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Pigeons, protests and plinths – that’s what Trafalgar Square is usually known for. But it’s also a heck of a party destination, having held plenty of sports screenings and day festivals (like the recent edition of West End Live). The square’s […]
A direct train between two East Sussex towns and London is being brought back for the first time since 2020. From December, travellers will be able to reach London Bridge directly from Eastbourne and Lewes as the pre-pandemic Thameslink train will be […]
Hackney’s Forno – an Italian-style bakery from the same people that run Cambridge Health pasta restaurant Ombra – have casually opened a second site. This is very, very good news. Ombra chef Mitshel Ibrahim quietly launched the new Forno earlier this month on […]
London boasts some of the planet’s most prestigious universities, from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Imperial to King’s College and UCL. In QS’s latest 2026 ranking of the best universities in the world, two of those unis cracked […]
Do you find moving house a daunting, stressful, time-consuming thing to do? Well, try doing so with 1,300 tropical plants. That’s what staff at Kew Gardens have already started doing ahead of a massive restoration of the attraction’s most iconic glasshouse, […]
The West End’s Denmark Street has long been a centre of music history in the capital, with legends like Elton John, David Bowie and the Rolling Stones recording music at studios on the street in London’s West End. Now a new musician […]
Eilashes and Avocados (or whatever you want to call yourselves) of London, the time has finally come, because Billie Eilish is in the midst of a mega six-show run in the capital. She’s bringing her Hit Me Hard And Soft tour […]