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Newsletter : February 2010

We’ve managed to survive January and the days are beginning to get longer,
albeit that there is still the threat of snow..

It’s a time to stay indoors and London has some great new exhibitions to visit – but there is a lot to enjoy outdoors if you’re warmly dressed – including a great Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race!

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Last Month's Winner of the recently published “2010 Time Out London Eating and Drinking Guide” was won by Charles Font.

This month we’re offering a place on a choice of four London Handel Festival Walks undertaken by one of our Living London Guides. Drop us an email with your contact details before 28th February and we’ll enter you into a prize draw. Email your details to us

_{This month’s insider tip to London…}

The Courtauld Gallery – and its café is not to be missed! Especially on a Monday when it is free to visit until 2pm. Opening soon is Michelangelo's Dream (18 February) one of the finest of all Italian Renaissance drawings and amongst The Courtauld's greatest treasures.The exhibition will explore the making and meaning of this celebrated drawing in the context of closely related works by Michelangelo and his contemporaries.

The Courtauld Gallery Café is an oasis within the splendid surroundings of The Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House with indoor and outdoor seating. They offer a mouth watering array of genuine home cooked food for morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea with delicious jams, chutneys and cakes which are homemade in the kitchens.
If not visiting on a Monday then there is a charge of £5 for adults and concessions £4 visit

Looking for a Valentine or Easter gift?

Do contact us as we have the perfect solution in Living London Gift Certificates.

All of London is at your disposal as the person you buy them for chooses if they want a walking tour, guided tour of a famous monument or a private tour of highlights of their favourite museum. And they can share their gift with friends and family of their choosing!

To buy your vouchers just get in touch with us.

Indulge in a driver guide on your next trip

Do contact Living London Tours if you would prefer to visit London – or indeed other major sites around the country – using a private car and guide. This is a great way for a small group to enjoy a tour of the capital perhaps including a pick up at an airport or station. You will enjoy a wonderful commentary whilst being whisked around the city. You can devise your own route or ask your Blue Badge Guide to provide a recommended tour.

Focus on…..Dulwich Picture Gallery

A trip to South London – and well worth a day trip starting with a trip to the Dulwich Picture Gallery which this month has a new exhibition of Paul Nash paintings, watercolours and photographs : The Elements

Paul Nash (1889 – 1946) painted beautiful landscapes of the Downs, strange flooded rooms, and classic images of two World Wars. The exhibition shows how he selected elementary objects, to put them in relationships of conflict or harmony, and found pathways, nests and thresholds between them and within them. visit

What’s on in the news

Special Winter Openings at Chelsea Physic Gardens

These provide an unforgettable botanical day out with their Winter Openings:, 13th & 14th February 2010, 10am-4pm. Snowdrops have always provided one of the great delights of these openings. The Garden boasts a collection of over 75 species, largely grouped together as a tribute to some of the most famous snowdrop breeders of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Garden's new publication, Snowdrop Days, detailing the history of the very British obsession with these delicate plants, will be on sale and the Snowdrop Theatre will once again be displaying some highlights of their collection. £8.00 for adults and senior citizens £5.00 for students, unemployed people, and children (5-15 years old) visit

The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race 24 February at 12.30pm

Get in training for Shrove Tuesday and join in the race on Tuesday 24 February. All you need to get together is a team of four people suitably dressed up (or down) to enter in the relay race. Bring your own frying pan and they'll provide the pancakes. The race will be run along Dray Walk at The Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane and all you have to do is toss the pancake a couple of times en route.The heats will start at 12.30pm followed by the finals and the prize giving.The winners will receive a beautifully engraved - you've guessed it - frying pan!The best dressed team will also receive a prize. And there will be prizes for runners up and scrumptious pancakes for all entrants visit

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