Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’

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Beauty: the Olympic Champion’s skin secret

One question which troubled us while watching the Olympics swimming was what all that chlorinated water must do to one’s skin and hair. Swimming pool water is not your skin’s friend, as you will know if you’ve spent a chunk… Continue reading

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Posted in: Beauty, Guilty Pleasures, Staying In

Chap competitors prepare for umbrella jousting

Alternative sporting fun: book now for The Chap Olympiad

7 & 8 July 2012, from 1pm

Missed out on tickets to the Olympics or keen to pretend the whole hullabaloo isn’t happening? We’ve got just the alternative/antidote: The Chap Olympiad, which invites ladies and gentlemen who uphold the etiquette of a bygone era to compete for… Continue reading

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Posted in: Book Now, Going Out, Music & Dance

Playing the Games at The Criterion Theatre

Theatre: book now for Playing the Games with Stephen Fry, Clive Owen and more

26 July - 12 Aug 2012. Lunchtime talks and shows 1pm; Afternoon plays 2.30pm and 4.15pm (plus 3pm, 5pm and 6pm on Sundays); Weekend evening comedy 7.30pm; Late night shows 10.30pm

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Alongside the railroading behemoth that is the Olympics, there’s a bubbling brook of creative cultural endeavours that are stylishly circumnavigating direct interaction with the games themselves, while still taking inspiration from their spirit.  Winning gold so far in the culture… Continue reading

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Posted in: Book Now, Going Out, Theatre, We Really Love

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Table Tennis: play ping pong for free on pop-up tables all over London and England with Ping!

Fri 29 June - 31 July 2012

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To play ping pong is to love ping pong, and if you’ve forgotten or not yet discovered how much fun it is – even for total non-sporting folk (like us, alas), now is your chance to pick up a bat… Continue reading

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Posted in: Children, Going Out, Guilty Pleasures