(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
Have you ever been on the Waterloo and City line? The turquoise tube service has a fairly niche purpose, ferrying passengers between just two stops: (as the name suggests) Waterloo and Bank station in the City of London. It’s mostly […]
The West London Orbital (WLO) has been in the works for the past nine years. It would be the seventh line on the Overground network and, as the name suggests, connect areas across the west of the city. Almost a […]
Super chef Heston Blumenthal is set to shut Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, his fancy restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal opened in 2011, receiving its first Michelin star in 2012 and its second in […]
Rarely a year goes by without a London gallery putting on some sort of David Hockney exhibition – everybody’s just mad for the guy. And 2026 is no different, with a huge free show of Hockney art opening this week. […]
When people talk about settling down with a family, it’s normally assumed that they’re talking about ditching city life to go and raise kids somewhere greener and quieter. But there is something to be said for bringing children up in […]
Londoners who grew up pretty much anywhere north of the Thames will be familiar with the charms of Brent Cross. Whether you trawled its hallowed halls after your mum as she did the yearly Christmas shop or hung around the Fenwick parking […]
Never get in the way of harried London commuters rushing down the left side of the escalator. But ever wondered why in the capital you stand on the right and walk on the left, when on UK roads you overtake on […]