Month: June 2026

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The 6 best free things to do in London this weekend [June 12-14 2026]

Photo: Adam ScottYou might have blithely assumed that this week’s dramatic rumbles of thunder and epic rainstorms were normal meteorological events – the natural result of atmospheric instability and unstable weather conditions. Wrong! They are in fact a divine judgement […]

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Here’s how you can be first to try Uber’s new driverless taxis in London

Photograph: UberThe robotaxis are coming. Next year, the UK government’s Automated Vehicles Act of 2024 will take full effect, meaning that self-driving vehicles will officially be allowed on British roads, unsupervised. And there are several companies lining up to be the […]

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London is getting a new tallest skyscraper – and its name has just been revealed

Image: CityScape for One LondonTwo years ago, plans for a tower that would match the height of The Shard were approved. Sandwiched between the Cheesegrater and the Gherkin, the skyscraper will reach 309.5 metres and be the joint-tallest building in the […]

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This excellent east London museum is getting a revamp this summer

Photograph: AC Manley / Shutterstock.comWalthamstow’s William Morris Gallery is quietly one of London’s top museums. Just behind the gates of Lloyd Park, the gorgeous 18th-century manor house was the family home of the eponymous designer, novelist and socialist between 1848 and 1856. Today its halls house […]

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BST Hyde Park: central London music festival is getting much bigger

Photograph: Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/ShutterstockBritish Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park is always a massive occasion. It’s the only major festival that’s held in the central London park each year and since launching in 2013 it has welcomed enormous stars from The Rolling Stones to Adele. […]

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Radiohead and the RSC’s ‘Hamlet Hail to the Thief’ is coming to London

Photo: Manuel HarlanThe most singular production of Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet to be staged in the last couple of years was Hamlet Hail to the Thief, an abridged version of the text set to Radiohead’s underrated 2003 album Hail to the […]

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Time Out went to the London restaurant that has been crowned the best in the UK – is it actually any good?

Simon Brown PhotographyEach year, the National Restaurant Awards brings together a panel of more than 200 food writers, chefs and restaurateurs to pick out the best of the best of the country’s cuisine. Splitting the UK into 11 separate regions, […]