London Central
Practise your English reading skills and learn all about London through our exciting series of articles. Did you know London has 6 farms? Which restaurant can you visit to dine on Locusts and crocodiles? Where are the best night clubs and the most historic pubs? All these articles have been written by Jonathan Oakley, London expert, writer and teacher.
Why do Sundays have a reputation for being so boring? I looked around on google to see if Sunday sounds better in other languages.
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Hi! Here we go again! February 14th is Valentines Day with all the newspapers suggesting the usual ideas of chocolates/restaurants/dinner cruises and tandem parachute jumps!
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Where can you find a pub named after an eccentric Englishman? Answer: catch the bus or tube to Liverpool street station and 5 minutes walk away is "The Water Poet (www.beerintheevening.com).
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London has many historic pubs and I am going to introduce you to 3 of the best. You could start out at the Captain Kidd, cross the river to The Mayflower and finish up at The Prospect of Whitby. The best food, in my opinion, is to be found at the Captain Kidd. »
In 2005 the then French president Chirac joked, during a meeting with Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder, that you can't trust people who cook as badly as the British. Schroeder refused to elaborate on Chirac's remarks at a subsequent press conference saying, 'No word from me on these secret talks.'
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