She Loves London

Category: Things You Must Do

Suggestions for London locals.

  • Trafalgar Square: Home to Jesus, Pillows and Ponies. (Alright, not the last one. But it COULD be.)

    Trafalgar Square: Home to Jesus, Pillows and Ponies. (Alright, not the last one. But it COULD be.)

    Of all London’s famous public spaces, Trafalgar Square is easily the most versatile.

    Think about it. Covent Garden does the street performance thing (but not gardens), while nearby Leicester Square hosts screaming Twilight fans and the occasional funfair. Southbank takes care of the arty-farty installations and Hyde Park is all about charging you £50 to watch a concert you can’t really hear that well.

    But Trafalgar Square laughs in the face of all that.

    It’s got opera, plinths, flash mobs and lions you can climb on. Trafalgar Square says “Sod being a one trick pony. I’m a whole field of ponies“. Then it kicks back, lights a cigar and says “Don’t believe me? Watch this” and gets Jesus to re-enact his resurrection live on Good Friday. As you do.

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  • Things To Do Over Easter: Hunt Down The Bad Eggs

    Have you seen the eggs?

    Of course you have. Who hasn’t seen the eggs? The bloody eggs are all people have been going on about for the last month, and if by some miracle you haven’t hunted them down yet, then this weekend they’re all gathering in a big omelette-y pile in Covent Garden for Easter.

    You can even go online and bid to have one in your house.

    But if you do, choose carefully. Because like everything in this world, there are good eggs, and there are bad eggs.

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  • One Reason You Should Visit Piccadilly Circus

    One Reason You Should Visit Piccadilly Circus

    If Piccadilly Circus were a person, it would be the socially inept guest at a dinner party.

    The one no one wants to sit next to unless absolutely necessary; Piccadilly Circus is the “Oh, do we have to?” of London’s West End.

    If there is a good time to visit the area, then I have yet to find it. All I know is that in order to get through unscathed, you’ve got to channel your inner rhinoceros: grit your teeth, put your head down, and charge.

    But a word of warning: doing so may mean you miss one of the areas most graceful and intriguing statues.

    The next time you’re passing – nay, charging – through Piccadilly, cross the road by the Horses of Helios (pictured above) and look up. On the roof of the Criterion Building you’ll find the Three Daughters of Helios (or the Three Graces) leaping from the top of the building.

    Three Graces in Piccadilly
    Image by Tom Green via Flickr

    A little surprise in the sky, hidden from the hoards below, I suppose it just goes to show: even the most unwelcome dinner guests have their redeeming features.