I miss being in London. Since the pandemic I have not been able to travel from Canada to London. I miss walking through Earl's Court, the Old Brompton Cemetery, on the way to the Fulham Road, walking down the North End Road, exploring, watching the people, their businesses, restaurants, book stores, etc . What an amazing city. I hope to be back soon.

@KallusGarnet

2 жыл бұрын

We miss you too buddy come back soon

@johndean7967

2 жыл бұрын

I live off the North End Road

@user-ot7jd9dt7t

Жыл бұрын

Alright calm down, it's not that good lol

I'm not originally from London, i'm from the north, but London has been my home now for the last five years, I adore the place and at 62 i'm not planning on ever living anywhere else

@huzi37709

3 жыл бұрын

@Marvin Van Account joined march 6th

@huzi37709

3 жыл бұрын

@Heath Azariah Account also joined march 6th.

I was a miner on the Victoria Line Tube back in the 60s, the Tunnel Boring Machine drove the train tunnel and men dug the stations. Afternoon Tea would be served between 3 & 4pm it came in a enamelled bucket, with enamel mugs hung from a wire around the bucket, these were dipped into the tea and gulped down as there were nut enough mugs to go round. The recipe was a pint of milk, 1/4lb of tea, IE 1 packet. boiling water and then 2lbs of sugar stirred with a long wooden paddle. Why milk first, when tea was first drunk from china cups, they would crack when the boiling water was poured in. So milk was added first to prevent fine china cracking. Breakfast would be around 10am. we started work at 7am. this would consist 2 fried eggs, bacon, sausage, black pudding, toms & mushroom and a double helping of bubble washed down with a mug or two of tea. Eaten in a workers café. Lunch Pint of shandy to wash down the dust, followed by 2 pints of bitter and a steak and kidney pie. Hence the saying A pie and a pint. Sadly pub lunches are a thing of the past, abolished by the day glow boys.

I've been all over the US but was in awe the entire time I was in London. Everything about the city was easy and it just worked.

@freespeechisneverwrong9351

3 жыл бұрын

The British are extremely good at following rules and regulations. The city itself has undergone huge change over the last twenty years. IMO it’s experiencing a change similar to that experienced in the Victorian era. A £16B tube line (Crossrail), a £4B super sewer, £10B invested in Kings Cross, £10B invested in Paddington Basin, the relaxation of planning rules during Boris Johnson’s Mayoralty leading to the city reaching for the sky, massive retail shopping centres (Westfield), huge overseas investment (Russian and Chinese) into residential developments including super premium apartments etc. I could go on but hopefully you get the message. The only thorn amongst all of this is Sadiq Khan the current mayor who has failed on every level and ignores the people of London in almost everything he does.

I was involved in the construction of three London towers, heron tower, the shard & the cheese grater, love London always will

@elpistolero9394

5 жыл бұрын

I was involved in the construction of The Tower of London. How do you do?!

@nigelcarpenter4814

5 жыл бұрын

@@elpistolero9394 you must be cracking on a bit

@shamirpatel3569

4 жыл бұрын

Same here mate and you are a bloody asset to this city and to the whole bloody kingdom. Buckingham palace and the Palace of Westminster could use your expertise.

@TooJubeJM1

4 жыл бұрын

Nigel Carpenter he must be at least 900 years old...

@xavierrodriguez88

4 жыл бұрын

Sure you do man. It's simply amazing.👍❤

I came to London in 1969 and I still live here and love it.

I've spent more time being lost in London than in any other city by far. It's a maze, a really fascinating maze.

@stephenbrookes7268

5 жыл бұрын

It is impossible to get lost in London. You are always "Here" and if you want to go "There" you just find the nearest tube.

Great video. I live here, and have done so for most of my life, and I love it. And only yesterday (22nd Feb 2019) I visited both Borough Market and the top floor of The Shard. Also a newer attraction; the Roof Terrace at One New Change directly to the East of St Paul's Cathedral and last week, the viewing area and Sky Garden at the top of the Walkie-Talkie building. ALL well worth a visit.

I have lived in London for 5 years and loved its energy, innovation and vibrancy.

I live in London and I learnt a lot from this documentary

I am a Londoner (born and bred) of Jamaican heritage, and I agree that this city is indeed full of history, culture and cutting edge technology. It's a great city (albeit expensive), but there is honestly something for everyone here. Lots of food markets, events in Trafalgar Square, the occasional flashmob, tons of tours, London Pride, Notting Hill Carnival, cat cafes, outdoor cinema, etc. It's easy to tell who is a tourist lol, but when I have given people personal tours of various areas of London, with some language swapping, it's been a great experience for both. I am honestly suspicious of anyone who says they are bored with London. My advice for tourists: stand on the RIGHT of escalators and don't put your luggage on the LEFT, don't walk to a complete stop in the middle of the pavement, and realise that it's perfectly fine to ask for help or directions :) Have fun! x

@stephenbrookes7268

5 жыл бұрын

You are in a good position to help me to shoot down some of these xenophobic comments. As we both have ancestors from abroad. Nobody has the right to say immigrants have watered down the language or culture. This has been going on here for that past 2000 years. The ever changing ethnic mix IS our culture! Further to your advice on escalator ethics. The main words any foreign visitor needs to learn are: Please, Thank you and Sorry. Use please when you want something, thank you when you get it and sorry if in any doubt!

@stephenbrookes7268

5 жыл бұрын

@tragasusI hear what you are saying, but I don't feel that it is as big a threat to our culture than lack of functional literacy amongst native speakers. There is no doubt that more individual people came aboard last year, than the time frame you mentioned. I would have to check up on how recent figures compare with the mass immigration that was encouraged during the immediate post war years, and in the 60s 70s and 80s. I would like to see numbers of individuals as well as % of extant population. Imagine the % increases immediately after the ice age. The unpopulated island need only have had 1 individual migrate to it for the population to rise 100%, so increases in population have to be studied statistically. Also by nett benefit to the nation. If it is not a benefit then it shouldn't happen, but if it is essential then it must be forced to happen. This obviously is a spectrum. UK, does not have a particularly high immigrant population overall, but indeed does in the big cities, especially London. It is just over 14%, so quite low compared to many developed countries. I am concerned about creolisation of the language as this does effect comprehension, but it is more likely that newcomers will learn how natives speak rather than continue to be misunderstood and keep having to clarify what they say. I have been an ESL.teacher, so I have a lot of experience of helping people that have been taught English badly, to overcome their common errors. I do hold my point though that we have always needed injections of new blood, but also agree that too many, in too short a time and concentrated in a limited geographical area can seem like invasion rather than migration. It does tend to even out as time goes by, and once the extant population and the newcomers get used to eachother the minor differences become less noticeable.

@c3realK1ll4h

5 жыл бұрын

@trag theres no abuse of non-muslim girls in london, idiot

@stephenbrookes7268

4 жыл бұрын

​@trag Do you have any proof of your propaganda? Show citations! I am fairly certain that you do not have proof of what you say. You are a hypocrite. You are allowed to make a ridiculous statement that in 2018 more people migrated to UK that did between 1066 and 1939. Yet my absolutely indisputable factual point was dismissed! Prove what you say or it is just noise! Then explain what the hell it means!

I reside in sleepy west norfolk, 100 miles north of london, and every now and then i feel the need to visit london, it is the only place i can really get lost in, in the uk, it is a vast city, with so much going on, i cannot wait to visit again in october! However, there is much more to london than just the city of london, but the city is a bloody gorgeous place to explore, a perfect starting point really!

I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and I love London. I wish I can come back soon.

Born and bred in London , proud of my city.

Great documentary! With love from London!

I come from Malaysia and i had been to London for more than 20 times. Everytime i come to London, i find new things to be discovered! The city is so vibrant.

Great documentary, thank you.

I always look forward of coming back, such great memories. I think I am one with London. Such full of energy.

In Tamil, the word kari means a kind of gravy. The Portuguese began to apply that phonetically to many Indian dishes. (Portuguese culinary influences also took root in India, with dishes such as Goa's tamarind-spiked vindaloo.) Later, the British Anglicized the term into “curry” when they colonized the subcontinent.

@shamirpatel3569

5 жыл бұрын

That’s a very good way of explaining the origins that all us Brits use and I thank you for it.

@Iskandar64

5 жыл бұрын

Francisco Da Silva Actually that’s not true, it is Medieval English word meaning cooking or food preparation. The first English cookbook was called A Forme of Curry, look it up. It was taken to India by the Employees of the East India Company just as the word dropped out of use in England and became the word to describe Indian food in general as opposed to any other. The word was not used by the indigenous people. It was then re imported back to the UK by returning colonials.

@truthwar4567

5 жыл бұрын

@@Iskandar64 who you calling indegenous its just Genius people yea!

This is a great travel video with Trivia. I learned a lot

A very nice doc from our American cousins! All you guys are welcome at *ANY* time! If you make it to one of our many but now sadly disappearing traditional boozers tell the landlord John said the drinks are on him!

@cijmo

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, in return for hosting me every year from Canada. London is my Christmas holiday, the lights and theatre is just so brilliant. Often you give yourselves a bad rap - saying that Londoners are grumpy and the city is dirty, I have never met an unfriendly Londoner. Granted, I know the rules of not striking up conversation with strangers everywhere (hard for a Canadian!) and mind my own business on the tube but when I've really been lost, everyone is so helpful.

@simonh6371

5 жыл бұрын

@@southhertsspurs5275 Septic tanks

@c3realK1ll4h

5 жыл бұрын

South herts Spurs stop saying stuff like that, go and slurp some toilet

@nelsonricardo3729

5 жыл бұрын

@@southhertsspurs5275 I guess we shouldn't have saved your asses, then.

@topbanana4013

5 жыл бұрын

@@southhertsspurs5275 why dont you fuck off, i cant stand scumbag keyboard warriors like you, im English in LONDON you clearly no fuck all about YOUR OWN HISTORY so i suggest fuck off back to school and get a fucking education you THICK As shit low life mug

London is a hundred urban villages all with their own character and history, heritage and surprises almost anywhere.

when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

@SRSM198

2 жыл бұрын

That quote was before London had all the modern mods and cons of today, just goes to show life in London was what you make it.

@rathcooleposse

2 жыл бұрын

Who can afford London tho

Nice. For some reason, I've always been fascinated with the city and suspect I always will.

Very nice video of that wonderful city!

Super documentary from Americans, not only did they get it right, all the place names were correct in British grammar and pronunciation... like River Thames (Tems) rather than the Th-ames River which we hear so often, Excellent programme well made and produced one of the best I have ever seen, first class 5 *****

One of the best documentaries I've ever watched. In Holmes's words: "Well thumbed"

In 1955-56 I used to live 30 miles North of London and almost every weekend we used to come to the City wit a Day Return ticket. It was fun to use the tube to go around the City. and have good shopping and meal.

Magnifique ville !! Et très beau documentaire , bravo !! par contre je savais bien que c' était Londres qui avait repris les même plans que Paris ^^

Brilliant portrayal of the city

Thank you for this interesting video

As a Brit who lived in London for a few years it was interesting to get an American perspective. I actually learned a few things I didn't Know too. One thing though, A Sunday roast is never done justice when simplified to just a sandwich as portrayed here. A Sunday roast is a full meal containing a mix of ingredients and is just simply delicious. Many people think English food is bad, most of the people who think that have been to London and tried cheap/touristy things such as the roast beef sandwich, and have never eaten true British food.

@jacobmassey3897

2 жыл бұрын

Seems to be mainly Americans and French who slate British food as bad.

Wow, what a fantastic documentary

EVERY INTERESTING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING US 🏦💫🌎

I had the privilege to stay outside London for a month. London is very beautiful from what I saw but looking at this video I will be going back to check out more.

I work in the City and love the fact that the majority of the new high-rises are ambitious and (to me) beautiful. Very few boxes.

A pub is really a public house as opposed to a private house. It is just as cozy as most English homes - or at least it should be.

@jacobmassey3897

2 жыл бұрын

Assuming your home is full of loud middle age piss heads and stinks of booze 😆🍺

In the contemporary era tea is so much associated with the British way of life that it can come as a surprise to learn that it owes much of its popularity here to a foreign princess. While it is not true to say that Catherine of Braganza, the queen-consort of Charles II of England, actually introduced tea to Britain, she certainly had much to do with it becoming a fashionable and widely drunk beverage.

The oldest working distillery in England is the Plymouth Gin Distillery and dates from the early 1400s, the Plymouth Gin Distillery is and still makes gin from the oldest recipe in England. That recipe was introduced in 1793 and they still use much of the same distillery equipment from that time. It has been making Plymouth Gin according to the original recipe since 1793 and they are open to visitors all year round. Visited there during 1957 when I was in the Royal Navy. The oldest gin distillery is Beefeaters in London which was established in 1829 and has been producing gin since then. They also produce in other countries to cut down the cost of shipping. When I buy it in Bangkok it is imported from their distillery in the Philipines. Chicken Tikka Masala is not from India but is believed to have been invented in Glasgow, Scotland. Using the term "Subway" to the London Underground is a misnomer. A Subway in London, and it is known as such, is the passageway that goes under a road, or sometimes roads, and allows people to walk safely under the ground to get to the another side. 'nuf sed.

@simonh6371

5 жыл бұрын

Nyaa, so what. Plymouth, Glasgow, it's all London buddy (sarcasm!)

I love the narration

I absolutely love London, always want to come back the second I leave

Ahhh❤The Most Passionate, Glorious, Amazing, Beautiful, Ever Brilliant, Resilient, and Brave People of the U.K 👑👑 This is an honor -🥇for me to learn about The ❤Magnificent Culture & History of one of your great city of London. (Highest Shalom).♥️♥️♥️

Very nice documentary. I didn't know about the great fire or the picture of the cathedral after a bombing. When I visited London it felt like a city for the rich and well off people and the distances are just immense.

An American perspective, to be sure. But then - as the Scottish poet, Robert Burns once wrote: "O wad some Power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us!" I enjoyed it - a documentary made with obvious affection for its subject.

@stephenbrookes7268

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The point is it was affectionate. Of course there were inaccuracies, like the best tea is from a cab stand, and a few historic misses. I flew back to Cairo recently sitting next to an american chap. He was saying that he had learnt a great deal about London,England and the English that busted a load of his myths about us. He was particularly surprised at how many new and tall buildings there were and the state of flux London is constantly in. At Heathrow, I was asked directions by an American lady, I just so happened to be going where she was so we walked together chatting. She was exuding about the quality and variety of foods available here, and how it differed from the popular misconceptions they know from back home. Americans that do travel are much more broad minded then their stay at home countrymen. I used to share my apartment in Mexico City with other travellers. On 2 occasions when he was in town, I shared with a guy from Seattle. He was a great ambassador for his people. Down to earth, smart and broad minded. In fact he used to pull me up on occasions when I was being grumpy and intolerant. We are all the same, because we are all different!

@dannyvegasman

5 жыл бұрын

xetalq Stanley Tucci ( the narrator) lives in London. I picked him up once. (I’m a cabbie) Nice fella.

Iwas in London City several times with my frends..big city and nice city..

Narrated by Stanley Tucci? I´ve gotta watch this!

London is the centre of the world, everyone wants to visit London once in his lifetime, its history, its culture, wow, London has always been my number one destination

Strange that they never spoke to any real Londoners , they probably couldn't find any of us as we've all bailed out

@vgee3991

4 жыл бұрын

yeah more and more homogenised gentrified

@reneegiese6315

4 жыл бұрын

And why you bailed out? London is the city my wife and I visit most. Adorable. Greetings from Berlin

@Jay-vr9ir

4 жыл бұрын

Where has everyone gone to ?

@Sam-ot8lm

4 жыл бұрын

@@reneegiese6315 It's nice to visit, but living there is a pain in the arse, it's expensive, Boris Johnson is a twat, you know.

@zlatans.manbun8269

3 жыл бұрын

Define real Londoners.

As Samuel Johnson said, ‘When a man is tired of London he is tired of life.’

@navarrolevel7

5 жыл бұрын

Russell Hogben or tired of getting mugged and sharing the city with so many nasty people

@liegegoncalvesteixeira2080

5 жыл бұрын

Words of wisdom, *Russell* 😉😊 Words of wisdom...

@simonh6371

4 жыл бұрын

@sam mark Yeah I know bro, my comment was a bit tongue in cheek really, I live in London and don't feel like it's dangerous or edgy, if anything some parts of Brum are edgier. Then again I have lived in Johannesburg too lol.

My favorite city in the world. Just love the place and the people. ❤️

Love the drama and the music of the plane landing at the beginning. 'landing at London city airport is a challenging landing becuase there is a very steep approach which we have to make to avoid the built up areas of Canary Wharf'. Sorry, but is it possible to 'hit' Canary Wharf when landing at City Airport? I though Canary Wharf is under aeroplanes that are taking off?

No mention of the fact that gin was originally a Dutch import (Jenever) along with King William in the late 1600s.

@shamirpatel3569

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking as Gin is Dutch before it ever was considered quintessentially British and was never Indian.

@simonh6371

5 жыл бұрын

Yep they also say that the first stock exchange was in London, when in fact it was in Amsterdam nearly 2 centuries previously.

@paulm2467

3 жыл бұрын

London dry gin is actually a development of Dutch gin, it's distilled twice instead of once and its main flavour is juniper not malt. Dutch gin is actually somewhere between gin and whisky in modern terms.

as an indian I have had the best indian food in London both north and South Indian , its just too good all the way from south hall to all the posh indian eats in central its mental the indian food scene and not far behind the middle eastern and Turkish food scene is also mental in London!

Big Ben is not hung in St. Stephens tower. The tower was always officially known as the clock tower, until it was recently renamed the Elizabeth tower in honour of the queen.

💎 bello, grazie ! 💷

Lol the idea of London NOT being open 24 hours like NY... just like NY, it is if you know where to go.

London was a great city .Even 20 years ago But now it’s too many people To Crowdy . But still I love it what can I do !! this is my hometown love London❤️❤️❤️

@abbyflagesh5012

5 жыл бұрын

And very very noisy..

Very interesting, London is my list now 💯

I grew up in London in the 50s watched it change, where there was a tight knit community is no more, remembering our Irish neighbours Mrs Kelly, Mrs O'Rourke and the rest of our great characters in our street, we grew up and moved away, often wondered where my playmates are now, yes London for me is full of nostalgia, but I always remember my beloved London and its memories.

@davidlauder-qi5zv

11 ай бұрын

Remembering your Irish neighbours. Really. Is that why landladies in 1950s London put signs in their windows saying - "No blacks, no dogs, no Irish"...?

@SRSM198

11 ай бұрын

@@davidlauder-qi5zv That was disgusting racism stinks

The London Stock Exchange certainly was NOT the world's first Stock Exchange. The world's first Stock Exchange was established in 1602, nearly 2 centuries before the London Stock Exchange, in Amsterdam, by the world's first multinational corporation, which was the VOC - Verenigde Oostindien Compagnie - or Dutch East Indies Company.

@maxmullen6337

5 жыл бұрын

Simon H. The Dutch were first, based on Italian ideas. The word “Bank” comes from Italy. But the London stock exchange (and national debt) began in the late 1600s.

@MrBoreray

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but I can't take history lessons from someone wearing clogs,dancing and building dams yes,(just a little joke nicked from James May and adapted)no offense intended.

@simonh6371

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrBorerayFunny comment lol but I'm a Brit who lived in NL so I couldn't take offence anyways. Not being unpatriotic...but they're the only country to have conquered England since 1066 (1688), established New York (New Amsterdam), Cape Town, discovered Australia and a lot more...they're our closest neighbours in many ways. Brits & Cloggies basically created most of the modern world between us. There is mutual respect even though we had a lot of wars at one time. In WW2 the (free) Dutch Navy were the only guys our Royal Navy felt confident working with, the rest (Belgian, French etc.) were considered below par.

@stephenbrookes7268

5 жыл бұрын

@@simonh6371 Yeah but we took it all back off them didn't we!! hahahhahahhhhhhaaaa

@simonh6371

5 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrookes7268 Yeah spot on. New Netherlands incl. New Amsterdam is now NY State/NY City; New Holland is now Australia, but they weren't interested in it anyways; we took the Cape when Napoleon invaded Holland, then 40 years on most Dutch speakers left the Cape to go inland, set up 2 Dutch speaking republics, the Orange Free State & Transvaal...which we took off them 60 years later; also one I only found out about by accident is Ceylon/Sri Lanka, previously Dutch then British. However the cloggies still haven't returned the figurehead of the HMS Royal Charles, they nicked the whole ship in the Medway Raid in 1667 & took it back to Holland, they still have the figurehead on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; last year they lent it back to us for an exhibition, but we gave it back to them...should have kept it imho.

Hello John, Love the programme, what's the best way to contact you about a screening possibility?

I had my fair share of London fish and chips in the 9 years I lived there. And trust me it is so damn good. It's got a little expensive but the best food money can buy!

@uksrilankantraveller6783

4 жыл бұрын

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Samantha Brown was probably not born in NYC. if you were born in Brooklyn in the 60s, London looks old very old , fact most of Leichester and Covent Gardens , d Fitzrovia look like Brooklyn in the 70s !!! Soho looks like Greenwhich village in the 80s ! But the atraction of London is the people! That song, from the Oliver Twist movie "Consider yourself At Home" really describes the vibe of Londoners , and their sincere non bullshyt friendliness

@davidlauder-qi5zv

11 ай бұрын

London doesn't just look very old, it IS very old.

I'm a traveling to London (Edinburgh} and i think it's the world greatest city. Thank you

@MBM1117727

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you learned that Edinburgh and London are two different cities that are many hundreds of miles away from each other while you were over there lol

@MBM1117727

3 жыл бұрын

Or did you mean you're from Edinburgh? If so my mistake xD

@dogsbolls

3 жыл бұрын

I just ordered that out. Edinburgh IS the greatest City

Okay, we call you "Rosbeef", but you call us "Froggies", it's not better ! ;)

very great!

Well on that note 9:11, the average NYC cab driver's hippocampus must be small, because out of Manhattan they're lost!

I wanna go back to London now...

As a young mas in my early twenties, I lived, worked and study in London for five years. South Ken and Earl`s Court . A couple of years ago, I went back for a visit, and couldn`t recognise it any more. All the places I used to go were gone. The type of people I saw on the streets, were of different ethnicity. The old red buses were different. The people I used to know were either dead or gone away. I felt that the city that I had once called my home, had nothing to do with what it had become. I don´t think I`ll ever go back, and will keep the memories of those days within myself. Thank you London and thank you to all the people I knew . I will always love you.......Every man's memory is his private literature. ~Aldous Huxley

@Lobo-Lobo

5 жыл бұрын

I think you are a Big Xenophobia Sufferer. London is one of the great cities of the world because of her diversity ! *The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.* ~~Wayne Dyer *Prejudice is an emotional commitment to ignorance* ~~ nathan rutstein

@thebiglieswontfoolusanylon6445

5 жыл бұрын

Said the biased bigot and hater of white English people.@@Lobo-Lobo

@thebiglieswontfoolusanylon6445

5 жыл бұрын

@@Lobo-Lobo Your envy and jealousy is thinly veiled.

@thebiglieswontfoolusanylon6445

5 жыл бұрын

The Globalist Banking families and their corporations transformed London from the envy of the planet to the shithole of Europe with a higher murder rate than New York and 350 languages spoken and the ethnic cleansing of its indigenous white population who now stand at 42% in 2019, this person decrying you as a bigot and narrow minded is simply another Globalist communist moron spouting off the same old bile and he or she is full of hate for you and the European people.

@Lobo-Lobo

5 жыл бұрын

@@thebiglieswontfoolusanylon6445 I didn't even know there is such a thing called White English people. Maybe you misunderstood me but HATE is not my style! I think you're mad because white privilege is diminishing by the day and that you can't compete with the new immigrant kids! Get a JOB buddy !

My awesome city 🇬🇧

Nowhere in the world that can compare

@paullewis2413

5 жыл бұрын

@Kay Flip New York? No way, tacky by comparison Paris? More beautiful but far less comprehensive. Tokyo? Totally different and more bland.

@MrJOEI1

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Lewis it's called an opinion. Only someone filled with insecurities would act so haughty. Where do you live?

@Tone720

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrJOEI1 I mean the same could be said of the comment he was replying to...

@navarrolevel7

5 жыл бұрын

Dexter Ding not when it comes to moped crime and sharia patrols no go zones and when you land in hearhrow it looks like you got off in bangladesh. Out if the EU faster please

@captainhindsight8779

5 жыл бұрын

Pakistan

Our students LOVE this city. Thank you for sharing the video

You ask how Londoners coped compared with elsewhere? As Billy Bragg sings: Some flee from countries at war, to keep their children from harm, our parents fought through the blitz, sending their children to a farm. Says it all.

London is great i'd like to visit it

the british ruled my homeland south yemen for more than 200 years and thats y aden looks so close in its architecture to an english town its much like Brighton. am proud of aden british history. when it was under the British rule it was a city from heaven. where ever the british were success is alive there.

I don't enjoy the American docs nearly as much as I should, because I just LOVE THE BRITISH SERIES ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING!

Our most common food is fried chicken, kebab, fish&chips, peri peri, Indian, Turkish, Caribbean, African, Chinese and fast food(mc Donald’s, Burger King, kfc etc)

great history , amazing ya

What about subtitles for this documentary? Would have been a great idea...

Uggghhhhh! "...the city wasn't as *_profoundly_* re-thought as (as) was Paris." Fuck off! Paris's new appearance signified an advent in corporateers' pluckiness _en masse!_ Amen! to London's profoundly organic-looking remake 🥂 and hisses to machinations of 'orderliness' 🍺

I find London people very much sophisticated

@abbyflagesh5012

5 жыл бұрын

That they are..

@zlatans.manbun8269

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we are darrrrrrling

London.. always great!

I thought that the sign 'CC' which is located in the upper-right side in the beginning means this video has English captions.. 😂

OMG Samantha Brown. I grew up watching and envying her travels.

@CommanderFrenchFry

5 жыл бұрын

Me too.... thanks to her hotel shows I am still fascinated with hotels all the while maintaining impossible standards. Good old travel tv.

@robertculbreth694

5 жыл бұрын

And, can't put my finger on it, but, I still find her incredibly sexy!

Love It ! ❤️🇬🇧

That Macaw is sure beautiful.

The video is about 3 kinds to drink Gin, coffee, tea original from China. Beef roast. The history of London. Sant Peter Church. Pancras station. Taxi. It is a pitty it doesn't tell the most well-known the British Meusem. The red bus. The bridge of London Tower.

London is the greatest city in the world

@red-onecpasmoijetaitentrai3400

5 жыл бұрын

No tokyo is the greatest city in the world and paris is much more elegante and sophisticated

@L2ggs

5 жыл бұрын

was before khan ruined it, violent gangland now

Old St. Paul's was not wooden. It was a stone, Gothic cathedral in need of repair.

@stephenbrookes7268

5 жыл бұрын

Could be they are unwittingly referring to the 1087 great fire of London. There was a wooden church on that site at that time, as you probably know! The Gothic edifice that you refer to took best part of 300 years to build. So in 1666 it would have been knocking on a bit and with the GLC not being in existence for another 3 centuries they most probably didn't have a listing on it. So Mr. Wren would have been given carte blanche to demolish whatever he wanted to.

i missed england. and specially london. i like this city i have many good memories in london.

London , great city , i'd like to buy it

this is the only 42-minute video I am craving to watch for more. Rule Britannia!

love my city...............

"Fish and chips" was "invented" in the south of Spain (Andalucía) ...

Stanley Tucci (the voice over) live in London with his wife Felicity Blunt (sister of Emily)

Sir Christopher Wren was a genius who died a sad death after being badly treated and removed from his job of building St Paul's cathedral just before it was completed. He took a stroll around St Paul's one wintry day and caught a chill, dying in front of his fire in an armchair that evening. He was a mathematician and astronomer among other things and was the first person to be known as an architect because he combined all of the skills of master craftsmen with mathematics. He was also the first person to use dynamite to bring down a building, the remnants of the old St Paul's after the fire and copied the dome of St Paul's from the Basilica in Rome. One day when he was away from the cathedral a builder thought he could work out how much dynamite to use to bring down a wall. The result demolished the wall and hurled large pieces of stone hundreds of yards and through windows of local buildings nearly killing a group of women sitting sewing. He was lucky to keep his head for building the dome as it represented Catholicism and England was no longer a Catholic country at that point. At the same time as building St Paul's he also built 51 churches in London where he trialled his ideas later to be put into St Paul's. Many of those churches are still standing. One way that money was collected to pay for rebuilding London was by implementing a glove tax on the sale of new gloves. Craftsmen from all over Europe came to work on St Pauls and were issued with special passports, another way of making money to cover the costs. He also built 'The Monument' to the victims of the great fire. You can climb to top of it if you have enough puff!! It's worth the effort. The Monument was actually a telescope with an underground chamber from which you could view the stars. He visited Paris when Bernini was building the Louvre and was inspired to use the same methods for building St Paul's, namely employing huge numbers of workmen and organising them himself. He has a monument in St Pauls and an inscription which reads 'Reader, if you seek his monument - look around you'. (Originally in Latin).

@SRSM198

11 ай бұрын

Than you very much for a excellent write up. of Sir Christopher Wren.

lmao i'm british and this video makes me laugh so much - all the british stereotypes that are just assumed make me giggle

The beauty of London.

Lady, nobody does tea better than Fortnum's.

The original St Paul's Cathedral was not wood- it was stone. In fact it survived the fire although badly damaged- much of the stone was cracked by the heat and it was gutted. It could have been rebuilt but it was decided to demolish it and start again.

@redfolgers2233

5 жыл бұрын

"travel channel is fake news" -donald trump

@philiplettley

5 жыл бұрын

The original was wood, replaced with a stone one which burnt down in the great fire of London

@stephenbrookes7268

5 жыл бұрын

@@philiplettley Maybe they were thinking of the 1087 fire. They have trouble with any history going back over 200 years.