A new hybrid of pub crossed with club, at the Horse and Groom you can keep the night going until morning. With a DJ on Thursdays to Saturdays and roast to recover on Sundays, it's the perfect place to chill.
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WHAT'S GOING ON?
The only thing for it is to break down the day, hour by hour, and choose from the best London has to offer. And that's exactly what 24 Hours London (Prospera Publishing) does! From running up walls to hunting down ghosts -- or just kicking back and relaxing at an underground loo-turned-pub -- you'll see the top picks for what's happening city-wide at any moment in time. There’s always something on, somewhere in London.
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See What's On in London, No Matter the Hour!
Praise for 24 Hours London
-- Scott Pack, The Friday Project
As travel guides go, this one is so user friendly, I'm surprised it can't pour me a drink too.
-- Bill Lumley, The Reluctant Traveller
Catering to everyone from tourists to foodies, shopaholics and spa addicts, this dynamic guide is packed full of well-known and totally unusual things to do in London.
-- Toni Hargis, Author of Rules, Britannia; An Insider's Guide to Life in the United Kingdom (St. Martin's Press)
24 Hours London practically demands to be read. Marsha’s writing is succinct, informative and entertaining and the temptation to read ‘just one more hours worth’ is hard to resist.
-- Michael Harling, Author of Postcards from Across the Pond: Dispatches from an Accidental Expat
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1 a.m. - Go Plubbing
12 a.m. - Late-Night Laughs
With over 3,500 people passing through each week, the Comedy Store is the place to go for London's biggest - and latest - laughs. Go to the midnight show on Fridays and Saturdays for some comedy to tide you over until morning.
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11 p.m. - Get Lucky
If your late-night libations have lowered your inhibitions, head to Lucky Voice Karaoke. With private karaoke rooms available and over 4,000 songs to choose from, it's the ideal way to end a great night out.
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10 p.m. - Get Lost
You've had your meal, now it's time for a drink. Once a home where Queen Elizabeth I is said to have banqueted, the Lost Society bar is the place to go to feast your eyes once your belly is sated. Its over-the-top elegance flows through the Art Deco-designed rooms and a lush garden gives you room to breathe.
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9 p.m. - In the Dark
Eat a meal under the cloak of darkness at Dans Le Noir, where you'll be served your food by a blind waiter in the pitch black. There's a Braille wine list and a surprise menu to save you the hassle (or impossibility) of choosing yourself!
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8 p.m. - Get Hitched
Put on your wedding finery and get down to schmaltz without the fuss of getting married at White Wedding. Held at various locations across London, you can do the bird dance to your heart's content.
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7 p.m. - All Hushed Up
Tired of the same old cinema? Take a risk and sign up for Secret Cinema. You won't know what -- or where -- you're going to watch until you get a secret dispatch from the organizers. From car parks to roof-tops, it's certainly not your ordinary silver screen!
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6 p.m. - Sit and Knit
Once the favoured pass-time of the older generation, knitting is experiencing a renaissance in London. At I Knit, you can hang out with a pint and drop few stitches at their weekly knitting club. Or, you can join the Kniterati for their monthly book group.
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5 p.m. - Get Tubby
Stuff yourself with snails (OK, whelks) at Tubby Isaacs' whelk stand outside the Aldgate Exchange. Isaac Brenner (known, as most East End stall-owners were, as 'Tubby'), started the stall in 1919 and it's still going strong!
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4 p.m. - Scoot Around
Down your coffee in the company of Vespas and Lambrettas at Scooterworks. Opened in 2000 as a scooter sales-room, word quickly spread about the shop's excellent coffee. And lo, a cafe was born!
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3 p.m. - Eternal Noise
OK, maybe not eternal, but a thousand years!
Drop by Trinity Buoy Wharf to hear the Longplayer, a thousand-year music composition. Played by a computer, the song that will outlast us all started playing on December 31, 1999, and it won't stop until December 2999. Fill your ears with the sound of the future.
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2 p.m. - Get Natty at Tatty!
Get styled for the day ahead at cult jewellery shop Tatty Devine's pop-up hair salon! Every Friday afternoon, celebrity hair dresser Charlie Le Mindu turns up to get you turned out for the weekend.
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1 p.m. - Power Lunch
Get a little picnic power by lunching with lawyers at one of London's most hidden locations: The Walks at Gray's Inn. Designed by Francis Bacon in 1606 and open every lunchtime to the public, The Walks are a stone's throw from the Inns of the Court (the legal centre of London).
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12 p.m. - Rock Island
Head out west to Eel Pie Island (continuing with the theme of eels!), accessible via a small footbridge. Just opposite Twickenham, the island has hosted everyone from Pink Floyd to the Rolling Stones on its shores. Today, it's home to artists and musicians alike.
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11 a.m. - A Meal of Eel
Fill your belly with eel and mash at Manze's, London's oldest surviving eel pie and mash shop! In the 17th and 18th centuries, eel was a cheap and nutritious dish for many -- and readily available from the Thames.
Grab a pie and let the delicious taste of bygone centuries slither down your throat.
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10 a.m. - In the Tree Tops
Live like a bird at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London. The Rhizotron and Xstrata walkway lets you get up close and personal with tree-life -- 18 metres in the air. Follow the 20o-metre walkway built by the same architects who constructed the London Eye, and enjoy great views.
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9 a.m. - Under (or in!) the Bridge
Sure, everyone and their dog has crossed Tower Bridge. But how many people have been under - and inside - it? Head to the south side of the bridge and over to the Horace Jones Vault, where Most Cafe is located. Grab a coffee instead of the coal that used to fill the vault!
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Labels: 9 a.m., cafe, indoor, Tower Bridge
8 a.m. - Graves for Geese
Sounds a strange combination, but at Cross Bones Graveyard you'll find the unconsecrated burial ground for the 'Winchester Geese' -- women who worked as prostitutes, licensed by the Bishop of Winchester. Later used for paupers, the graveyard became a frequent target for body-snatchers looking for specimens for anatomy classes at nearby Guy's Hospital. It finally closed to new bodies in 1853 and the dead rested in relative peace until the 1990s, when construction for the Jubilee Lines unearthed their remains.
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Labels: graveyards, outdoor, South London
7 a.m. - Music in the Morning
Start the day with song at Westminster Cathedral. Sit back and let the music of early morning mass wash over you at the largest Roman Catholic church in England and Wales (not to be confused with Protestant Westminster Abbey). Westminster Cathedral is thought to be the only Catholic cathedral in the world to have a daily sung mass and vespers.
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6 a.m. - Get High
No, not that way -- it is only 6 a.m., after all.
Why not take a hot-air balloon ride and glide over London in style? Adventure Balloons operates hot-air balloon rides from a central London launch site. Look down on peons stuck in rush-hour traffic as you take in Big Ben, London Bridge and the St Paul's. Or if you prefer a faster pace, you can rent a helicopter and buzz over the Thames in style!
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Labels: 6 a.m., London Bridge, outdoor, St Paul's