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West End musicals ("Chess" and "Young Frankenstein")! Imperial War Museum! London Bridge food tour! The Churchill War Rooms! The only annoying part is taking all day to get there. I know, First World Problems. I'll only be there for a week. Any last minute suggestions?

A haunting video showing an “obituary” of the main opponent to the “mega-mosque” proposed for the 2012 Olympic site has appeared on YouTube, but the subject of the film has vowed to continue his fight against the huge development. The video, In memory of Councillor Alan Craig, shows pictures of the Christian People's Alliance councillor with his wife and two daughters, aged 5 and 6, and promises: “To God we will all return.” It was posted on YouTube apparently in response to Mr Craig high-profile campaign against the building of a 12,000 capacity mosque sponsored by the ultra-conservative Islamic sect...

Do I hear gloating? Sad to say, but yes, I'm pretty sure that's what I hear. The wild, wild Left is full-swing into their "I told you so agenda" before the bodies are even cold. Those Islamic terrorists are canny - hit the weak links with bloodshed and the terror will spread like a virus to the smaller nations. They already succeeded in Spain, with very little effort. They must have imagined that the Lefties in England would start running at full tilt away from the war in Iraq. They weren't wrong. Demands for Britain's withdrawal from the "immoral" war...

Xie Ping, a salesman, has been in London for a week on holiday "It looks like a civilised place, with pretty good city planning. But I feel that this is a city without enough life and energy. People are not friendly or warm enough. Compared with the French, the British are quite cold and restrained. They are used to their old way of doing things and old way of thinking. One thing that did impress me about England ... is the British Museum. Or, shall I say, I felt a strong sense of humiliation when I visited it. All the...