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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

London’s weekly railway news

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

London’s weekly railway news

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