(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
Ah, what a blissfully strike-free time these past few months have been. London’s rail network hasn’t seen a strike since way back in April, and there hasn’t been a full-scale tube strike since March 2023. But today (October 16) that […]
Is it weird to have a favourite train station? We don’t think so. Whether it’s because a station is historic and beautiful or swish and ultra-modern, filled with great amenities or simply has trains running on time, everyone has a […]
Flying in or out of Stansted this weekend? Watch out. The Stansted Express, the airport’s direct rail link to London, will be seriously disrupted. On Sunday October 20, there will be no direct services between Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport. […]
First announced last year, Shoreditch’s new Museum of Shakespeare is proceeding right on time – it has been announced today the building has now been finished, and opening is scheduled for next year. ICYMI, development on a new urban quarter now […]
When the Wilko saga unfolded just over a year ago and 400 of the brand’s UK stores closed, plenty of Brits were understandably bereft. The homeware chain was both a major high-street presence and beloved for selling an eclectic range […]
Come Christmastime, there are few festive lights displays in London as famous as the one on Oxford Street. The West End shopping destination is one of Europe’s longest and busiest shopping streets – so, naturally, it dives headfirst into Christmas […]
London’s Stansted Airport has had a pretty great year. The return of British Airways to its runways at the end of 2023 helped boost numbers and the ‘Taylor Swift effect’ in August saw a record 103,000 people passing through the airport in […]