#London Tourist

[touringtoday]

10 Historical Gems You Can't Miss "London's Timeless Charm"

Discover the timeless charm of London with our guide to 10 historical gems that you can't miss. From Westminster Abbey to the Tate Britain, we'll take you on a journey through the city's iconic landmarks and hidden treasures. Whether you're interested in ancient history, art, or architecture, London has something for everyone. Join us as we explore the city's rich history and cultural

heritage.

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: British Showpiece

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Reading Visser One’s book she always strikes me as one of those white women settlers that wanted to “save” Native Children from their culture.

This led to the Stolen Generation in Australia and residential schools in North America.

Heck when we see her in the series she is literally piloting a women of color’s body and cosplaying motherhood.

She thinks she is so much better then the colonist that want to just burn up villages.

She’s a white women liberal putting on a gentler face to what is at its end brutal colonialism.

It’s worth noting that alien invasions have been metaphors for colonization since War of the Worlds

I completely agree. There's a blog post I can't now find about older white women reacting to The Help by talking about how their housekeepers, nannies, cooks, etc. were "part of the family." Which — first of all, no. Your employee is your employee. The rights and respect you owe to your employee will always be different from those you owe to your family. Do not devalue their work, and thus the traditional work of women, by pretending that it isn't labor. But secondly...

"We're friends" or "we're family" sure is easy to say from a position of power. Anyone short on power but long on common sense understands the importance of ingratiating yourself to those in charge. Anyone in charge can choose to delude themself that this time when the kid goes "I love you, Miss Hannigan" they mean it. Such is the nature of power.

Like, one I think about all the time: my professor whom we called Professor Trelawney behind her back because she would constantly spout pseudoscience in class. She's not the least favorite teacher I've ever had, but she's on the short list — and on the day I graduated, she introduced herself to a family member as "Sol's one of my favorite students, and I'm probably Sol's favorite teacher." Why? Because I got her to think that. Why'd I do so? Because the semester before, Dr. W had knocked down my grade for "irrelevant discussion" after I argued with his statement that Ireland should still be ruled by England. I keep Dr. W, and the subsequent effect on Prof Trelawney, as my touchstone when I'm handling student conflict. Because. Such. Is the nature. Of power.

As people pointed out after watching Crash: any rich lady can hug her housekeeper any time she's feeling sad, and the worst the housekeeper can do is quit. Most housekeepers with any grasp of social norms wouldn't hug even their favorite boss even on her worst day, at least not without first getting explicit permission. Such is the nature of power.

And these are all softer examples, of positions that you have the legal right to walk away from. (Whether or not you can afford to quit your job is obviously a whole other ballgame.) When it's not just school or work, but it's your guardian or the person who literally owns you... Fuck. Kiss ass or die, I guess.

And if you want concessions, you'd better put in all the emotional work to get them. You have to be sad about being less powerful than the help-giver, but not too sad. You have to be completely helpless in the face of random misfortune, or else you don't deserve help. You have to be grateful when the help arrives, in such a way that makes it clear the helper mad your problem all better but that your problem was completely intractable without their intervention. Most of all, you better do it with a smile: I love you, Miss Hannigan.

[dream-world-universe]

London Eye, London, United Kingdom: The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. Wikipedia

[senatortedcruz]

One thing I learned in 2016 is I will never go to another election night watch party ever again. Ain’t shit to celebrate

[stillsurfacequietpond]

I'm in London (for Macbeth, of course), and visited (and sat on) The Bench, and met some lovely good omens fans today. It was nice to feel a little less awkward in taking pictures when there were several other people doing the same. and if something new was added while I was there, I don't know anything about it

[viejospellejos]

Una turista es mordida por un caballo de la Guardia Real mientras intentaba posar para una foto:

[itspeacelin]

London, baby!

[phannie-by-night]

Rewatched the Festive Day in the Life video and it’s so funny to me how obvious it is that they never go outside. Most of the places they visited they had no idea existed until they walked up to it

[kvetch19]

[9eeeeevvvvvaaaaa6]

Greenwich or is (was) it GreenWitch ?

For a limited time at least.

Wanna visit. Future note: if its not anymore like this, I might try to retrace the steps. Who has seen it IRL ?

The Wicked promotion is a lot. They might´ve gotten all out.

Welcome to GreenWitch

Attention all Ozians! London’s beautiful Royal Borough of Greenwich has had a WICKED makeover, changing its name to GREENWITCH in celebration of the cinematic spectacular flying into cinemas on 22 November.

Happy one monthiversary to Part One of Wicked being released!

Greenwich is home to the Prime Meridian line, which divides the world into East and West, so it’s the picture-perfect place to look to the western sky in homage to Elphaba who sings the song Defying Gravity with the line “If you care to find me, look to the western sky”.

And on the evening of 20th November, at the Royal Observatory, precisely where the Eastern and Western hemispheres meet, the stars of Wicked switched on the Greenwich Meridian laser beam. Grammy, Emmy and Tony winning powerhouse and Academy Award® nominee Cynthia Erivo, pop culture icon Jeff Goldblum, Olivier Award winner and Emmy nominee Jonathan Bailey and director Jon M. Chu all attended the magical photocall, in which, after the green laser divided the night’s sky, surrounding buildings from the Queen’s House to the Old Royal Naval College lit up green in honour of Erivo’s character, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.

Source: https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/greenwitch

[ctgraphy]

@marianmasters I am excited to visit your country which i understand is full of Macaws. 🤣❤️

[gh0st-quart3t]

Last night I made up a new Slenderverse series that’s kind of like a news broadcast. This guy John Wendell would have a YouTube account (John Wendell TV) where he posts these segments of him just like. Talking. And then it’ll cut to his “correspondent” who is in the London subways running around and getting chased by British Slender man. John Wendell is kinda evil and fucked up too

[onecameraamillionstories]

Celebrity for an hour

It’s no secret that London is the shopping capital of the world, being home to some of the most well known fashion stores, from household names and luxury brands to boutiques. Liberty, Selfridges, Gucci, and Hamleys - you name it, London has it. However, during the festive season, it’s a race against time to bring out the glitz and glamour, both on the product shelves and building’s exterior. Avoiding, quite frankly, the unbearably busy mainstream streets of London, I ventured off to another popular choice known as Knightsbridge. Famous for its range of high end, upscale shopping outlets and cafes, there’s one that looks down (quite literally) over the rest…

Harrods department store originally opened in 1834 and is the go to for luxury garments, gifts and even groceries. But before you’ve even been greeted at the door by a concierge, every detail of the building’s grand exterior is covered in lights, gold, glitz and glam that screams Christmas. It’s enough to entice anyone to come in, festive season or not. Stepping inside is not much different, as every perfume, handbag, teddy bear and staircase to the next floor is intertwined with tinsel and sparkle. As if resisting anything on offer in Harrods wasn’t hard enough, this was now impossible. Needless to say, from the moment you’re greeted by the doorman to the exquisite range of produce, you’ll be getting the full celebrity treatment for an hour or so. I certainly did!

[happynachohologram]

Nacho's London Adventure

Part Two (how much of London is it physically possible to cover by foot in a day)

With my trusty map (linked at the end) in hand I set off to potter around some filming locations...

First Stop - Battersea Park bandstand.

Doing the walk up to the bandstand made me feel a bit nauseous, which is utterly ridiculous but there you go. I bumped into another fan who had also been at the stage door the previous night, and we had a giggle about how unsubtle we were skulking about on a boiling hot day dressed in head to toe black.

Second Stop - St James Park.

Did I sit on the grass for half an hour waiting for the bench to be free? Yes I did...but look at the messages people have left on it 🥹

Third Stop - Steps to Carlton House Terrace.

Sure everyone around thought I was a bit odd tripping up and down the steps with an enormous grin on my face, but my little nerd heart was having fun.

Bonus Stop - Tavistock Square Gardens.

Had a little bit of time on my last morning, so popped over to get emotional about another bench (or at least the closest approximation, seeing as they were moved for the scene in the show). Wish I'd been off to the Ritz for lunch afterwards, but alas it was time to get the train home.

Shout out to @fuckyeahgoodomens for compiling this super helpful post, without which I'd not have been, quite literally, lost!

[jamtartandsunshine]

Did the best/most dorkiest thing ever and dragged my friend an hour and a half out of our way to go to Richmond and see Ted lasso locations!

It’s a 20+ hour flight to london from Australia guys I wasn’t gonna miss my chance