Entries from Londonist tagged with 'thespirit'
December 22, 2007
32. The Spirit Of Christmas Christmas ghost stories told by a crackling fire are a rare occurrence in the modern age, so let me chill your spine with a few yarns relating to festive phantoms of the wintry city. The first haunting is said to occur on Christmas Day at the Cadogan Hotel, Sloane Street, and concerns the ghost of actress Lillie Langtry, once a mistress of Edward VII. The spook is not a......
Continue Reading "The Saturday Strangeness"November 9, 2006
Calm down, it's not a very slow invasion - just yet another cool thing for us all to gawk at: Today a pioneering airship adventure is being launched in London. 'The Spirit of Dubai', the largest commercial airship in the world, will begin a unique journey from London to Dubai, visiting many of the world's most famous landmarks on the way. It is planned that the journey will take in landmarks including Big Ben,......
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