http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london London Spotted by Locals Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:11:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/va http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/va#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:11:39 +0000 Charl Asuit http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/va On the last Friday of each month, the Victoria & Albert (or V&A) Museum is open till 10 in the evening. Not quite a “Night At the Museum” experience although there had been some odd characters that had come to life in the past Friday Late events. Each month celebrates a theme where related new [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/va/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/sketch http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/sketch#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:27:57 +0000 Deanna Romano Sketch - Sketch it For the perfect combination of glamour and eccentricity, head to Sketch, off Regent St, Mayfair. Sketch is made up of a few bars and restaurants, one of which has a Michelin star, however the main attraction of Sketch is its quirky interior. Each room is unique, however the design is consistent; opulent, edgy and alluring. For [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/sketch/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/portobello-market http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/portobello-market#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:26:47 +0000 Ben Pendrey Portobello Market - Plenty of Produce Portobello Market started as a fresh-food market in the 19th Century, but expanded in the 1960s to include the renowned Saturday antiques market at the eastern end of the street, and an assortment of clothing and accessories stalls to the western end. It is of course more recently known for that Richard Curtis film, Notting [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/portobello-market/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/odeon-leicester-square http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/odeon-leicester-square#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:26:37 +0000 Ben Pendrey Odeon Leicester Square - Tower of Black Neon My fellow spotter Deanna has already mentioned the benefits of the Square for movie premieres, but I had to draw your attention to the beautiful facade of this, one of my favourite cinemas for an ‘event’ movie. The Odeon Leicester Square has a singular beauty in it’s dark, black, monolithic design, towering 120 feet above you.  [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/odeon-leicester-square/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/institute-of-contemporary-arts-ica http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/institute-of-contemporary-arts-ica#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:25:46 +0000 Ben Pendrey The ICA - ICU! Unless you stumble upon this by accident it’s easy to miss the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), accessed by a simple doorway on The Mall amongst the rows and rows of white columns.  Established in 1947 by a collective of artists, poets and writers, it aims to further contemporary culture through a variety of artforms.  [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/institute-of-contemporary-arts-ica/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bafta http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bafta#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:14:30 +0000 Ben Pendrey http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/spotters-reporting/bafta Hidden beneath a sculpted bronze awning at number 195 Piccadilly, is a door to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, or BAFTA as we Brits know and love it. Best know for its lavish, black tie awards ceremonies, BAFTA is actually a charity dedicated to promoting awareness of the art of the moving image. That [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bafta/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-symphony-orchestra http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-symphony-orchestra#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:13:41 +0000 Ben Pendrey http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/spotters-reporting/london-symphony-orchestra-2 I’m a huge film fan, and I suspect a few of you will enjoy a trip to the movies as well, but when you’re been sitting in the darkness, what is it on screen that tells you when Indiana Jones must make the death-defying leap, when Harry Potter will finally win the Quidditch match, or [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-symphony-orchestra/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-tricycle-theatre-film http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-tricycle-theatre-film#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:58:04 +0000 Phoebe Ferris-Rotman The Tricycle - Theatre & film The Tricycle has been running since 1980 and despite being in the northwest, far from the glamorous West End theatre hub, it has become one of London’s most adored and respected theatres. Ten years ago a one-screen cinema was added on and in 2001 the Creative Space was built for educational workshops. The theatre’s directors try [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/the-tricycle-theatre-film/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bricklane http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bricklane#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:47:16 +0000 Deanna Romano Bricklane - Edgy East The area around Liverpool Street Station in East London was once associated with poor slums and the scene of the crime for the Jack the Ripper murders. Whilst the Ten Bells still stands, the pub that Jack’s victims drunk at, the area itself is now very popular with London’s edgy and artistic crowd. After a short [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/bricklane/feed 0 http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-film-premieres http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-film-premieres#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:47:02 +0000 Deanna Romano London film premieres - Stars in your eyes If your stay in London co-insides with any movie premieres, be sure to head down to the West End’s Leicester Square for some celebrity spotting. I was in Leicester Square for the Sex and the City Premiere and witnessed a variety of celebrities, from the famous to the not so famous, strut down the red carpet, [...]]]> http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/london-film-premieres/feed 1