(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
We could be saying sayonara to cars in Hackney. The borough wants to ban through-traffic from motor vehicles in 75 percent of the area, turning the majority of its streets into Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). In what is being called […]
If you’ve ever partied at Carnival, you’ve got Claudia Jones to thank. This legendary activist was the founding mother of Notting Hill’s gigantic annual explosion of colour, joy and Black identity. And now, English Heritage is putting a blue plaque on […]
Ah, the baby Trump blimp. It all seems a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? After all, a lot has happened since those sweet days of summer 2018, when then-US president Donald Trump came over to London for the first time to […]
A brand new street sign for the renamed Black Boy Lane in south Tottenham has been vandalised just two days after it was put up. The road, which is now named ‘La Rose Lane’ after activist and author John La […]
Take a trip through Disney history as the animation/theme park/kids’ entertainment behemoth celebrates 100 years of mice, belles and snowmen with a major new exhibition. And not just any exhibition, but an immersive one, because it wouldn’t be 2023 if you couldn’t […]
Paul Mescal’s post-‘Normal People’ return to the stage was always going to be a big deal: the entire run of Rebecca Frecknall’s Almeida Theatre revival of Tennessee Williams’s landmark ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ sold out instantly off the back of the […]
Like James Bond? Like drinking alcohol? Well, have we got the spot for you. Following a big-money renovation, Park Lane’s historic 1930s Dorchester hotel has opened a brand new cocktail spot, the Vesper Bar. The newly reopened ground floor of […]