From King Tut to the Queen of Crime Fiction
Tutankhamun show
A major show of ancient Egyptian artefacts, ‘Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs’, will open in London this autumn (November 15 – August 30, 2008). The first exhibition at the new O2 centre, formerly the Millennium Dome, in Greenwich, it will feature 130 treasures from the Valley of the Kings tombs and a gallery dedicated to Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who discovered the boy king’s tomb in 1922. It is 30 years since the treasures of Tutankhamun appeared in the capital at the British Museum, an exhibition visited by a record-breaking 1.8 million people.
Public spa for London’s Bethnal Green
York Hall in London’s Bethnal Green, site of some of the country’s most famous boxing bouts, is set to become home to a new state-of-the-art spa facility. The £1.2 million Spa London, a joint project between the local council and Greenwich Leisure, will enable visitors to benefit from a whole host of treatments and therapies as they relax and unwind at the country’s finest public sector spa, which is scheduled to open in the spring. Spa London will be sited within the historic Victorian baths at York Hall Leisure Centre in Bethnal Green.
Cycle the royal River Thames The Tour de France cycle race may be starting in London for the first time this summer, but leisure cyclists are being offered a chance to ‘go with the flow’ on a different route to the capital. Cycling holiday company Capital Sport has planned a nine-night self-guided tour following the River Thames from its official source near Cirencester in the Cotswold Hills to the Thames Barrier, east of the capital.
This 200 mile adventure uses bridleways, bike paths and quiet country lanes to criss cross the river, calling at the university city of Oxford, regatta town Henley and Marlow, before passing Eton, home of the boys’ college, around the castle at Windsor and past the palaces at Hampton Court, Kew and Westminster.
Almost traffic free, the route threads its way through the heart of London with an overnight stop beside the London Eye. Nine nights in hand-picked hotel or inn accommodation, luggage transfers, bike hire (optional), easy-to-follow route directions and emergency cover are included in the cost, from £828 per person. Information/bookings: (01296) 631671. Website: www.capital-sport.co.uk.
Third Agatha Christie week on English Riviera The seaside town of Torquay in South-West England is planning its third annual Agatha Christie week this September (10-16) to celebrate its best known daughter with a series of events. Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the publication of Death on the Nile, this will be part of a nationwide festival of the life and works of the most published novelist of all time. Events in Torquay will include The Agatha Christie Theatre Company performing The Unexpected Guest at the Princess Theatre (Sept. 10-15), talks by famous crime writers, creative writing workshops, street performances and special screenings of Agatha Christie films. Visit www.englishriviera.co.uk
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