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Photograph: Hypha StudiosIf you’re a big contemporary art buff, you may have spotted the news that a major new arts space is about to debut in central London. Opening on June 25, Hypha Gallery South Bank will transform the ground […]
Photograph: Emma TranterFinally, Take That’s The Circus Live 2026 Tour has landed in London. The legendary boyband have been working their way around the country’s biggest stadiums – recently hosting a hometown residency in Manchester – and now it’s London’s […]
Photograph: Roisin TeelingNine months since it closed, the former home of G-A-Y has opened as a new queer venue. Reclaiming the legendary space at 30 Old Compton Street is Coven: Headquarters. The massive new club proudly bills itself as a space for […]
Photograph: Rebecca DickinsonIn a year that’s seen a host of great London restaurants closing, we bring you sad news of another. Bethnal Green’s excellent Italian restaurant Ombra will be shutting its doors at the end of this week, with owners […]
Photograph: Chris Lawrence Images / Shutterstock.comAlongside Sunday roasts, fish ’n’ chips and fry-ups, London’s classic food scene is built on classic cockney pie and mash. Juicy meat enveloped in flaky pastry, a plate piled high with pillowy mash, lashings and lashings […]
Image: Frida Kahlo, ‘Untitled [Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird]’ (1940). Courtesy of Muray Collection of Mexican Art, 66.6 / Harry Ransom Center.★★★ Frida Kahlo’s brought the sun to London. Tate Modern has sold more advance tickets for Frida Kahlo: […]
Photograph: Outernet Walking out of Tottenham Court Road station, you can’t miss Outernet. It’s that large gold cube building right opposite the exit with the enormous LED screens. Those screens are just the tip of the iceberg, though. Below ground, […]