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Summer 2010
NEWSWORTHY – UK!
Unmissable Royal Visits!
Buckingham Palace (from 27th July until 1st October 2010)
This summer visit the State Apartments of the Queen's London home and walk through her garden, described as a 'walled oasis in the middle of London' where you enjoy splendid views of the west front of the Palace and the famous lake.
Anyone for Tea at Buckingham Palace?
Situated on the West Terrace overlooking the Palace's famous lawn and lake, the Garden Cafe, specially created for the eight week Summer Opening, offers a selection of refreshments, including tea, coffee, juice and a choice of cakes and sandwiches.
Your tickets include a visit to the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace and the special exhibition The Queen's Year.
Clarence House
(from 31st July until 1st September 2010)
For one month only this summer, Clarence House, the official residence of TRH The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Princes William and Harry is open to the public. On the tour you are guided round the five ground floor rooms where The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall undertake official engagements and receive guests from around the world.
Guided Tour of the Great Kitchen, Windsor Castle
(from 2nd August to 3rd October)
For a special day at Windsor Castle, add a guided tour of the Great Kitchen to your visit. The tour takes you to areas not normally open to the public and provides a fascinating insight into the behind the scenes life of the Castle.
The tour lasts approximately 30 minutes and is available on selected dates.
Private Tour of the State Apartments, Windsor Castle
Your group will enjoy exclusive access to the sumptuous State Apartments at Windsor once the doors have closed to the public for the day. In the company of an expert guide, this tour offers the opportunity to 'behind the ropes'.
As tours take place at the end of the day visitors can soak up the atmosphere of the State Apartments in the evening light and enjoy world famous masterpieces by Breughel, Holbein, Rubens and Van Dyck. The tour ends with a glass of champagne.
For all Royal visits pre-booking is essential. Call or email the NoteWorthy ladies for your tickets!
Popular Exhibitions
Victoria & Albert Exhibition - The Queen’s Gallery (until 31st October)
If you enjoyed ‘The Young Victoria’ you will love the Victoria & Albert Exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
This major exhibition is the first ever to focus on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s shared enthusiasm for art. Bringing together over 400 items from the Royal Collection, it celebrates the royal couple’s mutual delight in collecting and displaying works of art, from the time of their engagement in 1839 to the Prince’s untimely death in 1861. The exhibition also challenges the popular image of Victoria – the melancholy widow of 40 years – and reveals her as a passionate and open-minded young woman.
Grace Kelly – Style Icon - The Victoria & Albert Museum (until 26th September)
When people think of Grace Kelly (1929-82), one of the most photographed women of the 20th century, what they usually recall is her beauty and elegance. This exhibition explores, through her surviving clothes, the story of her transformation from Hollywood actress to a princess of one of Europe's oldest royal families.
Examining her enduring appeal as a style icon, it features her film costumes, the much-publicised dresses made for her trousseau and wedding, and the French haute couture - a different kind of costume - that she required for her subsequent role as Princess of Monaco. Pre-booking is essential.
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition – Royal Academy (14th June until 22nd August)
The Summer Exhibition is one of London's longest-running art shows, now in its 242nd year. It's also the world's largest open-submission contemporary art exhibition with around 11,000 works submitted annually. This year, you'll be able to see new work by artists such as Ed Ruscha, Gillian Ayres and Tracey Emin.
Gauguin at the Tate Modern (30 September 2010 – 16 January 2011)
Gauguin is one of the world's most famous and best-loved artists from the early 20th century. For the first time in the UK in over 50 years, Tate Modern presents an exhibition dedicated to this master French Post-Impressionist, featuring paintings and drawings from around the world. His sumptuous, colourful images of women in Tahiti and beautiful landscape images of Brittany in France are some of the most popular images in Modern art.
We expect this exhibition to be very popular, so book your tickets now!
Hot Tours!
For All Contemporary Art & Architecture Lovers - we have the Perfect Guide!
Whether it is a half day, full day or multiple days we can create a fabulous programme for all contemporary art and architecture lovers.
Enjoy a hi-light tour of the cutting edge galleries of the East End of London along with the Tate Modern, Serpentine and Saatchi Galleries. In addition learn about Lord Foster’s spiraling skyscraper known as the ‘Gherkin’, Richard Rogers' Lloyd's Building straight out of Blade Runner, a Roman fortress from 200 A.D. and St Bartholomew-the-Great, London’s grandest Norman church attached to a medieval plague hospital.
AND don’t forget the Frieze Art Fair in Regent’s Park, London 14th to 17th October 2010!
Action Packed Scotland!
Experience one of the ‘Top Railway Journeys in the World’ as you travel by steam train through stunning countryside in Western Scotland, take off from Loch Lomond in your own private seaplane, enjoy an invigorating speedboat ride across Loch Ness, charter a private yacht and experience the breathtaking beauty of the Outer Hebrides, where brilliant white beaches meet turquoise waters and there is an abundance of wildlife to enjoy.
If you’re a lover of fine malt enjoy a Master Blender Session at one of Scotland’s best distilleries. Following an in depth tour you try your hand at whisky blending which will be bottled to take away with you along with a personalised certificate.
NB NoteWorthy has a host of historic Castles to recommend and some fabulous new hotels and country lodges in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Highlands!
Private Shore Excursion in Newcastle upon Tyne?
Enjoy a full day tour with your very own NoteWorthy Guide and private driver.
Explore the magnificent Northumberland coast visiting Bamburgh Castle, home to the Kings of Northumbria and Alnwick Castle, recognisable as Hogwarts from the Harry Potter films where your guide reveals its history from Harry Hotspur to Harry Potter. Wander through the extensive gardens before enjoying lunch in one of the world's largest treehouses.
Hotel Deals!
The Dorchester
Summer sun in the city means family fun at the Dorchester. It is time for filling long sunny days with happy memories. The special ‘Summer Family Package’ includes a complimentary room and cookies for the children and champagne for you.
From GBP 345.00
Complimentary second room will be interconnecting or nearby for a maximum of two children up to the age of 14. Valid from 9th August until 12th September 2010 excluding VAT and subject to availability.
The Haymarket Hotel
AUGUST AFFAIR - Make the most of everything London has to offer in August by staying at the glamorous Haymarket Hotel. Perfectly placed to explore the local area, enjoy the numerous galleries and museums or head to Green Park for an outdoor concert. Return to the hotel for afternoon tea in the hotel's sumptuous surroundings.
Luxury Room from £285
Deluxe Room from £325
Luxury Junior Suite from £380
Deluxe Junior Suite from £435
Rates are per room, per night and exclusive of VAT
Rates are valid 1st to 31st August
Included in your stay:
English breakfast
Afternoon Tea for two
Theatre
Jeff Goldblum to star in the Old Vic's first West End play, Neil Simon's ‘The Prisoner of Second Avenue’
A black comedy set in the 1970's, depicting a New York couple, Mel and Edna Edison, enduring the trials and tribulations of city life. Mel is made redundant and the stress of an economic crisis and urban life pushes him into having a nervous breakdown. The family gathers to offer support, with Edna stoically bearing the burden of his disintegration and self-pity.At the Vaudeville from 30th June.
Sam Mendes at the Old Vic
Sam Mendes is returning to the Old Vic for the second year of The Bridge Project that will run from 12 Jun until 21 Aug. Mendes will direct his theatre group of British and American actors in two Shakespeare plays, ‘As You Like It’ and ‘The Tempest’.
Faulks’s Birdsong receives stage premiere
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’s best-selling First World War-set novel, is to be brought to the stage at London’s Comedy theatre this autumn. The new stage adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff, directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, opens on 28 September, following previews from 18 September. Casting is yet to be announced.
Joanna Lumley returns to the West End with David Hyde Pierce
The London and Broadway revival of La Bete, Daid Hirson’s hilarious play, sees Joanna Lumley make a welcome return to the West End, playing the part of Princess Conti. The cast also includes David Hyde Pierce, best known for playing Dr Niles Crane in the multi award-winning American sitcom Frasier, and recent Olivier award-winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem).
La Bete is a comic tour de force about Elomire (Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself. When the fickle princess (Lumley) decides she’s grown weary of Elomire’s royal theatre troupe, he and Valere are left fighting for survival as art squares off with ego in a literary showdown for the ages.
La Bete previews from 26 June at the Comedy Theatre in the West End, playing until 4 September, and will then transfer to Broadway.
Restaurant News
Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Knightsbridge
Chef Daniel Boulud’s first UK restaurant, Bar Boulud, London opened its doors in May at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
This widely anticipated, French inspired, bistro and wine bar is directly accessible from Knightsbridge and follows the successful format of Bar Boulud in New York which has achieved significant acclaim.
Horse & Groom Pub
Near Hyde Park Corner, tucked away down a mews behind Belgrave Square is this delightful find The Horse and Groom Pub. The Horse and Groom is a wonderful traditional pub with extremely friendly staff and a great local atmosphere.
During the summer months tables are placed outside for eating and drinking in this quaint Belgravia mews location. The Horse and Groom is set over 2 floors and is open Monday to Friday from 11.30am until 11pm and is closed at the weekend.
For further information on the above or for any new enquiries for the UK please contact:
Helen Bedford - helen@noteworthy.co.uk
Louise Wood - louise@noteworthy.co.uk
