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Showing posts with label Timeout magazine. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Heathrow has made a guide to British etiquette with Stephen Fry

Heathrow has made a guide to British etiquette with Stephen Fry

Heathrow has made a guide to British etiquette with Stephen Fry
If there’s one man who knows what he’s talking about in this godforsaken city, it’s Stephen bloody Fry. Just look at him – so learned; so wise. So when this tweed-clad bastion of Britishness tells you how to behave, you ought to jolly well listen, because to ignore his sage counsel is tantamount to treason.
Good news, then, for Fry has just been appointed as the official ambassador of the nation’s passive-aggressive quirks and foibles. He’s starring in a new three-minute video guide to British etiquette that’ll be shown to passengers arriving at Heathrow airport, hopefully meaning that visitors to the city shall never again ruin Londoners’ lives by failing to queue correctly or daring to differ with our appraisal of the current weather conditions.
Thinking about it though, the whole thing of cheering when someone drops a glass is a bit weird. Why do we do that?
Check out the video right here:
 

Saturday, 25 July 2015

Europe’s largest international jousting tournament is happening right now

Knight fever: Europe’s largest international jousting tournament is happening right now

A knight works the crowd at Arundel Castle© Julia Claxton
Lovers of medieval re-enactment, horses, the 15th century, castles and/or fancy dress, listen up – because there’s an international jousting tournament happening at Arundel Castle in West Sussex right now. TheInternational Jousting & Medieval Tournament, to give it its full name, kicked off on Tuesday, and this weekend will see four teams of men in full suits of armour compete for glory. The competitors are professional knights (yes, that’s a thing) from across Europe and the USA, who are representing The Kingdom of Poland, The Kingdom of France, The Burgundian Alliance (the defending champions) and The Kingdom of Great Britain. The tournament’s been going since 2008 and is the largest in Europe – and people get pretty into it, to say the least. If past events are anything to go by, this is what onlookers will be treated to this year. Egads!
Horseback hi-fives:
arundel castle
Colour-coordinated human/horse outfits:
Tuesday 23rd July 2013 Joust Week at Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, UK
Straight-up horseplay:
Sunday 28th July 2013 England win the Joust at the International tournament at Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, UK
Excellent hats:
arundel castle
This bloke:
Joust 2014 Knight Marshal Andreas Wenzel Photo Credit Victoria Dawe
Some horsing around:
Tuesday 23rd July 2013 Joust Week at Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, UK
A man with the horn:
Winner Skill At Arms Jan Gradon Joust 2014 Photo Credit - Victoria Dawe
And these lads:
Knights of the Joust 2014 Photo Credit Victoria Dawe (1)
The International Jousting & Medieval Tournament continues Saturday July 25 and Sunday July 26 at Arundel Castle, West Sussex. Full details here