(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
What’s going on with the historic Billingsgate and Smithfield markets? In a surprising turn of events, the world-famous meat and fish markets might not actually be closing down for good. Phew. The City of London Corporation voted to withdraw its […]
Have you heard of the Bridge Park Community Centre? The centre in Harlesden, north west London, was once the biggest Black-led community enterprise in Europe, and it has been credited for stopping race riots in north London in the ’80s while the […]
January is in full swing with its inky skies morning and night, but for 12 days at the end of the month Canary Wharf will become a brightly-lit spectacle to help you through the winter blues. The area’s Winter Light Festival […]
If you work from home, what would it take to lure you back into the office? If the answer to that question is ‘a free coffee’, well, we have the news you’ve been waiting for. Off the back of data […]
Swimming in the Thames is a pipe dream many Londoners have had since swimming outside got the big rebrand to ‘wild swimming’. Sadiq Khan first announced his ambitious plan to make the whole river swimmable by 2034 when he was re-elected […]
When you think of afternoon tea, you might think cucumber sandwiches, clotted cream and warm scones, twee napkins, pastel colours and dainty ceramics. Do you think of chemistry and astronomy? Probably not. But now the Science Museum is out to change […]
Finding a good school for your kids is a pretty big deal, that’s why there are loads of different, and sometimes conflicting, rankings. But many of these lists fail to look at things holistically, rating schools purely on exam results. That’s why the Fairer […]