FEATURE STORY Festivals Festivals Sport What’s on offer? The hippy ice-cream purveyors who go Where? The Ben and Jerry’s and Toast festivals take place on Clapham Common. Elizabeth Street is in Belgravia. Price(s): Sundae Festival — �8.95 with unlimited ice cream, Toast — day tickets from �15, Elizabeth Street — �3. Contact: www.benjerry.co.uk www.toastfestivals.co.uk What’s on offer? One of the fi ercest rivalries in sport
arrives in central London this summer, albeit on the civilised
surroundings of a cricket pitch. The Ashes series between
England and Australia is always hotly contested, and the
second Test match at Lord’s (16-20 July) promises to be Where? Lord’s is near St John’s Wood and Maida Vale Tubes.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club is in Wimbledon, close to
the station. The Bluebird is on King’s Road in Chelsea.
Price(s): Lord’s — from �25, Wimbledon — from �29.
Contact: www.lords.org www.wimbledon.org IVAL EST LONDON; SUMMER SUNDAE F London’s bars could be virtually unstaffed as our local friendly expats head for the Toast Festival Best of T PHOTO; VISI Botanic buzz: There’s a real buzz about
the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew with
the launch of The Big Buzz, looking at the
importance of bees to our ecology. Jazz nights: Duke of York Square will be a hive of activity with its Jazz in the Square nights (17 and 24 June, 1 and 8 July), with musicians playing against the backdrop of the Saatchi Gallery. www.london.net Carnival time: Summer goes out with IMAGES: ISTOCK W2L SUMMER 2009 29 |