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Photograph: ShutterstockSouthwest London’s crep game is about to go up a level, because the doors of a shiny new Sports Direct store have swung open in Kingston-upon-Thames. Spread across two floors on Market Place, the new sportswear shop spans 31,000 […]
Image: Foster Partners Back in June 2025 the government revealed which architects had been chosen to design the incoming Queen Elizabeth II memorial, commemorating the late monarch who died in 2022. Celebrated architects Foster Partners, the people behind the Gherkin […]
Photograph: Berkeley Homes From James Bond, to Slow Horses, Brits famously love a good spy story. Soon a new museum will open in the capital unveiling some of Old Blighty’s wartime secrets: think espionage, deception and histories that have been hidden for 70 […]
Photograph: Feilden Fowles ArchitectsIt was a sad day for south London when, in March 2024, we had to wave a temporary goodbye to the Horniman Museum’s overstuffed walrus. The marine mammal, which lacks its characteristic wrinkles as a result of […]
The Dusty KnuckleThe best days invariably start with some kind of baked good. A Saturday stroll through the park is always better with a croissant in hand; the weekday commute is made that little bit easier when you’re munching on […]
Leonie Cooper for Time OutThe Islington pub known as The Angelic has returned to its former glory and will once again be known as the George IV. The Liverpool Road pub, which dates back to 1817, has been given a […]
Photograph: Bufola / Lido FestivalMore bad news for London’s festival lovers. Just days after it was announced that Wireless festival would no longer go ahead this year after the UK Government revoked headliner Kanye West’s right to enter the UK, […]