …

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[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

A London broil is a certain way to cook a steak. It isn’t a specific type of meat, rather than a certain cut of steak.
Butchers will call the cut of meat a “London Broil”, often the cut of meat is flank steak and occasionally top round steak can be used.
A flank steak cut is generally quite tough which will need to be tenderised before cooking or marinated.
A London Broil is called a broil because you have to broil the steak whilst cooking, broiling is similar to flash cook and basically …