Portrait painter Lucian Freud portrait work is shown from February 9th through to May 27th at London’s National Portrait Gallery, Jane McAdam Freud spent many months supporting her grandfather in preparing portraits for the show up to his death in 2011 where there will be 100 portrait paintings on show. I can recommend a stay in London to view this collection, we book a serviced apartment in London through Serviced City Pads who can be contacted on 0844 335 8866 where the reservations team will be delighted to help.
Lucian Freud was born in Berlin to Jewish parents who moved to Britain in the 1930’s due to the rise in the Nazism; in his early years he went to London Central School of Art and Goldsmith College where he developed his skills in portrait painting.
Freud’s early work is focused on surrealism and with people and animals being the painted form, which were created using thin layers of paint. Freud began to change his style completely to portraiture or nudes in the 1950’s; soon all of his work would be in this form. Freud would paint a range of people in his life: friends, family, fellow painters, lovers and children and the subject are autobiographical.
Freud is seen as one of Britain’s greatest portrait painters and I can recommend a trip to the National Portrait Gallery to view Lucian Freud’s life’s work, why not spend the weekend in London with Serviced City Pads for you London Apartment.

Tuesday February the 14th will soon be upon us and what can be more romantic than to promenade the Capital with the love of your life in your arms. We have decided to spend the evening walking around London landmarks where we met and fell in love. We have booked a London apartment through Serviced City Pads who have access to apartments throughout London and can be contacted on 0844 335 8866 where one of the reservations team will be delighted to help you choose the the best apartment for your stay.
Myself and wife met back in the 1990’s when we both stayed and worked in London, we met initially through a friend at a bar in Hanover Square just near Oxford Circus and spent the evening discussing our love of music and theatre which we both shared a passion. We decided to get to know one another over the following few weeks and went walking and sunbathing in Green Park and walked across to Buckingham Palace where we watched the changing of the guard a Saturday summers afternoon. We then decided to walk down the Mall to Trafalgar Square to take in the idyllic feel where we walked arm in arm being in Love in the Capital. Serviced Apartments in London have become incredibly popular and more so that they have nearly fifty per cent more space than a hotel room and can often work out better value, so I have certainly made a change when I stay in London.
Needless to say I is thoroughly looking forward my romantic evening for Valentine’s Day.

It’s the timing of year to get back into shape and why not stay in London and visit the banks of the Thames in Richmond to indulge in a fun run for 10k.
I actually completed this race in March 2011 with some friends and spent a good couple of months training for the occasion, you will need to up early on the Sunday morning for the run to start at 9.30a sharp so we stayed in a Serviced Apartment in London in the West End and booked the 2 bedroom property through Serviced City Pads who have a large range of apartments throughout London and the reservations team can be contacted on 0844 335 8866.
When I arrived to registered there were a large amount of people of varying ages and standards so that gave me comfort to know that I would be in the middle of the group and in particular it would be an enjoyable experience. All the running is along the banks of the Thames at Richmond so not only is it good fun with large amount of people, you are also running along one of the most beautiful stretches of river in the world and I’m sure this adds to the electric atmosphere. I made a really clean start and at 5 kilometres felt really good however as we passed each marker when you hit 8k the pain starts to sink in and the last 2k weren’t the most enjoyable at all however we all made it in around 1 hour so no shame there. We also went back to my London Serviced Apartment to enjoy a good rest and most importantly a nice glass of Champagne Celebration.

The Royal Shakespeare Company of Matilda the musical has arrived at London’s West End Theatre land until Sun October 21 and a stay in London will not be complete unless you pop down to the Cambridge theatre to watch this thoroughly fantastic show. We booked our London Accommodation through Serviced City Pads who have a large range of London Apartments in the West End and the reservations team can be contacted on 0844 335 8866.
Matilda the musical is one of the best in years; it is originally set in a room of a pregnant woman who gives birth to a baby called Matilda and once born the doctor professes Matilda to be the most beautiful child in the world. Matilda is clearly a gifted intelligent child who lives with her humourless parents and gormless brother, Matilda is mocked for being intelligent gifted and different however she rises above these taunts and spend much of her time at the local library with the librarian Mrs Phelps. Serviced Apartments in London are becoming very popular with nearly fifty percent more space than a hotel room and they can often in our experience work out cheaper particularly for longer stays.
The musical unfolds where Matilda is a very confident child, so if she is scolded by her parents and other family members, she just gets her own back and normally makes them look so silly. I have been a visitor to London’s theatre land for many years and seen many shows from dramas through to musicals; I can thoroughly recommend this musical on stay in London.

Leonardo da Vinci the Master Painter to the Court of Milan can be viewed at London’s National Gallery until Sunday 5th February where 9 of the 15 remaining paintings will be on display from the master genius painter. You can book a London Apartment through Serviced City Pads who will be delighted to select from a large range of London Serviced Apartment connected throughout the capital. You can contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866 where a member of the team will send through apartment options linked to your requested size and budget.
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 and raised in Florence who lays claim quite understandably the greatest painter of all time as he epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal, his younger years were spent under the tutoridge of the renowned Florence painter Verrocchio. Leonardo undertook much work in Milan, Venice, Rome and Bologna. Among his works are Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Creation of Adam very few of his paintings survive due to his constant changes of pictures so many never stayed the same.
Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull, and he outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even feasible during his lifetime but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. He made important discoveries in anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics, but he did not publish his findings and they had no direct influence on later science.
Leonardo da Vinci is clearly a master in many forms from painting to engineering the man is almost superhuman and I can recommend a visit to the National Gallery and you will not be disappointed, why not after a glorious day return with a nice bottle of wine to your London Apartment to reflect on what might have been on your stay in London.

Annie Leibovitz will be showing her new work at 13 Carlos Place London until January 20 which is named Pilgrimage; this is interesting and unique work from the world famous photographer. I stayed in a London Serviced Apartment booked through Serviced City Pads the reservations team can be contacted on 0844 335 8866 where they have a large range of Serviced Apartments in London throughout then capital.
Annie Leibovitz was born in 1949 in Westbury Connecticut and was part of the large family 6 siblings, her father was an air force lieutenant and mother a dance instructor, Leibovitz went to the San Francisco Art Institute and originally studied painting however developed a real passion for photography. After leaving the art institute Annie went to Israel to live on a Kibbutz for a couple of years then returned to America to join a new magazine start up Rolling Stone as a staffing reporter after a couple of years was promoted to Chief Staffing photographer and spent many years photographing the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and went on to become more famous than some of her portraits. I really enjoyed some of Annie’s new work which included a wonderful photograph of Niagara Falls in Ontario Canada, I feel this really has been a journey for Annie and would recommend the visit. We stayed in a London Apartment through Serviced City Pads.

You can view David Hockney’s work at the Royal Academy from January 21 through to April 9, why not visit London this winter and stay in a London Serviced Apartment through Serviced City Pads, the reservations team can be contacted on 0844 335 8866 where a team member will be delighted to assist you choosing your accommodation.
David Hockney is one of the ‘Young Contemporaries’ along with Peter Blake who study at the Royal College of Art in London during the 1960’s and were the foremost artist of ‘British Pop Art’, what you will see in all David’s pictures is the vibrant colour. David Hockney also spent many years in California and painted many pictures of Swimming Pools during this period, David has also more recently focused on taking Polaroid pictures then turning them into wonderful paintings my favourite picture is the ‘Greater Grand Canyon’ with great orange colours and greens and blues for other tree life.
I used Serviced City Pads to book a Serviced Apartment in London which made the trip a home away from home and had a wonderful time. Please contact Serviced City Pads on 0844 335 8866.

Showing at the National Theatre on London’s South Bank is the Landscape Photography of the year 2011; the show will run until January 28. This is a truly wonderful competition with some wonderful pictures to view. If you require accommodation throughout the capital Serviced City Pads supplies a large range of London Apartments from studios through to large Penthouse Apartments, please contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.
Landscape photography are pictures taken which show the undulation of the land and the surrounding scenery, there is usually very little in the way of modern focus and the majority of pictures have no human content. The content is usually of Waterfalls, Seascapes, Coastlines and mountains very much in the classic grove of landscape photography, landscape photographers like to use the light particularly dusk so they can show the landscape at its most natural. We travelled to down to London on the train for the exhibition and booked a London Serviced Apartment which was ideal as it gave a true home away from home feel and allowed us to come and go as we pleased.
The most impressive part of Landscape is the use of high resolution cameras which pin point incredible details in the picture scope and found this incredible with many of the pictures. Serviced City Pads have Serviced Apartments London throughout the capital and I can thoroughly recommend.

You may find the London Ice Sculpting Festival of interest located at Canada Square Park in Canary Wharf on January 13 and 14 so is a very easy location to reach, London Apartment accommodation is nearby should you wish to stay the evening to watch the finals on day two.

The actual event has been opened to teams throughout the world and there will be initial rounds where two teams will compete with two blocks of ice to make a wonderful Ice Sculpture in the the theme of Winter Sports. Serviced Apartments London are becoming very popular due to the fifty percent increase in space versus a hotel room and many London Apartments have become the destination of choice where they stay in Canary Wharf. Serviced City Pads supply a wide range of London Apartments throughout the capital and can be contacted on 0844 335 8866 where the reservations team will be more than happy to discuss your particular requirements.

The magical world of Cirque du Soleil come to the Royal Albert Hall until February 5th 2012, I decided to make the trip and stay in a London Serviced Apartment through Serviced City Pads who can be contacted on 0844 335 8866.
I have been to the Royal Hall for the last night of the proms however this amazing display was something quite different; this is the second incarnation of this wonderful show which I believe has some wonderful visual effects and a great musical score. The show is a dramatic mix of Circus arts and street entertainment which originally comes from Canada where the troupe started in 1980 and toured initially around Quebec. After three years Cirque due Soleil then received a grant from the Canadian arts council which allowed them to tour throughout the country.
As we know the troupe has gone on to worldwide success with many different groups touring the world, you will have to buy a ticket and experience the wonders of Cirque and you like me will return to your London Apartment suitably impressed by the sheer wonderful performance.
I recommend staying in apartments in London due to the increase of nearly fifty percent space versus a hotel. Serviced City Pads supply apartments throughout London.