Exploring London @SeeingLondon
Welcome to Exploring London, a new blog concerned with making the most out of your visit to London... exploringlondon.wordpress.com London Joined June 2010-
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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/2026/05/21/thi…
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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/2026/05/14/thi…
A Moment in London’s History…London Zoo is founded… #ExploringLondon #AMomentinLondonsHistory #ZSLLondonZoo #SirThomasStamfordRaffles #Chunee #RegentsPark @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/05/04/a-m…
Where’s London’s oldest…international airport? Exploring London #Londonsoldest #HoundslowHeathAerodrome #CroydonAirport #Londonairports @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/04/27/whe…
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/2026/04/23/thi…
Treasures of London – Tudor heart pendant… #ExploringLondon #TreasuresofLondon #BritishMuseum #Tudorheartpendant #Tudor #KingHenryVIII #KatherineofAragon @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02/27/tre…
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/2026/02/26/thi…
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/2026/02/19/thi…
London Explained – Chinatown… #ExploringLondon #LondonExplained #Chinatown #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02/16/lon…
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/2026/02/06/thi…
A Moment in London’s History – John Logie Baird demonstrates television… #ExploringLondon #AMomentinLondonsHistory #JohnLogieBaird #television @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/02/02/a-m…
Where's London's oldest...carpet? Exploring London #WheresLondonsoldest #VandA #ArdabilCarpet @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2026/01/19/whe…
Three places to remember Agatha Christie… @SeeingLondon #ExploringLondon #AgathaChristie #AgathaChristieinLondon exploring-london.com/2026/01/14/thr…
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/2025/12/11/thi…
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/2025/12/04/thi…
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/2025/11/27/thi…
@sightmagazine Wow!: Restorers dismantle and reconstruct a historic Cairo neighbourhood. PATRICK WERR, of Reuters, reports on the Darb al-Labbana restoration project taking place in part of old Cairo… @sightmagazine #Wow #Cairo #Egypt #DarbalLabbana sightmagazine.com.au/wow/wow-restor…
Treasures of London – The Exeter Salt… #ExploringLondon #TreasuresofLondon #TheExeterSalt #TheCrownJewels #TheTowerofLondon #TheJewelHouse @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/11/14/tre…
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/2025/11/13/thi…
LondonLife II – The Lady Mayor’s Show…#ExploringLondon #LondonLife #LadyMayorsShow #DameSusanLangley @SeeingLondon exploring-london.com/2025/11/11/lon…
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