(L)ondon (I)nteresting (A)ctivities
Despite it sometimes being challenging, crowded, hot and delayed, we Londoners love our tube. The London Underground was the world’s first subterranean transport network and it is genuinely the blood supply of our city. Even better (almost) is the tube […]
What’s the worst thing about flying? For many, it’s having to cram mini-bottles of shampoo, toothpaste and shower gel into an undignified clear plastic bag. So inconvenient, and so un-chic. Thankfully, one airport in London is doing away with the […]
Locals in Lewisham have raised £100,000 to buy an area of woodland that they hope to reopen as a public park. The ancient forest in Brockley was at risk of being sold to developers, but locals, with the help of […]
In the latest of London’s bizarre property listings, this week we bring you a flat in Finchley that doubles up as a weed farm. The property, which comes with reflective-lined walls, pots filled with soil and plenty of ceiling fans, […]
For years, mystery has swirled around the elusive Nando’s black card, which is doled out to a fairly random-seeming selection of people that the peri peri chicken overlords consider worthy (holders are sworn to secrecy, but Ed Sheeran has been […]
For more than 50 years, a hidden chamber in Peckham Rye station has slumbered, its fine Victorian plasterwork crumbling and its woodwork rotting. It used to be the station’s waiting room, a key part of architect Charles Henry Driver’s flamboyant vision for this 1865 […]
Just when you thought winter was finally over, another cold snap has arrived. Time to begrudgingly grab your hot water bottle, ‘cos we’re about to freeze our butts off. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning across London […]