Cool Hotels London

London is an unparalleled blend of tradition and edginess. Nowhere is this more apparent than in its hotels. This vital compendium showcases chic hotels sure to wow even the most jaded guest. Each profile lists hotel facilities as well as nearby restaurants and shops featured in teNeues’s Cool Restaurants and Cool Shops series. This complete round-up covers such stunning lodgings as Hazlitt’s, B+B Belgravia, and Brown’s Hotel.

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London Pub Walks (Camra Walking Guides)

Including 30 walks with stops at more than 180 fine pubs, this practical pocket-sized guide covers every part of London, from the heart of the city and the bustling West End to majestic riverside routes and the leafy Wimbledon common. Each pub on every walk has been selected for its high quality ale, its location, and its superb architectural heritage. Trails of varying lengths suit everyone from the casual pub goer to active walkers, and there are routes to suit pub architecture aficionados, shoppers, theater goers, literary lovers, and beer tourists. The walks are accompanied by an easy-to-follow map, detailed pub listings with hours of operation, average walking times, and notes on interesting places to see along the way. Each starts and finishes close to public transportation and many link to adjacent walks. Neat, compact, and highly informative, this is the perfect companion for a day out discovering the real London.

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Inns and Taverns of Old London

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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The Hotel: Backstairs at the World’s Most Exclusive Hotel

After spending a month at Claridge’s Hotel in London, the author of The Laundryman describes how this luxury haven for the wealthy maintains its level of perfection, and how it prepares to the last detail for a stay of a Queen or a president.

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Neil Simon’s London Suite

Mark and Annie Ferris (Michael Richards, Julie Hagerty) arrive in London for tennis at Wimbledon. Two big problems: first they lose their tickets, and then Mark loses his composure when his back goes out. (“This is a three-weeker,” he says, in paroxysms of agony, writhing on the floor. “This is traction. This is walking with a walker!”) Will Dr. McMerlin (Paxton Whitehead) – the world’s most sadistic chiropractor – be able to fix the pain? As they say in London . . . not bloody likely. Debra and Paul Dolby (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jonathon Silverman) arrive in London for their honeymoon. Two big problems: Debra loses her luggage . . . and then she loses Paul, after the newlyweds have a”tiff.” Sidney and Diana Nichols (Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Clarkson) come to London separately, for a reunion of sorts. She flies in from L.A. to promote her successful TV series; he flies in from Greece to ask his rich ex-wife for money. Two big problems: Sidney wants money not for himself, but for his lover, Max; and as for Diana, she’s simply never gotten over the great love of her life, whom she hasn’t seen since they divorced eight years ago. (“I’m still in love with him,” she says of Sidney. “Not in a practical way; more in a longing sort of way.”) Sharon (Madeline Kahn) and Lauren Semple, mother and daughter, come to London to shop ’til they drop. Sharon meets Dennis Cummings (Richard Mulligan). “The Snorting Scotsman,” as he’s called, has two big problems: he has a penchant for top-down Ferraris (riding in which wreaks havoc with Sharon’s carefully-coiffed hair), and he has an unfortunate habit of making, well, noises . . . loud noises . . . when he laughs, which is often.

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Neil Simon’s London Suite Reviews

Review by J. Haering:

The most redeeming segments of the show were the one’s between Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Clarkson. They had been divorced for eight years and she had become a big TV star and he had gone off to Greece with a gentleman friend. They clearly loved each other still, but the bi-sexuality of Grammer clearly made the situation impossible. Their scenes together were funny, sad, heart warming and in the end joyous and hopeful. It is worth seeing just to watch their scenes together.

The other three relationships in the story bordered mostly on slapstick and were not well constructed. The Madeline Kahn, Richard Mulligan relationship could have been really funny and heart warming but missed the mark.

The other two relationships, Julia-Louis Dreyfus/Jonathan Silverman and Michael Richards/Julie Hagerty, had their moments but could have been done better.

One highlight throughout the show was the hotel manager. He had some great lines and facial takes that were really funny. Somewhat reminiscent of the late John Gielgud.

I admit I am probably somewhat less critical since I was able to see it free on a local cable channel, maybe you will be as lucky as I was.

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