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A field of glowing roses is coming to Chelsea
Liverpool Street station to close for 8-days over Christmas
From corner shops to demolition crews: Exhibition captures the vanishing East End of the 1970s
London’s Alleys: French Place, E1
Sundays with Dr Johnson: Historic house opens for weekend visitors
Warning: This exhibition contains classified maps. Also the word ‘Secret’ about 9,000 times
Tickets Alert: Behind the scenes tours of the Barbican’s theatre
London’s weekly railway news
Audrey Hepburn’s former Mayfair home celebrated with new English Heritage Blue Plaque
Government targets 2030 for full 5G on railways, with satellite boost for rural routes
Greater Anglia offering cheap train travel tickets this autumn
V&A celebrates 125 years of women printmakers in free exhibition
Cheesy fashion show to take place in Charing Cross station’s disused Jubilee line platforms
Time Immemorial turns 750: The Medieval law that froze history at 1189
Brunel Museum lowers prices for single parents to visit
Restored, stripped, reimagined: Leighton House charts its turbulent past in centenary show
Tickets Alert: Tours of UCL’s north London telescope observatory
Eurostar is reintroducing double-decker trains to the UK
London’s Pocket Parks: Salutation Gardens, WC1
TfL Go app expands to show every London bus stop and live arrivals city-wide
Tickets Alert: Charles Dickens museum on Christmas Eve
Fabergé’s legendary Winter Egg to go on public display in London before £20 million auction
Poems on the Underground’s autumnal season of verse
Quantum Untangled? More Like art in a tangle at the Science Gallery
Search begins for engineering partner to reboot multi-billion-pound Euston station rebuild
Southeastern to roll out 3D station maps to boost accessibility across its network
Decision tonight could seal the fate of a second entrance at Woolwich’s Elizabeth line station
Original design for Hepworth’s John Lewis Winged Figure to be auctioned for the first time
Large cycle hub for 650 bikes opens at Richmond Station
New mural weaves tribute to Fitzrovia’s working women
Doof Doof at 40: EastEnders exhibition brings Walford to life in Elstree
London’s Alleys: Clipstone Mews, W1
Screaming Norwegians and brooding Swedes: Nordic art brings a chilly edge to the British Museum
London Overground restores station waiting room thats been closed for 40 years
London to get a second Dangleway as Olympic Park’s Orbit tower plans zip-wire ride
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Ealing’s most secretive neighbour: 1920s house next to the North Korean Embassy up for sale
A Yuletide of opulence: Chiswick House reimagines 18th-century Christmas revelry
New national railway clock unveiled – the first redesign since British Rail’s 1970s design manual
Old Piccadilly line trains to be cannibalised to keep Bakerloo line running
Not your average lampposts – Lee Broom’s chandelier of lights at the Royal Festival Hall
The Courtauld gallery receives the largest donation in its history
London’s Public Art: Twiggy on Bourdon Place W1
Tickets Alert: Visit the Fan Museum while it’s lit by candles
National Army Museum plans new underground expansion with new gallery and auditorium
Look, no hands! Waymo’s driverless cars set to hit London roads within weeks
Inside Selhurst: How engineers rebuilt 300 Electrostar trains without sending a single one off-site
London’s Pocket Parks, Latchmere Recreation Ground, SW11
From snails to street signs: Soho’s history revealed on a new digital map
Chiltern Railways unveils first refurbished Mark 5A trains ahead of 2026 rollout
Graveyard chills: Watch classic horror films inside a Victorian mortuary chapel
Mapping Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s maps go on display at the Architectural Association
Tudor treasure: Henry VIII’s gold love pendant goes on display at the British Museum
The Elizabeth line that never was: The Watford Junction extension from Old Oak Common
Tickets Alert: Visit the West India Docks Impounding Station
Bitch, Camera, Action! Cecil Beaton’s glittering vicious world at the National Portrait Gallery
Tickets Alert: Evening opening of Severndroog Castle
London’s Alleys: Leverton Place, NW5
Tickets Alert: Ballot opens for free visits to Battersea’s Sky Garden
Tickets for London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks go on sale next Friday
Arty bums for sale! National Gallery auctions off its famously well-sat sofas
Historic Bretons Manor set for restoration ahead of its 300th anniversary
Public ownership expands as Greater Anglia is nationalised on Sunday
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Tickets Alert: Free tours of a Round the World racing yacht
Suited, booted, and unmuted: Gilbert & George fill the Hayward with glossy chaos and self-portraits
Arts Council awards £1.43 million lifeline to six of London’s smaller museums
Les Misérables to return to Royal Albert Hall for a 40th anniversary concert
Hammersmith Flyover could be buried in new road tunnel under council plans
The Star Wars model that got away: A forty-year quest for a childhood dream
Pick your own pumpkin: Farms around London ready for Halloween
Grease, Grime and Wet Wipes: 125-metre “fatberg” hauled from London’s sewers
Tickets go on sale for the atmospheric Dennis Severs’ House Christmas experience
World’s largest vaccine maker to fund Science Museum gallery refurbishment
Whale buses, rocket ships and flying cars: The Cartoon Museum looks at yesterday’s tomorrow
£10m heritage grant to improve access at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
London’s public art: Norman Ackroyd’s etched landscape on a Wells Street door
England Expects: Turner’s monumental tribute to Trafalgar returns to public display
Tickets Alert: Tours of the Middle Temple Library
Beyond Florence Nightingale: Exhibition challenges the changing face of nursing
TfL’s pavement ducts helping to improve mobile phone signals
Up in Smoke: Battersea’s Lift109 viewing gallery rebranding as The Chimney Lift
Bart’s nearly 300 year old Great Hall opens to the public for free visits
Halloween-themed late night tours of Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Battersea’s tube station’s second entrance officially opened this morning
Hieroglyphs and Homeware: Sir John Soane’s Museum explores Britain’s Egyptian obsession
For the first time in 800 years, the Lord Mayor’s Show is changing its name
London’s Alleys: Bateman’s Buildings, W1
Oxford Street’s car-free day delivers mixed results – shoppers up, but for how long
Golden Hinde to celebrate 30 years in Southwark with restoration plans
Your guide to London’s 2025 fireworks and bonfire displays
Try Opera for £15: Fairy dust, Glass slippers and a fresh take on Rossini’s Cinderella
London’s weekly railway news
Exclusive: GWR’s battery-powered ex-Tube train could soon carry passengers
See Hairy Styles with the Three Testicles at the Linnean Society
Southwark Cathedral will be filled with a light and sound spectacle this November
London’s Pocket Parks: Natural Dye and Wellbeing Garden, SE1
All Aboard! Free tickets for the Railway 200 exhibition train’s London return visit
Jewelled brooches brought together at Wartski for an exceptional free exhibition