It is a dazzling, spectacular firework display in front of thousands of people around Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Waterloo Bridge, and Embankment, with the fireworks coming from the London Eye. Millions tune in on the TV worldwide and 100,000 people are lucky enough to get tickets ...
Moulin Rouge, the bohemian musical of truth beauty and love is taking the West End by storm. Book your tickets for Moulin Rouge now whilst availability lasts.
A place in the pit (the area immediately in front of the stage) costs one shilling. In 1809 there were riots at Covent Garden Theatre when the price of pit tickets was raised to half that – 6 pence – so this seems expensive. For the same money you could buy 20 pounds of potatoes....
The Scuola is one of the few places in Venice that still doesn’t take credit cards, but fortunately we had some cash, enough not only to pay for the tickets but also to buy a guidebook, which I’ve been meaning to do every time I’ve visited for the past fifteen years. The woman...