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It’s that time of year again – the UK’s finest pizzaiolos are limbering up to compete in the National Pizza Awards 2025. For one day in November, the nation’s top pizzerias will go head to head in a fight to be crowned the best in […]
Have you ever really done Christmas in London if you haven’t experienced the festive loveliness of Somerset House’s skating pop-up? Probably not, we’d argue. A fixture of Somerset House’s winter programme since the riverside institution first opened its doors in 2000, the […]
It’s officially less than 100 days until Christmas. And while we’ve still got Halloween and Bonfire Night to look forward to yet, London is slowly preparing for the festive season. Pantomimes are being announced, ice rinks are open for bookings and choirs […]
Keith Haring’s subway drawings – which the legendary artist drew in white chalk on New York’s transport network in the 1980s – remain among his best-loved works. So it’s fitting in many ways that Haring’s art will be taking over a […]
It’s September, which means that hopeful freshers will be arriving at London’s many universities all throughout the month. These youngsters will be getting settled in to halls, going out to student nights at XOYO and Ministry of Sound, and getting plenty of use out of the single recipe they […]
There are only two shows in the Globe’s new 2026 indoor winter season – but they’re both extremely intriguing. The Tempest (Jan 17-Apr 12 2026) is a Globe staple, but you’re unlikely to have ever seen one like this before. The great […]
Can you believe that the Central line has been operating beneath London for a whopping 125 years? Yep – it opened as the Central London Railway on July 30 1900, ferrying Londoners between Shepherd’s Bush and Bank for the grand price of two pence. It […]