The Reverend Gyoro Nagase has been based at the London Peace pagoda since it opened in 1985. Having now spent more time in the capital than his native Japan, the 72-year-old says "London is very ...

On 30 May 1972 the Big Dipper at Battersea Park in south-west London crashed, killing five children and injuring 13 others. Almost 50 years later, survivors say the tragedy has been forgotten and ...

It's morning in Battersea Park in London, and I'm standing near the river, next to the Peace Pagoda. Every day, watched by four gilded Buddha statues, a Japanese Buddhist monk drums his way over ...

NARA--Kofukuji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site here, will offer a rare chance for the public to view the interior of its five-story pagoda. Viewings are slated from Oct. 9 to Nov. 23 and ...

Battersea Park in Concert is set to return with three brand-new concerts. Following what was described as a 'spectacular' 2024 event, the organisers of the open-air summer picnic concerts are ...

Battersea Park in Concert is set to return for a weekend of music and celebration. The event, part of Wandsworth’s London Borough of Culture 2025 festivities, will take place from August 23 to 25.

In south west London, the characterful Grade II* listed theatre Battersea Arts Centre (BAC ... bridges the classic and the contemporary New book takes you inside Frinton Park Estate: the Essex ...