Taking the bike can be one of the best ways to get out and about around London. But if you take a wrong turn this weekend you might find yourself caught up in something very unusu…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/06/world-naked-bike-ride/

The UK music festival scene is bigger than it’s ever been. With around 200 music festivals in 2015 alone, the growth doesn’t appear to be stopping. Despite the growing number of f…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/06/london-festivals-filed-day/

Do you consider yourself creative? Or destructive? How about a combination of the two? This weekend you can be both as part of The People’s Tower project in London. This is an ope…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/05/peoples-tower/

Coming to a new country can be an enriching experience (hopefully!). It’s an opportunity to learn a new language, taste new cuisine and socialise with people from different cultur…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/05/london-craft-week/

The London marathon will take place this Sunday (26th April). Starting at Greenwich, the route mainly follows the river Thames and finishes in Westminster. The London Marathon is …
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/04/london-marathon/

Tomorrow is quite a special day - there will be a near total eclipse of the sun by the moon! This is when the moon passes in front of the sun and stops the sun's rays from reachin…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/03/eclipse/

It might be nearly Spring but it’s not warm enough to go to the park yet, so you might want to go to some museums with your friends at the weekend. London is quite famous for it’s…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/03/british-museum/

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year everybody! Today we can celebrate the turn from Year of the Horse to the Year of the Goat or Sheep. Do you know what animal you are born …
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2015/02/happy-chinese-new-year/

Do you and your friends have good general knowledge about TV and other things? You should go to a pub quiz! This is quite a traditional thing for English people to do during the w…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/12/pub-quiz/

Now we’re in December and it’s nearly Christmas it’s time to start learning some Christmas songs in English to sing! If you look on YouTube there will be lots of English Christmas…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/12/learn-some-christmas-songs/

I’ve written quite a lot in this blog about different markets around London, but they’re quite a good way of seeing a different part f the city that might not be in your guidebook…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/12/columbia-road-flower-market/

What’s the first thing you think of when you imagine a typical English dish? I bet you say fish and chips and English breakfast, well I hope you’ve tried both of those things, but…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/11/typical-english-food/

Insider Info London, Somewhere to go London, Where to visit Have you been down to Greenwich yet? It’s a wonderful part of London, very different to Oxford Street! There’s a great …
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/11/royal-observatory-greenwich/

Last week you might have gone to the London Dungeon, another place to learn about London’s weird and wonderful past is the Tower of London. This is an old prison and castle from a…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/11/ice-skating-tower-london/

Did you enjoy all the scary events of Halloween? Do you want to do it all again? How about visiting the London Dungeon? You can learn about 1,000 years of London’s horrible, gory …
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/11/another-scary-weekend-london/

Do you like Shakespeare? Have you ever seen a Shakespeare performance or been to The Globe Theatre on the Southbank? The Globe is a replica of the original Globe theatre built a v…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/10/go-back-time-theatre/

Now that the weather is getting a bit colder it might be time to stop going to the park at weekends and think about doing some things inside. What about some shopping? There’s loa…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/09/shopping-not-oxford-street/

Have you been to the West End to see a theatre show yet? Or have you been put off by how it expensive it is? Did you know that if you go to the ticket sales booth in Leicester Squ…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/09/going-west-end/

Exciting news everybody! This weekend is a three day weekend, that's right Monday is a bank holiday so the school is closed! It's quite a special weekend in London at this time of…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/08/bank-holiday-weekend/

Looking for something to do this Saturday? Take a stroll down to Broadway Market, which is a long road that connects London Fields to Regents Canal. It’s open on a Saturday from 9…
https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2014/08/another-wonderful-london-market/