The BBC Proms is back again this year, and while it’s not claiming to be the biggest, the most spectacular, or some other grand claim, it is still going to be a huge 92 different concerts over the course of 3 months. Plus, in the year of the Olympics, there is quite a British theme to the BBC Proms 2012.

If flashbacks of studying Romeo & Juliet or King Henry IV during your A Levels still gives you the shivers and make you break out into a cold sweat, you’ll probably groan if I tell you that the World Shakespeare Festival is happening right now in London and other sites in the UK.

It’s that time of the year again – Taste of London returns this year, bigger and better than ever at Regent’s Park! More than 40 top London restaurants will be here over the four days to showcase their signature dishes and new creations, and lots of food & drink stands will mean that if you’re a foodie like me, it’s best to leave the credit cards at home than tempt fate!

If you’re ever told that you have way too much stuff and are a borderline hoarder, then this is an exhibition to visit to erase any self-doubt in your mind, and to bring that “friend” along to prove them how wrong they are. For Song Dong’s Waste Not exhibition will open your eyes to a true hoarder.

The temptation of the Royal Albert Hall’s in-the-round stage and the opera’s famed requirements for a grandiose Egyptian set made Verdi’s Aida at this iconic London venue too much of a temptation to miss.

If ever there was a sign that central London is becoming a playground for the international rich and wealthy, then this year’s Easter egg hunt organised by the famous Fabergé jewellery house is a big red flag.

‘’Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it’s time to drink” wrote Harumi Murakami in his book, ‘Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World’.

Well it is that time of the year again, when the mercury hits zero degrees and the international fashion community get ready to descend on London for a few special days to start planning what will be in and what will be out for next winter.

To mark distinguished physicist and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, the Science Museum has opened a new display in his honour. Fittingly situated in the Exploring Space section of the Science Museum’s ground floor, the display looks to celebrate not only Hawking’s birthday, but also ‘his life and achievements’.

While The London Insider is normally focused on the more social aspects of London, sometimes it’s worth highlighting some of the more serious events that happen here. A talk earlier this week by the Governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, at the London School of Economics was very relevant to one of the most important issues affecting the UK right now – the credit crunch.