Afternoon

Six Feet Under In Highgate

 Highgate Cemetery is a delightful place to while away an afternoon. From star resident Karl Marx to more recent arrival Alexander Litvinenko, this is the place to find yourself six feet under. For those more concerned with life above ground, potter around the maze of graves and discover a litany of colourful history - from Ann Jewson Crisp, buried alongside her dog, to the founder of the Cathay Chinese restaurant in Piccadilly.

London Fairtrade Hits The Cinema


 The Camden Green Fair Festival held on Sunday has inaugurated London Sustainability Week.

The London Fairtrade Campaign joins the environmental mobilisation effort by screening films that show how unfair trade practices affect producers and growers in the developing world. Each screening will also feature a discussion panel on different fairtrade aspects.

Fine Burger Co: The Way Lunch Should Be

Fine Burger Co. offers all the conventional fare of a burger-joint mixed with a bit of pizazz. Their menu ranges from big and beefy to light and vegetarian. Meals are about £8, and the only difficulty is choosing which taste sensation to order.

 

Fine Burger Co
330 Upper Street N1
Tel: 020 7359 3026

Thank You Queen Victoria

Victoria park

We're finally getting some decent weather.  If you happen to live in East London, you should count yourself lucky - not only because of the groovy atmosphere, but because Tower Hamlets is doing a great job of maintaining the local parks .

Victoria Park is the jewel of the borough. London's first public park, it opened in 1825 after a petition of 30,000 signatures was presented to Queen Victoria by a local MP.

A Bookish Afternoon On The South Bank

Whether you're in the London Book Project or simply love books, try the Southbank Book Market.

"The council almost closed it in the Eighties, when the architect Richard Rogers proposed a project with shops on the South Bank promenade," said an old man before disappearing.

Chinese Lunch Offers Weekend Retreat

Dim SumFor lunch, what about Chinese dim sum in Chinatown?
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