Philosopher Alain de Botton is being given full access to London’s Heathrow Airport.   Living for a week in Terminal Five, this writer in residence of sorts hopes to chronicle the stories of travelers and capture the overall feeling of what it is like to be in an airport.    Once completed, Heathrow Airport plans to give [...]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans to electrify two major United Kingdom rail lines in an effort to boost the poor economy and lessen the burden of pollution on the environment.  The routes between Manchester and Liverpool, as well as between London and Welsh City are the two lines which will receive the upgrade to [...]

One of London’s most stylish and symbolic hotels might soon be due for a revamp. It seems that plans are underway to turn London’s Trocadero centre into 500-room pod hotel.  Modelled on the Pod Hotel in New York, the Trocadero centre will be renamed the Piccadilly Hotel and offer budget rooms right in the heart [...]