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CONTENTS<br />
Events 4<br />
Great Spitalfields Pancake Race<br />
Love Is In The Air on the River Thames<br />
Music 8<br />
The Schubert Ensemble<br />
Tribute to Dame Vera Lynn<br />
Exhibitions 12<br />
Robots at the Science Museum<br />
Kew’s Orchids Festival<br />
Theatre 16<br />
The Kite Runner<br />
Ugly Lies The Bone<br />
Sadler’s Wells Sampled<br />
Proprietor Julie Jones<br />
Publishing Consultant Terry Mansfield CBE<br />
Associate Publisher Beth Jones<br />
Editorial Clive Hirschhorn Sue Webster<br />
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Welcome to London<br />
Get your heart pumping this Valentine’s Day at the UK’s newest viewing<br />
platform, the ArcelorMittal Orbit. Start the experience with a little romance as<br />
you journey 114.5m into the sky to enjoy beautiful winter views of London’s<br />
landmarks including The Shard, St Paul’s Cathedral and the O2, as well as a<br />
bird’s eye view of the famous London 2012 venues of Queen Elizabeth<br />
Olympic Park.<br />
For perfect Half Term fun, the 40 second journey through the twists, turns<br />
and drops of The Slide, is a hair-raising experience that’s not for the fainthearted.<br />
The world’s tallest and longest tunnel slide loops its way around the<br />
ArcelorMittal Orbit 12 times taking visitors through gentle curves, thrilling<br />
drops and a tight corkscrew named ‘the bettfeder’ – bedspring in German.<br />
Or experience the exhilarating descent of the UK’s highest freefall abseil.<br />
Hold your breath as you step over the edge of the iconic red steel structure<br />
before making an 80m adrenaline-fuelled journey to the ground.<br />
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